Polar Bear Odd Facts

Go here to see five fun facts about polar bears, it's from The Week on Yahoo News. My favorite fact is that they are crossbreeding with grizzlies in the wild, producing cubs called "pizzlies" or "grolars." One nice thing about these facts, it appears that polar bears are less endangered than was formerly thought.

Hudson Bay thaws each summer, is frozen for 6 or more months of the year. The polar bears of Hudson Bay have always denned on the land south of Churchill, Manitoba, and appear none the worse for it.

The bears hang around Churchill in the fall, entertaining tourists, scaring the locals, and raiding the garbage dump for food while waiting for the Bay to freeze up so they can head out hunting seals. The DrsC have been to Churchill in the summer, too early in the season to see the bears which were inland hibernating.