USA Today has a great article on global warming. It’s history in the making. The case is dutifully called “Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency”. Twelve states and thirteen environmental groups are seeking federal regulation of motor-vehicle emissions…
Personally, I see no harm in bringing back the electric car and spurring on new industries that […]
The Live Earth Concert - It’s BIG, It’s BOLD, and It’s BEAUTIFUL. Al Gore and Kevin Wall on Feb 15/07 launched the world’s biggest concert (and party) of all time: the Live Earth Concert 07,07,07. They estimate 2 billion people will watch. 100+ headline artists/bands will play simulaneously for 24 hours across the globe. Through […]
Who Killed the Electric Car is a pretty inspiring movie about electric cars in that it proves there is hope left for those who want or need to drive a vehicle. But, Who Killed The Electric Car also leaves me feeling pretty dizzied about our governments, oil companies and car companies. It’s a […]
Canadian wildlife would be a very large, disperse topic that seemingly could never end. So in this section I would like to dedicate it to the Canadian wildlife endangered species, near to extinction or on the waiting list to be put on the endangered list.
For me, on the forefront of our Canadian wildlife, and […]
The Al Gore movie “An Inconvenient Truth” is without exception painful to view. Global warming and our delights in having another warm day and no snow in winter is telling us something has gone very askew. The Al Gore movie presents our current and future demise, with such restraint of pain, it’s admirable. How […]
Posted in Polar Bears on January 9th, 2007 No Comments »
If you want an up close view of the polar bear habitat, visit the Polar Bear Habitat and Heritage Village by clicking here.
It’s a pretty cool place where you can swim up close – real close – with polar bears.
There are currently 3 polar bears living there now, supported mainly through government funding, although there […]
Posted in Polar Bears on January 7th, 2007 No Comments »
The polar bears habitat is the entire circumpolar Arctic region . Put in other terms, the polar bears habitat is found in all of the polar regions in the northern hemisphere. They are roamers and do not become territorial. In a life time, the polar bears habitat can cover
100,000 sq. miles. They live mainly in […]
Posted in Polar Bears on January 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Polar bears sleep often in a den if the weather is extreme. In the case of polar bears, they do not hibernate. Their winter sleeps occur because during these extreme temperatures their body systems and functions slow down. The polar bears sleep can be easily interrupted so this is why scientists label it as a
“winter […]
Posted in Polar Bears on January 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
Polar bears are carnivores. They eat a very large amount of food, especially during April to mid-July. A healthy diet is about 2 kg (4.4lbs) of fat per day. There is a fasting period for about three to four months during the ice-free season.
During winter months the polar bears eat
mostly the ringed seals. They […]
Posted in Polar Bears on January 1st, 2007 No Comments »
Polar bears were blessed by Mother Nature because polar bears skin is in fact black. This allows for greater absorption of heat from the sun via dense guard hairs
which are part of their coat:
Polar Bears have two types of fur making up their coat:
1) Polar bears have a “thick woolly fur” nearest to the skin […]