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Polar bears are the largest bears in the world. Adults1
weigh from 295 kg to 490 kg and are 2.5-3 m long. Males
are larger than females.
They live only around the icy Arctic Ocean and go along
the coastline2 looking for food. Their favourite food is the
seal3, dead or alive. They have a very good sense of smell
and can sniff4 dead animals from far away and can find
seals in their dens5 beneath the snow. They also eat dead
whales, walruses, arctic foxes, but if necessary, even
plants and berries.
The polar bear's thick oily fur is from white to yellowish.
Their skin is black to absorb heat, and under it is a fat
layer of about 10 cm. That is why they are able to swim
and dive in the icy ocean. They paddle6 with their front
legs and use their hind legs as rudders7.
The female usually gives birth to two cubs in a winter den,
where they stay for about three months up to the spring.
The mother feeds them milk but she herself has nothing to
eat! The young remain with their mothers for the next two
years to learn all the polar-bear skills, especially hunting.
The polar bear
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Translate all of the following Czech words
taken from this article and cross them out. The
letters in the marked boxes will tell you the
name of our Canadian animal for March.
dospûlí, Ïiv˘, zvífie, na bfieh, pod, slep˘, úder,
mláìata, hluch˘, doupû,vzdálenosti, jíst, tuk,
samice, jídlo, li‰ky, pfiední, srst, hol˘, lov,
ledov˘, zabít, velk˘, nohy, mûsíce, pádlovat,
ãlovûk, kormidla, mofie, tuleÀ, smysl, kÛÏe,
kluzk˘, vyãenichat, pouÏít, mroÏ, váÏit,
naÏloutl˘.
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● Newly born cubs are very small, hairless, blind and
deaf8. They weigh from 0.5 to 0.9 kg.
● In one year these cubs are as big as a person.
● The polar bear is an excellent swimmer. It can spend
many days at sea swimming long distances and
hunting for food.
● When the polar bear comes ashore9, it usually walks
hundreds of miles every day. It walks quite well on the
slippery10 ice and snow because its large feet are like
snowshoes11.
● The polar bear is so strong that it can kill an animal
with only one blow12.
1. adult [àdalt] - dospûl˘, 2. coastline [k´ustlain] - pobfieÏí, 3. seal [si:l] - tuleÀ, 4. sniff [snif] - vyãenichat, 5. den [den] - doupû, 6. paddle [pàdl] pádlovat, 7. rudder [rad´] - kormidlo, 8. blind, deaf [blaind, def] - slep˘, hluch˘, 9. ashore [´'‰o:] - na bfieh, 10. slippery [slip´ri] - kluzk˘,
11. snowshoe [sn´u‰u:] - snûÏnice, 12. blow [bl´u] - úder.
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