WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT FROM YOUR READING AND RESEARCH?
I have learnt that polar bears have black skin under their furs to store heat from the sunlight. Their furs are hollow. Their fur colour is yellow because of the reflection of the sunlight or the oil stained because of oil spilling in the sea. They feeds on seals. They are hunted for their paws and furs for Chinese medicines and coats from their furs. During short summers, they use their stored fats to keep them warm. They spend most of their time roaming on ice, finding mates, hunting for their own food and denning for them to keep their self warm. Their webbed paws helps them in their swimming. Their population have decreased over the years, they are almost going to be extinct if hunting, global warming and greenhouse effects continues.They are also harasses by the photographers and tourist that wants to get closer to them.
HOW HAVE YOUR PERSPECTIVES CHANGE DURING THE COURSE OF YOUR READING AND RESEARCH?
Before reading all this article, i did not have much knowledge about the hunters but after reading it, i gained much knowledge about them. I Thought that they can anyhow anywhere build an igloo but i was wrong, they need to be very careful on where they build it because of the current in the sea. If they build on the wrong place, the whole sea ice and the igloo will crack which is due to the current flow of the sea water. I was only aware that the polar bear hunt for food and was not aware that they
roam on the floating ice and they find their mates. I was also not aware that they are annoyed about the photographers and tourists until i read the article.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE CURRENT SITUATION?(YOUR FEELINGS/ OPINION/ COMMENTS)
I feel that the hunters are very cruel. I feel that we should all take a part in helping the polar bears from being extinct by reducing, reusing and recycling. Reduce the number of trees being cutted down, the amount of things being burnt because all these will produce carbon dioxide.
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
reflective journal
What have i learnt from the reading and research?
After reading this article from the website, i have learnt that the polar bears spend most of their times roaming on the floating ice, finding mates and hunt the seals for food. The article states that the polar bears will maybe be extinct in 2050.
how have my perspectives change during the course of my reading and research?
Before reading it, i was only aware that they hunt for food and was not aware that thay roam on the floating ice and they find their mates.
What are my thoughts about the current situation?( my feelings/ opinions/ comments)
I think that the polar bear will extinct faster.
How can i help in anyway to play a part to improve the current situation?
Help in reducing, reusing and recycling. Help to reduce carbon dioxide produced and global warming.
what are my suggestions for further improvement? how will this make the world a better place?
Reduce carbon dioxide so that the air will be less polluted and this can save the world's environment. Reduce the cutting of trees because when plants dies, they produce carbon dioxide which will pollute the environment. Reduce burning of fuels because heat will be trapped in the atmosphere and the world will be very hot.
article taken from
http://www.savebiogems.org/polar/
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After reading this article from the website, i have learnt that the polar bears spend most of their times roaming on the floating ice, finding mates and hunt the seals for food. The article states that the polar bears will maybe be extinct in 2050.
how have my perspectives change during the course of my reading and research?
Before reading it, i was only aware that they hunt for food and was not aware that thay roam on the floating ice and they find their mates.
What are my thoughts about the current situation?( my feelings/ opinions/ comments)
I think that the polar bear will extinct faster.
How can i help in anyway to play a part to improve the current situation?
Help in reducing, reusing and recycling. Help to reduce carbon dioxide produced and global warming.
what are my suggestions for further improvement? how will this make the world a better place?
Reduce carbon dioxide so that the air will be less polluted and this can save the world's environment. Reduce the cutting of trees because when plants dies, they produce carbon dioxide which will pollute the environment. Reduce burning of fuels because heat will be trapped in the atmosphere and the world will be very hot.
article taken from
http://www.savebiogems.org/polar/
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polar bear conservation
Polar bears
I have learnt that Polar bears are among the largest predators in the whole wide world. Their fur colors turns from pure white to a yellowish colour resulted from the sunlight or staining by oil from the sea by oil spilling. Their skin, nose and lips are black in color to trap heat from the sun. Their fur is thicker than any other bears. Their furs even covers their feet, for warmth and for friction on the ice.
They are highly depend on thicker ice in the region as it can withstand their weight, polar bears spend much of their time on ice hunting for foods, mating and denning for their homes and to keep them warmth. Pregnant polar bears need to eat a lot in the summer and fall in order to build up sufficient fat reserves for surviving the denning period.
Climate change, causes the loss of thick sea ice and it thins the thick ice. If the ice are thinned, it will not be able to carry the weight of the polar bear. And there will also be lesser and lesser sea ice for the polar bears. Loss of sea ice leads to higher shortage of food. This causes the population of the polar bears to decrease a lot as there is insufficient food for all of the polar bears living there.
This can eventually lead to conflicts between people and bears and lethal removal of the bear. Illegal killing of bears also remains another factor causing their decline.
They should stop all the illegal killings of the polar bears as the population is decreasing and it will cause tham to extinct.
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I have learnt that Polar bears are among the largest predators in the whole wide world. Their fur colors turns from pure white to a yellowish colour resulted from the sunlight or staining by oil from the sea by oil spilling. Their skin, nose and lips are black in color to trap heat from the sun. Their fur is thicker than any other bears. Their furs even covers their feet, for warmth and for friction on the ice.
They are highly depend on thicker ice in the region as it can withstand their weight, polar bears spend much of their time on ice hunting for foods, mating and denning for their homes and to keep them warmth. Pregnant polar bears need to eat a lot in the summer and fall in order to build up sufficient fat reserves for surviving the denning period.
