The disappearance of ice in the Arctic must then result in a population decline. Therefore, polar bears already are migrating to cooler regions, becoming “climate refugees”. For many hundreds of years, long before the island was settled, polar bears appeared on ice crashes, swimming from Greenland and feeding on seals and fish. A polar bear can swim at a speed of up to 6 miles per hour (8 knots). Polar bears live throughout the Arctic, in areas where they can hunt seals in wide cracks in the sea ice or at breathing holes. Dinocracy mac os. The taxonomic name for polar bears is Ursus maritimus, which means sea bear, a fitting name for these champion swimmers. Ice King: Polar Bear Wallpaper Collection Polar bears are one of the most prominent and cognitive creatures which are on the top of the food chain in polar region. View All Download.
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Made for Polar Bear Game Jam: A big world of ice and icebergs. Explore the landscape in search of seals to eat. Keep an eye out for an underwater pool to swim in. Make sure to feed the big bear some fish while your in the swimming hole. And if your lucky you will find your own one bedroom polar bear apartment!
Controls are A,W,S,D
I'm still a newb to game making, no points system, or end, just have fun exploring! Apple catch (bea) mac os. And watch out for jelly fish!
I drew all the graphics, and the sound track I remixed a nature documentary using audacity. and this vid.
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Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
Author | PixelBiome |
Genre | Adventure |
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Description
Polar bears are the largest carnivorous land mammals on Earth. They are about seven to eight feet long, measured from the nose to the tip of their very short tail. Male polar bears are much larger than the females. A large male can weigh more than 1,700 pounds, while a large female is about half that size (up to 1,000 pounds). Bears can weigh about 50 percent more after a successful hunting season than they do at the start of the next; most of this additional weight is accumulated fat. A newborn polar bear weighs only about 1.5 pounds.
Many of the polar bear's physical adaptations help it maintain body heat and deal with its icy habitat. The bear's outer layer of fur is hollow and reflects light, giving the fur a white color that helps the bear remain camouflaged. The skin under the polar bear's fur is actually black; this black is evident only on the nose. Polar bears also have a thick layer of fat below the surface of the skin, which acts as insulation on the body to trap heat. This is especially important while swimming and during the frigid Arctic winter. The bear's large size reduces the amount of surface area that's exposed to the cold per unit of body mass (pounds of flesh), which generates heat.
The polar bear's footpads have a kind of “non-slip” surface, allowing them to get traction on slippery ice. Polar bears have strong legs and large, flattened feet with some webbing between their toes, which helps with swimming and walking on ice. The wide paws prevent sea ice from breaking by distributing the polar bear's weight as it walks. The webbed feet results in making polar bears, unlike other bear species, considered to be “marine mammals” along with seals, sea lions, walruses, whales, and dolphins. However, they are still bears. The polar bear evolved one to three million years ago from the brown bear, which still ekes out a marginal life along the northern shore of the Arctic oceans. Unlike the massive polar bear, which can grow huge on a diet of abundant seals, its ancestor in the Arctic is small, has very lower reproductive rates, and eagerly eats almost anything that exists in its environment.
Polar bears have evolved something else that is different from their ancestor: most polar bears don’t den, however all brown bears do. When grizzly bear food is covered in snow during the winter, this species must den because there is nothing to eat. In contrast, most polar bears have access to their food of choice (seals) all winter long, so there is no need for them to den. The exception to this is pregnant adult females. Pregnant female polar bears must den so that their tiny newborn cubs are born in a warm protected environment; dens can be 38 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the outside temperature. The cubs would otherwise freeze to death in the frigid temperatures of the far north.