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AMAZING fact of the day
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A polar bear can smell a human ...
... wait for this ...
... 15 miles away !!!!!!!!!!!!
That like from here to Hayward's Heath ... !!!
(so it could probably smell me from here to Birmingham when I've been out for a run)
(although ... I don't think they have polar bears in Birmingham)
... wait for this ...
... 15 miles away !!!!!!!!!!!!
That like from here to Hayward's Heath ... !!!
(so it could probably smell me from here to Birmingham when I've been out for a run)
(although ... I don't think they have polar bears in Birmingham)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Jno, we may have been in keeping with scientific theory to our own date, it is perhaps possible that new theories have arisen since lol! science moves on so quickly that perhaps we are right, yet legend seems to have found a new source? Legend, are we both wrong? whilst the hair may not reflect the ultraviolet light, this does not necessarily mean that the shorter fur underneath may not be the cause of the polar bears whiteness? is wiki out of date? genuinely interested, not taking the p1ss out of anyone!! :)
Although the polar bear’s coat appears white, each individual hair is actually a clear, hollow tube. Some of the sun’s rays bounce off the fur, making the polar bear’s coat appear white. During the summer months, adult bears molt, or gradually shed their coats and grow new ones, which look pure white. By the following spring, the sunshine has caused their coats to turn a yellowish shade.
http://www.doi.gov/issues/polarbear.pdf
http://www.doi.gov/issues/polarbear.pdf