Spirit Guide of the day is Polar Bear! Take a moment to stop, observe, and assess your situation before taking action. When prepared, commit yourself fully to the situation and stay with it! Focus your energy on what is needed to complete rather than side projects or other distractions. This may require you being assertive and confident in the way you act and speak. Retain dignity and hold yourself and those around you with respect as you may also be going on a journey of spiritual awakening. Make sure to take time to balance and care for yourself in all ways from body to mind and spirit. The Polar Bear guide is known for it's connection to endurance, acceptance, strength, and surrender. The white fur of a polar bear symbolizes the idea of surrender. Teaching us to accept what has come and work with strength and confidence through our situation. Show your will power to grow past obstacles. While polar bear shows us to surrender, this spirit guide also shows us how endurance, efficiency, and perseverance can bring us to success. The Native American Inuits believed that all things possess a soul and that polar bear contained an even stronger soul or that the bear was a human in white-bear clothing due to it's human-like way of sitting and moving. Their polar bear God, Tornaurssuk, was a deity who was invoked in ceremony for those about to go on a journey. People who connect with Polar Bear are cautious yet confident with a habit of carefully assessing a situation before moving forward. These individuals are powerful and naturally gain respect from those around them. These survivors are strong in mind and mind while being adaptable to situations around them. These pure spirits have a powerful faith in the Spirit of the world, feeling it within and around them.
Polar Bear, Ursus Maritimus, are the largest land carnivores in the world and are also considered marine mammals due to the large amount of time they spend in the water. They belong to the Ursidae family, rivaled in size only by the Kodiak bear, and are the most carnivorous of all of the omnivorous bears. Polar bears are also one of the only non-hibernating bears. These massive mammals can weigh over 900 lbs as adult males while females can weigh over 500 lbs. Polar bears can live up to 30 years in the wild. They live in the coldest and harshest environment: the Arctic. Their habitat is preferably along the edges of ice packs where currents and winds combine to create a maze of melting and refreezing patches of ice and water. Following the ice, polar bears can be found in areas near Canada, Russia, Norway, Greenland, and Alaska. Polar bears have a range of adaptations perfectly suited for this frigid environment. They are able to travel thousands of miles per year in search of food and can swim up to 200 miles from land. Their skin is black in order to help absorb whatever heat they can while their iconic white fur is helpful in hiding their form among the snow and ice while hunting. Polar bears have even been seen to cover their black nose with their paw while hunting in order to hide themselves further. They have the thickest fur of all bears including fur that covers their feet for traction and additional warmth. Beneath this fur, a thick layer of blubber aids in keeping warm as well as giving them buoyancy while swimming. They have one of the longest bodies of all bears which, added to their narrow skull and long neck, work to make them streamlined for easier swimming. Large, flat front feet work as paddles to make them even faster swimmers. The diet of a polar bear consists of primarily seals although they have been known to eat walrus, whales, birds' eggs, and, at times, vegetation. Ringed and bearded seals are the most preferred of all prey and polar bears will hunt along the shifting ice patches for seals surfacing to breathe. These animals are normally solitary, however, they will come together to breed. Female polar bears are known for being fiercely protective and caring of their young. Mating occurs between Late March and May. Pregnant females will need to eat a vast amount of food in the fall and summer in order to build the fat reserves necessary to survive the period of time they will be denning. Around October or November, female polar bears will search coastal bluffs or river banks where they can create a den for giving birth. These maternity dens will shelter the mother and her young until they are ready to leave. Females, called Sows, will give birth to one or two cubs which are nursed until they reach 20 to 30 lbs in weight. They will remain in their maternity den until March or April when they emerge. These cubs will remain with their mother for over 2 years before leaving. Polar bears will only give birth to 5 different litters of cubs in their entire lifetime and this places them as having one of the lowest reproduction rates of any mammal.
Polar Bear, Ursus Maritimus, are the largest land carnivores in the world and are also considered marine mammals due to the large amount of time they spend in the water. They belong to the Ursidae family, rivaled in size only by the Kodiak bear, and are the most carnivorous of all of the omnivorous bears. Polar bears are also one of the only non-hibernating bears. These massive mammals can weigh over 900 lbs as adult males while females can weigh over 500 lbs. Polar bears can live up to 30 years in the wild. They live in the coldest and harshest environment: the Arctic. Their habitat is preferably along the edges of ice packs where currents and winds combine to create a maze of melting and refreezing patches of ice and water. Following the ice, polar bears can be found in areas near Canada, Russia, Norway, Greenland, and Alaska. Polar bears have a range of adaptations perfectly suited for this frigid environment. They are able to travel thousands of miles per year in search of food and can swim up to 200 miles from land. Their skin is black in order to help absorb whatever heat they can while their iconic white fur is helpful in hiding their form among the snow and ice while hunting. Polar bears have even been seen to cover their black nose with their paw while hunting in order to hide themselves further. They have the thickest fur of all bears including fur that covers their feet for traction and additional warmth. Beneath this fur, a thick layer of blubber aids in keeping warm as well as giving them buoyancy while swimming. They have one of the longest bodies of all bears which, added to their narrow skull and long neck, work to make them streamlined for easier swimming. Large, flat front feet work as paddles to make them even faster swimmers. The diet of a polar bear consists of primarily seals although they have been known to eat walrus, whales, birds' eggs, and, at times, vegetation. Ringed and bearded seals are the most preferred of all prey and polar bears will hunt along the shifting ice patches for seals surfacing to breathe. These animals are normally solitary, however, they will come together to breed. Female polar bears are known for being fiercely protective and caring of their young. Mating occurs between Late March and May. Pregnant females will need to eat a vast amount of food in the fall and summer in order to build the fat reserves necessary to survive the period of time they will be denning. Around October or November, female polar bears will search coastal bluffs or river banks where they can create a den for giving birth. These maternity dens will shelter the mother and her young until they are ready to leave. Females, called Sows, will give birth to one or two cubs which are nursed until they reach 20 to 30 lbs in weight. They will remain in their maternity den until March or April when they emerge. These cubs will remain with their mother for over 2 years before leaving. Polar bears will only give birth to 5 different litters of cubs in their entire lifetime and this places them as having one of the lowest reproduction rates of any mammal.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Bear (Other)
Gender Any
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