Polar bear personalities and it’s meaning

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In one of Brobear’s books called Grizzly Years, the grizzly has the personality of the seven dwafts. Personally I believe that polar bears also have different personalities. Please do not post in here yet.

Edit: I am now posting the meaning of their personalities too.

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Polar bears' personalities will vary due to life experiences, but at their core all bears have the same basic nature. They're very intelligent, playful, and curious. We've never given them reason to be fearful of us, so our mutual curiosity and respect translates into amazing, on-foot encounters.

churchillwild.com/10-cool-facts-about-polar-bears/

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Behavior

Polar bears are known for their calm temperaments. They are not aggressive by nature and will only attack humans if they feel threatened.

In general, they are quite gentle creatures that enjoy playing and swimming. These bear species become aggressive when they feel threatened or intruded upon their territory.

The solitary attitude of polar bears is one that is often misunderstood. Many people think that they must be mean and aggressive because they are solitary animals.



However, this is not the case. Polar bears are very gentle creatures who only become aggressive when they feel threatened or scared.

This solitary nature comes from their need to protect their food source. Polar bears are very good at hunting, and they need to be able to focus on their prey to succeed. It means that they cannot afford to be distracted by other animals.

These bear species are also very curious creatures. They are always exploring their environment and trying to learn new things.

This curiosity can sometimes get them into trouble, but it also means that they can always adapt to new situations. It is one of the things that makes them such good survivors in the wild.

they are very intelligent animals. They have a good memory and can remember things for a long time. This intelligence helps them to understand their environment and to find food. It also helps them to avoid danger.

www.ourendangeredworld.com/species/polar-bear/

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POLAR BEAR PERSONALITY TYPE



Key characteristics.

Land, north, predator, large, confident, inactive

The largest land predator is a real extrovert who exudes friendliness, conducive to communication, but at the same time is distinguished by prudence. Nature has endowed the Bear with a quiet temper, it’s challenging to bring them into a state of excitement.

Despite their formidable appearance, this animal avoids conflicts and feels comfortable in a familiar environment. However, if, nevertheless, someone manages to bring them out of a state of harmony, in a state of anger, they become very brave and active. This is especially true for a woman who protects her children.

PREFERENCES AND FEARS

Proud individuals who steadfastly accept their mistakes, without blaming others for them. They studied diligently at school, and they keep the same responsible attitude at work. They know how to organize other people well and lead them.

Bears are very smart; they have a great memory, they remember well both good and evil. Polar bears are individuals who love and value life, who do their best to be happy here and now.

CAREER

In the professional field, Bears are team players, level-headed, hardworking, great middle managers with great people skills. Bears are courteous and well-mannered, they don’t tend to make scenes. There is no meanness and cruelty in them. Treachery in the struggle for a work position is not in their nature either.






psycho-tests.com/blog/polar-bear-description

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Others are free to contribute to this thread.

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A friendly side of polar bear cubs. Sadly it was seperated from its mother.

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What's so funny on 1 April? Rescued polar bear seen 'laughing' with her cub in heartwarming pictures



Kolymana pictured with her cub in Orto-Doydu Zoo in Yakutsk


siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/whats-so-funny-on-1-april-rescued-polar-bear-seen-laughing-with-her-cub-in-heartwarming-pictures/


Polar bears have a good sense of humour.

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Social Behavior.

• The most constant social interaction occurs between mother and cubs. Polar bear mothers are attentive, frequently touching and grooming their cubs.
• Polar bear breeding pairs remain together for one week or more, mating several times.
• Aggression occurs between males during the breeding season and when males attempt to steal food caught by other polar bears.
• Play fighting has been observed between aggregating subadult and adult male polar bears.
• Young polar bear cubs chase and tackle their siblings

seaworld.org/animals/all-about/polar-bear/behavior/#:~:text=Social%20Behavior&text=Polar%20bear%20mothers%20are%20attentive,caught%20by%20other%20polar%20bears.

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Communicating

Polar bears communicate with each other through body language, vocalizations, and scent markings:



Head wagging from side to side: A sign that polar bears want to play. Adult bears initiate play—which is actually ritualized fighting or mock battling—by standing on their hind legs, chin lowered to their chests, with front paws hanging by their sides.



Nose-to-nose greetings: How a bear asks another bear for something, such as food. The guest bear will approach slowly, circle around a carcass, then meekly touch the feeding bear's nose.



Chuffing: A vocal response to stress, often heard when a mother bear is worried for her cubs' safety.



Scolding: Mother bears scold cubs with a low growl or soft cuff.



Rushing: When a male approaches a female with cubs, she rushes toward him with her head lowered.



Hissing, snorting, lowered head: Signifies aggression.



Loud roars or growls: Communicates anger.



Deep growls: Signifies a warning, perhaps in defense of food.



Charging forward, with head down and ears laid back: Attack mode.



Moving downwind of dominant bears: Signifies submission.


polarbearsinternational.org/polar-bears-changing-arctic/polar-bear-facts/behavior/

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Do polar bears have personalities?

