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Submitted: February 9, 2010
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Make:Canon
Model:Canon PowerShot S5 IS
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Date Taken:Feb 9, 2010, 3:17:29 PM

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Tom, the polar bearby *woxys

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Wild Animals

Tom, very young polar bear (Ursus maritimus, medved ledni) from ZOO Prague, Czech republic

For my friend ~Kajula

Story of the photo: I am always glad to see Tom. He was born in my home city, Brno and moved to Prague to become a mate of young female Alberta. Tom seems very happy there - he is playful, active, not showing any stereotypical behavior. Today, he really loved playing with ice-cube and rolling on snow

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INFO ABOUT THE ANIMAL:

Name: Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
Location: Arctic areas: Greenland, northern parts of North America and Asia
Size: 2,5 – 3 metres long male‘s body weight: adult males weigh 350–680 kg (females are much smaller and lighter)
Diet: seals, belugas, dead whales, muskox, reindeer, birds, eggs, rodents, shellfish, crabs, berries
Conservation status: Vulnerable
Interesting facts: believe or not, skin of polar bear is black | polar bears can swim perfectly, they can spend 2 minutes underwater | mother gives birth usually to twins, whose size can be compared to a Guinea pig. Babies have no imunity (cold arctic air literally sterilize all the bacteria) and they need to drink mother’s milk to gain some. In ZOOs, it is extremely difficult to rise the cubs – only 8% of them survive | polar bear’s liver is poisonous | the only natural threads of polar bears are killer whales and walruses | polar bear is the biggest species of bears | polar bears are sometime followed by arctic foxes, who eat rest of bear’s preys

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*woxys Aug 18, 2012

Yes, you can use it - just give me credit, please and send me a link to your finished work, I will fav it

~AliyaBloodHeart Aug 18, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Yes of course i will, THANK YOU, your photos are all gorgeous!!

*FeatherSpiral Jul 29, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I heard in a documentary that polar bears are already playful in nature. Heck, outside of breeding season, even males play with each other when they meet.

*woxys Jul 29, 2012

oh, really?

*FeatherSpiral Jul 31, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Yeah, it was amazing. It even said bears who got aggressive instead of playing were left out by the others during breeding season or something.
I looked up videos on YouTube, but I only see footage taken in zoos. No documentaries showing them in their natural environment, at least none I can see.

~Gsdlover7 Jun 26, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Love how the paws look!

*salt25 Jun 6, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Looks like ive found my next Woxys inspired drawing

*woxys Jun 6, 2012

haha, cool

~mushroomGOD121 May 29, 2012 Student Digital Artist

I love Tom, I keep finding him, it must mean it's destiny that I draw bears like I used to.

!WickedObsession Jan 29, 2012 Hobbyist Writer

This is adorable. Polar bears are one of my favorite animals. I saw 1 in a zoo in the south of France, and it's an experience I will never forget. Again, this picture is just eeeeee ^^ >.<

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