#polarbears — Public Fediverse posts
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Heart-Melting Photos of Polar Bear Mother and Cubs Mark International Polar Bear Day https://petapixel.com/2026/02/27/heart-melting-photos-of-polar-bear-mother-and-cubs-mark-international-polar-bear-day/ #polarbearsinternational #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #polarbears #Spotlight #hudsonbay #Features #arctic #News
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Family Rest
A polar bear and her three cubs pause in the summer heat, resting after their long journey north along the Hudson Bay coast in Canada. Shrinking sea ice is making it harder for polar bears to hunt and find food to survive in summer.Photograph: Christopher Paetkau/Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Lucky 13 Researchers in Western #HudsonBay have tracked over 4600 #polarbears across 40 years There have only been 12 confirmed cases where a mom adopted an abandoned cub She emerged from her den in the spring with 1 cub, but when we found her again in Nov, she had 2 cubs! #photography
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Bird Wings Good; Bat Wings Bad
Have you ever noticed that good religious creatures, like angels, have what can only be described as bird wings? Meanwhile, evil religious creatures, such as demons, have wings that are blatantly like that of a bat.
The only bad thing I can think of for a bat is that they can give rabies to humans whereas birds can’t. The reason they are so susceptible to rabies is because they are closer to humans than birds are. They are mammals, just like us. Whereas birds are part of the bird family of vertebrates. Birds are descended from the dinosaurs and have their own diseases to worry about.
Mammals survived the apocalypse that wiped out the dinosaurs (except birds) and basically took over almost all the niches that dinosaurs were in. Dinosaurs were tall so mammals became giraffes. Dinosaurs were big so mammals became the blue whale, the biggest creature that has ever lived. Dinosaurs could fly so bats took to the sky.
Bats nurse their young, thus proving they are a caring species of mammal.
Another thing which seemingly makes them bad is that they come out at night. But this is really more of a testament about how birds are evil in daylight. Bats don’t brave the day because they are likely to be dinner for some bird with 100 million years more of flying experience. And those daytime birds can be big with nasty talons and sharp beaks.
As a fellow mammal, we should be proud of our bat cousins. They can fly in the dark because they use sonar. They have good vocalizations that their good ears can pick up and that their good brains can use to figure out what the terrain is – even in the dark.
Still think birds are superior in the good/evil department? Then why is it a murder of crows, a conspiracy of ravens, a plague of grackles and a squabble of seagulls?
Actually a squabble isn’t that bad. So suddenly I see the truth. Bad is associated with black birds and bats because they are black.
This dark/ light thing of good and evil has got to go. Termites are white so they must be good. Maggots are white so they must be good. Polar bears are white so they must be good. It’s just not true. Black labs, black horses and even black cats can be very good.
Maybe I’ll retreat into fantasy which has some stories of good dragons who incidentally have giant black bat wings. It’s more realistic than the angel/ demon characterizations of religion.
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Scientists Use Remote Cameras to Capture Polar Bear Cubs Emerging From Dens https://petapixel.com/2025/02/27/scientists-use-remote-cameras-to-capture-polar-bear-cubs-emerging-from-dens/ #remotecamera #Technology #polarbears #polarbear #gpsdata #norway #News
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#Arctic animals are battling more #diseases in recent decades.
Living off one of the richest #oceans in the Arctic, the #PolarBears by the #ChukchiSea appear to be thriving. Females are in good health & give birth to healthy cubs. Overall, this #Alaskan population seems strong.
But blood & fecal samples are telling a different story inside the bears: There’s an emerging battle against #pathogens bears have never encountered before.#ClimateCrisis #Wildlife #Disease
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/10/23/polar-bears-arctic-animals-disease-climate-change/ -
Polar bears be polar bear-ing in the upper part of the state of Alaska on Barter Island near Kaktovik. Photos by Melvin Kayotuk. #Alaska #PolarBears #SummerInAlaska