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They have thick blubber to keep warm and white fur for camouflage. Polar bears [[hibernation|hibernate]] through much of the winter, usually in an excavated snow den. Their normal diet consists mainly of [[seal]]s, though in Canada they have been observed to take prey as small as [[lemming]]s.

They have thick blubber to keep warm and white fur for camouflage. Polar bears [[hibernation|hibernate]] through much of the winter, usually in an excavated snow den. Their normal diet consists mainly of [[seal]]s, though in Canada they have been observed to take prey as small as [[lemming]]s.

They are the only natural predator of mankind. For this reason they are greatly feared by arctic travelers.

They are the only natural predator of mankind, a condition thought to be due to their survival of the [[great flood]] outside of Noah's ark <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v2/n1/polar-bears</ref>. For this reason they are greatly feared by arctic travelers.

Changes in the Earth's climate {{fact}} are threatening the polar bears habitat and the survival of the species:The current world population is estimated at around 20-25,000 <ref>http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/bear-facts/</ref>, and shrinking.  

Changes in the Earth's climate {{fact}} are threatening the polar bears habitat and the survival of the species:The current world population is estimated at around 20-25,000 <ref>http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/bear-facts/</ref>, and shrinking.