General Poetry posted September 29, 2022 |
Haiku (emphemeral light)
winter in the Arctic
by Mark D. R.
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Internet facts about polar bears:
Mother Polar Bears Make Dens
While pregnant polar bears do make dens in the winter, but it is not to hibernate. These pregnant polar bears will dig a maternity den into a hillside where they can give birth to their cubs in a sheltered and warmer environment.
Polar bears give birth during the middle of winter, from January to February, so these maternity dens are important, but the bears are not hibernating. The cubs are born tiny, blind, toothless, and have a sparse layer of fur so they are incredibly vulnerable. The mother is busy keeping them warm and nursing them until they are strong enough to emerge from the den.
Around mid-February the new polar bear families will leave their maternity dens and will start travelling toward the sea-ice so the mother can have her first meal in months. A mother polar bear will lose roughly half their weight providing milk for their cubs, so the beginning of their winter means they have to put on a tremendous amount of weight.
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and 2 member cents. Internet facts about polar bears:
Mother Polar Bears Make Dens
While pregnant polar bears do make dens in the winter, but it is not to hibernate. These pregnant polar bears will dig a maternity den into a hillside where they can give birth to their cubs in a sheltered and warmer environment.
Polar bears give birth during the middle of winter, from January to February, so these maternity dens are important, but the bears are not hibernating. The cubs are born tiny, blind, toothless, and have a sparse layer of fur so they are incredibly vulnerable. The mother is busy keeping them warm and nursing them until they are strong enough to emerge from the den.
Around mid-February the new polar bear families will leave their maternity dens and will start travelling toward the sea-ice so the mother can have her first meal in months. A mother polar bear will lose roughly half their weight providing milk for their cubs, so the beginning of their winter means they have to put on a tremendous amount of weight.
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