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Subject have breeding season be solitary have good eyesight stay with kill by stay underwater for reach sexual maturity by is a kind of have good sense of smell have scientific name weigh eat swim at have length hibernate has part swim by open eyes at be naked have colour have picture run at use by have habitat moult during be blind
bear       carnivore                  
polar bear    humans, killer whale, male walrus  bear Ursus maritimus     liver that is poisonous to humans because of excess concentration of vitamin Apaddling only with its front feet  creamy white  Inuit for food and clothingsouthern broken edge of the arctic ice pack  
adult polar bearApril and May   humans, killer whale, male walrus2 minutes5 -7 yearspolar bear Ursus maritimus seals, walrus, carrion, fish, mussels, crabs, starfish, eggs, grass, mushrooms, berries, lemmings, humans6.4 km per hour  very small earspaddling only with its front feet  creamy white 40 km per hourInuit for food and clothingsouthern broken edge of the arctic ice packMay to August 
polar bear cub   its mother for a year and a halfhumans, killer whale, male walrus  polar bear Ursus maritimusless than 1 kg at birth  30 cm at birth  paddling only with its front feet6 weeks of ageat birthcreamy white Inuit for food and clothingsouthern broken edge of the arctic ice pack at birth

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