Walking on Ice like a Polar Bear

Not only are polar bear paws giant, they’re also, ummm suction-y?  Polar bears’ feet have small bumps and holes on the bottom of them which act like suction cups, helping to keep the bears from slipping on the ice.

polar bear ice

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51 COMMENTS

  1. Hi my name is Ella i love Earth rangers it is allsome
    i am Ellabella!!! i am from school. Alex are you scard of
    skunks???????yes or no

  2. COOL! I didn’t know that but it makes perfect sense!
    I don’t know who Alex is, but I think I’m scary of skunks. They are really smelly

  3. Polar Bears are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I love skunks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. I knew they had little bumps on the bottom of their paws but I never knew they acted like suction cups!!

  5. Polar bears are really cool! But we need to help them, climate change is bad for them; we NEED to stop climate change.

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