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What do you know about polar bears?

• If you want to pet a polar bear it might put its paw on your head and kill you.
• They have black and white color.
• You can play with a polar bear only if it is nice. 
• A polar bear has white fur.
• A polar bear can swim and they drink water.
• Lots of polar bears live in Africa.
• Some polar bears like to swim.
• Some polar bears climb.
• Polar bears are white and they have short claws.
• They swim in the cold water.
• They lay down.
• They eat bamboo.
• They can go for a ride.
• You can throw food to them to eat it.
• They can swim.
• They live at the Polar Express.
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What questions do you have about polar bears?

• Do the live in a hole?
• How do they get from place to place?
• Do they sleep?
• Do they scratch you?
• What do they sleep on?
• How do they climb?
• Can they eat?
• Can they swim?
• Can they take a ride?
• What do polar bears eat?
• What do they live in?
• Do they all have the same white fur?
• How do they protect their cubs?
• How do they have babies?
• How do they take care of their babies?

 

We learned the following facts about polar bears.

• Mother polar bears teach their cubs to swim.
• They all have white fur.

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• They sometimes live in dens dug out of the snow.

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• Polar bears eat fish and seals.

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• Polar bears can swim up to 40 miles at one time.

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• Polar bears use their sharp claws to climb on the ice and snow.

  

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• They sleep on the ice and snow.

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• They move from place to place by walking, running, swimming.

  

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• Polar bears have waterproof fur.

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• They have to eat a lot in order to survive.

  

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• They have blubber under their skin to help them stay warm.

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• Their fur is hollow and clear.

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