Check out photographs of a polar bear cub learning to swim alongside her mother at the Detroit Zoo's Arctic Ring of Life Exhibit or watch polar bears live on the Tundra Buggy Cam at Wapusk National Park in northern Manitoba on International Polar Bear Day. Polar bears gather along the shore of Hudson Bay to wait for ice to form so they can return to their seal-hunting grounds. But freeze-ups are coming later each year and melt-offs sooner, straining the limits of their fat reserves. That's why this population is considered the most endangered. Talini was born right here in Michigan at the Detroit Zoo. Her mother, Barle, was a first time mom who was born in the wild and rescued by the zoo from a circus in Puerto Rico.
Polar Bear Cub Learns To Swim
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Polar Bear Cub Learns To Swim
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Polar Bear Cub Learns To Swim
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Polar Bear Cub Learns To Swim
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