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Investigation uncovers shocking secret hidden by group that is supposed to be protecting animals: 'The public will be ... shocked'
An investigation by The Guardian alleges the World Wildlife Fund's position on the polar bear fur trade is shockingly lax.
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Why polar bear fur doesn’t freeze
Polar bears on ice in Northern Canada. Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that polar bears are invisible in ...
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How Do Polar Bears Keep Ice Off Their Fur? New Study Reveals the Secret—and It Could Improve Technology
Polar bears don’t have to worry about skipping a wash day. The sebum, or natural oil, on the mammals’ fur helps them survive the harsh Arctic weather by making it hard for ice to stick to them ...
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Hair Oils Prevent Polar Bear Fur from Freezing Up
In the Arctic, polar bears are equally at home swimming in the frigid waters or galloping across fields of ice and snow. When they emerge from the water, their fur temperature drops to nearly that of ...
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Why polar bear fur doesn't freeze
Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that polar bears are invisible in infrared cameras, meaning their fur has the ...
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Why polar bear fur doesn't freeze
Polar bears spend their days jumping from ice into water. So if they get all wet, why doesn't their fur freeze? Well, a recent study in the journal Science Advances investigated that very question ...