Polar bears are the largest land carnivores, reaching up to 8ft (2.5m) and weighing 800kg (125 stone).
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What happens to all the polar bears and penguins if all the ice melts?
My sisters, brother and I are really sad that the polar bears and penguins suffer.
First we were accused of causing melting polar ice caps, rising oceans and sweaty polar bears.
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About 800 polar bears are killed by subsistence hunters each year, the U.S. says.
He doesn't want to have to feed the polar bears, much less euthanize them.
Remember those silly Coca-Cola Polar Bears or the E-Trade talking baby from 2012?
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These include polar bears, rays and sharks that are heavily fished for shark fin soup.
Almost everybody agrees that there are between 20, 000 and 25, 000 polar bears alive today.
There are some 20, 000 polar bears roaming around, in the mood for a nice American steak.
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That area between Alaska and Siberia is home to about 20 percent of the planet's polar bears.
Declining ice levels also poses a threat to Arctic wildlife including polar bears, walruses and ringed seals.
The fate of polar bears weighs on our collective conscience more than pandas because of melting ice caps.
The IUCN says that there are around 25, 000 polar bears in the world and their numbers are declining.
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Around five polar bears appeared near the village several days ago and were resting near a pig farm.
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The standard technique says, for example, that polar bears are just brown bears that happen to be white.
Polar bears are a long-lived species with a low reproductive rate, so recovery from overharvesting could take many decades.
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When we think about climate change, we are no longer thinking about polar bears stranded on melting ice caps.
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And he believes that if wild polar bears die out there is no point keeping some alive in zoos.
There are about 25, 000 polar bears left in the world with an estimated 16, 000 living in the Canadian Arctic.
Each year around 600 polar bears are killed there, mainly by native hunters.
Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey have estimated that two-thirds of polar bears will be gone by 2050.
And while we are smiling at our TVs, you show us the polar bears and we buy the Cokes.
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Coke says it hasn't tweaked the taste of its cola and that protecting polar bears is a worthwhile initiative.
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More polar bears (around 3, 000) inhabit the land here than people (around 2, 500).
In captivity, polar bears can live until they are about 30 years old.
The section targeted for drilling houses caribou calving grounds and habitat for polar bears, musk oxen and migratory birds.
But now it is clear that not all polar bears return to land.
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