Polar Bears Facts

Polar bear fur is not white, it's translucent.

Polar bears can eat more than 100 lbs of meat in one sitting.

A polar bear's skin is black Its fur is not white either. Each hair is clear and hollow, and only looks white because it scatters light like snow.

License plates in the Canadian Northwest Territories are shaped like polar bears.

In Churchill, Manitoba—the 'Polar Bear Capital of the World'—residents are encouraged to leave their car doors unlocked so people can escape if they encounter a polar bear on the street.