POLAR BEAR vs BROWN BEAR

STUDENT´S WRITING

I´m going to talk about polar bears and brown bears because I like them. Both bears are similar but they are very different. 

Let´s see!!

The polar bear is fatter and taller than the brown bear. The brown bear´s eyes are brighter than polar bear´s. The skull of a polar bear is longer than a brown´s bear´s one. The teeth of a brown bear are longer than a polar bear´s but the canines are bigger and sharper. The claws of a polar bear are shorter than a brown bear´s claws because the brown bear uses them for digging.

Both bears live 25 years but sometimes the brown bear can live 30 years. The polar cubs are born blind between November and February and they are two or three of them each time. Brown cubs can be one, two or three and sometimes four. The polar bear does't hibernate but the brown bear does for five or eight months a year in winter. The polar bear lives in the Arctic Circle and the brown bear lives in the woods of Europe, North America and Asia. They eat different things: the polar bear is carnivore so it eats seals and other animals, and the brown bear is omnivore so it eats plants, honey, insects and fish.

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Their scientific names are similar because the first name is Ursus for both but the second name is different: the polar bear is Ursus Maritimes and the brown bear is Ursus Arctos.

Other interesting difference between these bear is their conservation status. The brown bear is in the group of Last Concern and the polar bear is in the group of Vulnerable. I am angry because we are destroying their habitat by helping the Global Warming to melt the ice where they live. 

Both bears have names in other languages: the Inuit people in the Arctic call the polar bear "Nanook" in their language and the Sioux people in North America call the brown bear "Mato" in their language.

I hope you like it!!

By David Marco Navarro