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The polar bear season has started, and the people of Churchill are preparing for another four to five months of living with the largest terrestrial carnivore on the planet. Every year from July through November, polar bears switch from living on the sea ice of Hudson Bay to being on land. Polar bears that inhabit Hudson Bay have always lived this way. At the southern end of the Arctic ice pack, the seasonal melt in Hudson Bay brings the bears onto land for a summer snooze. Polar bears’ metabolism slows down during the summer. They are coming off their most … Continue
A fish is a cold-blooded animal which is also a vertebrate (animal with a backbone). They are aquatic vertebrates; they have gills and fins and they also live in water their entire lives. This is what makes fish different from other types of animals in the world. There are a few exceptions to the cold-blooded rule for fish. New fish have been discovered that are completely warm-blooded.
How fish breath under water?
Fish have gills which are apart of them since the moment they are born. Gills give fish the ability to breath … Continue
Pinnipeds are most commonly known as seals. Pinniped means ‘fins’ and it refers to marine mammals that have front and rear flippers. Some of the animals which are included in this group are seals, walruses, sea lions, fur seals, and bearded seal. These mammals are able to live in the oceans but can surface and get on to land for a long period of time.
There are three types of pinnipeds, these are phocids (earless seals), otariids (eared seals), and odobenids (walruses). This post will only discuss the eared seals (otariids) and earless
Whales are large aquatic mammals. They breathe through their blowholes into their lungs. Unlike fish which breathe through their gills under water, whales need air, which is why they surface from the water after a certain period of time. This guide will help you find out more about whales, such as their habitat, what they eat, their anatomy, and more.
There are different marine mammals in the Cetacean group, some of these mammals include whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Additionally, there are many different species of whales and some of these include the following; Blue Whale(Balaenoptera … Continue