Climate change, causes the loss of thick sea ice and it thins the thick ice. If the ice are thinned, it will not be able to carry the weight of the polar bear. And there will also be lesser and lesser sea ice for the polar bears. Loss of sea ice leads to higher shortage of food. This causes the population of the polar bears to decrease a lot as there is insufficient food for all of the polar bears living there.
This can eventually lead to conflicts between people and bears and lethal removal of the bear. Illegal killing of bears also remains another factor causing their decline.
They should stop all the illegal killings of the polar bears as the population is decreasing and it will cause tham to extinct.
(278words)
reflective journal 1
what have i learnt from from the reading and research?
I have learnt that the polar bears have black skin to obtain the heat from the sun. Polar bears are carnivores, they feed on seals. Their webbed paws allows them to swim. During the short summer, they feed on berries, their stored fats and in some areas they feed on humans garbage. The population of the polar bear have decreased because of greenhouse effects, global warming, climate changes and hunting. They are harassed by the photographers and tourist that wants to get closer to them.
how have my perspectives change during the course of your reading and research?
Before i read this article, i did not know that polar bears feed on seal i thought that polar bears feed non fishes. I also did not know that polar bears are annoyed by the photographers and the tourists that wants to get closer to them.
what are my thoughts about the current situstion?(my feelings/opinions/comments)
After reading the article, i feel that polar bears should not be hunted for their paws for medicines or furs for coats because they are already under population. Therefore i think that hunters should stop hunting for polar bears of the under population of the polar bears. If hunters continues the activity of hunting the polar bear, polar bear will get extinct very fast.
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article taken from
http://www.hsus.org/marine_mammals/a_closer_look_at_marine_mammals/polar_bears/
I have learnt that the polar bears have black skin to obtain the heat from the sun. Polar bears are carnivores, they feed on seals. Their webbed paws allows them to swim. During the short summer, they feed on berries, their stored fats and in some areas they feed on humans garbage. The population of the polar bear have decreased because of greenhouse effects, global warming, climate changes and hunting. They are harassed by the photographers and tourist that wants to get closer to them.
how have my perspectives change during the course of your reading and research?
Before i read this article, i did not know that polar bears feed on seal i thought that polar bears feed non fishes. I also did not know that polar bears are annoyed by the photographers and the tourists that wants to get closer to them.
what are my thoughts about the current situstion?(my feelings/opinions/comments)
After reading the article, i feel that polar bears should not be hunted for their paws for medicines or furs for coats because they are already under population. Therefore i think that hunters should stop hunting for polar bears of the under population of the polar bears. If hunters continues the activity of hunting the polar bear, polar bear will get extinct very fast.
(228words)
article taken from
http://www.hsus.org/marine_mammals/a_closer_look_at_marine_mammals/polar_bears/
Friday, March 6, 2009
hunting for polar bears
After reading this article, i learnt that hunters enjoy hunting polar bears. When hunters are preparing for a hunt, the hunters has to be equipped with all necessary equipments such as tent and food etc. They need to prepare everything before they go for their hunting.When they have finished preparing, they will go to the sea ice to start their hunting of the polar bear. When the weather is going to be not good for them to hunt, they will have to stay in the igloo as the tent will be too cold for them.They will need to be careful when they build their igloos because of the current in the sea water. If the current is too strong, the whole sea ice floor will crack and so will the igloo. So, they will have to be careful of the current in the sea water. When they got to an area where there are bears, they will have to look for signs of bears climbing up onto the ice from the water.
Before reading this article about the hunters, i did not have much knowledge about the hunters. After reading, i gained much knowledge about them. I Thought that they can any how anywhere build an igloo but i was wrong, they need to be very careful on where they build it because of the current in the sea. If they build on the wrong place, the whole sea ice and the igloo will crack due to the current flow of the sea water.
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Before reading this article about the hunters, i did not have much knowledge about the hunters. After reading, i gained much knowledge about them. I Thought that they can any how anywhere build an igloo but i was wrong, they need to be very careful on where they build it because of the current in the sea. If they build on the wrong place, the whole sea ice and the igloo will crack due to the current flow of the sea water.
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polar bears conservation 2
From the article, i learnt that Polar bears are among the largest members of the bear family. Their white coat is actually made of hollow hairs that reflects the sunlight, producing a white or yellow colour camouflaging in their habitat. Polar bears mate between April and May. Cubs are born about every three years, generally in litters of two.At birth, the cubs weigh approximately one and a half pounds.Males can grow to weigh as much as 1,000 pounds and reach 11 feet in length. Polar bears are carnivores, feeding primarily on Arctic ringed seals. Their partially webbed paws allow them/ to swim, at a pace of six miles per hour, for up to 60 miles without rest. They live and hunt on frozen ice floes during winter months, and survive on berries and stored fat when the short summer thaw forces them onto land, rendering seals inaccessible. The causes for the decreasing of population is that there are lesser sea ice, the hunting and capture for public display , climate change , environmental contaminants and chemical pollutants.
After reading this article, i know that the polar bears mating seasons,their weight and their swimming pace.
Polar bears are so heavy. They swim very fast.
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After reading this article, i know that the polar bears mating seasons,their weight and their swimming pace.
Polar bears are so heavy. They swim very fast.
(201words)
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