New student-led research will help in the care of polar bears at the Assiniboine Park Zoo


Do polar bears have personalities? And if they do, how can we assess them?

That’s what University of Winnipeg psychology and biology student Kerianne Chant has been researching the last two years with the Assiniboine Park Zoo.

Examining these individual differences enables animal caretakers to not only better understand the bears, but better predict the behaviour of the animals.


“Individual behavioural differences in animals or personalities are now widely recognized within biology as an important aspect to investigate when trying to understand animal behaviour,” said Chant. “Our study assessed personalities in nine polar bears (Ursus maritimus) housed at the Assiniboine Park Zoo using a five-factor personality assessment.”

Last year, Chant was the President of the Wildlife Society at UWinnipeg and, through her extensive involvement, received many volunteer opportunities.

After going for a tour of Assiniboine Park Zoo and the conservatory, she met Dr. Stephen Petersen, Director of Conservation and Research, as well as Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Biology, and he told her about the project they wanted to do.

“The conservation team at the Zoo noticed some pretty big individual differences between the bears that came into their care, in terms of management and social groups,” she said. “Some of the social groupings seemed to work better for others and staff wanted to know if there’s a way of assessing better care for the bears.”

Petersen says Chant’s expertise in psychology and animal behaviour has been a welcome addition to the team and that he’s enjoyed collaborating with her to better understand the polar bears they care for.

“The Zoo is always striving to make sure we provide the animals here with the highest level of care and to do that we are often looking for new ways to understand these animals and what we can do to ensure their well being,” said Petersen. “Testing the validity of using personality assessments to score animals is a very novel technique, but could provide us with more tools to keep bears happy and healthy. We are hoping to build on the work that Kerianne did and expand it to assessments of other bears in other facilities.”

The Department of Conservation and Research at Assiniboine Park Zoo has mentored several outstanding honours students from UWinnipeg over the years, and Petersen says they’re grateful to add Chant to that list.

“A defining trait of The University of Winnipeg is reflected each day in the research undertaken by students like Kerianne Chant,” said Dr. Jino Distasio, Vice-President of Research and Innovation, UWinnipeg. “This project highlights just how actively engaged our students are in undertaking work in the community that has impact and contributes to the skills needed for careers.”

Polar bear personalities
UWinnipeg student Kerianne Chant. Photo by Austin Day Photography.

“I want to see whether the big five personality factors — extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism — apply in assessing polar bear personalities.”

While polar bears are solitary for much of the year, Chant says some groups of bears, like males, are more social during the summer and fall within the western Hudson Bay population and along the Manitoba coast.

Since there appears to be a sociality in wild bears, the question is: how does this impact bears in human care, especially with individual differences in their behaviour with other bears.

Chant’s thesis project, which she successfully defended this past April, used data gathered over the course of three years (2018-2020) and included nine polar bears, aged two to eight, housed at the Journey to Churchill exhibit.

“Animal care professionals at the Assiniboine Park Zoo rated each bear once a year using a modified five-factor personality questionnaire,” she explained. “Each bear was rated on a seven-point scale: one being an accurate statement and seven being a very inaccurate statement.”

The takeaway from three years of data was that the assigned scores were highly repeatable from year-to-year and observers were extremely consistent in their evaluation of the bears. This suggests that the personality test we used is accurate and something that we can build on.

Providing the best care
This research and the results will directly help the management of the polar bears at the Zoo.

“Examining these individual differences enables animal caretakers to not only better understand the bears, but better predict the behaviour of the animals,” Chant said. “If a polar bear is low in agreeableness, they may prefer to be housed with few other bears. However, there may be some polar bears who have high agreeableness and like being with other bears and engaging in social play.”

Chant says this research has continued into 2021 and will continue into the future too. She recently presented it at the 2021 Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Conference and UWinnipeg’s 16th annual Randy Kobes Undergraduate Poster Symposium, where she finished first in the biological and environmental sciences category.

This research will not only help animals in zoos, but also can be used on wild animals. By having a reliable and repeatable method for assessing animal personalities, it may help experts proactively manage animal problems and minimize human-wildlife conflicts.


news.uwinnipeg.ca/do-polar-bears-have-personalities/

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Polar bears are quiet and steady workers who pay attention to detail and like to stick to something until they get the job done. They are great at making decisions and following plans or rules, and usually like to use skills that they've already learned.

icould.com/2021/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Polar-bear-strengths.pdf

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Temperament and Personality of Polar Bears.


Like all highly intelligent animals, polar bears have individual personalities. Some, for example, are more courageous, or aggressive than others. A polar bear in the Indianapolis Zoo tried to crash through the thick glass separating his pool from the visitors. His target was my son Andrew, then four years old, who had angered the bear by tapping on the glass. Nevertheless, they all have some qualities in common.

Mothers raise their cubs with great love and care. They will fight for them at the risk of their own lives against much bigger males, who want to kill the cubs in order to bring the females into estrus sooner. The cubs are born at about one pound with thin down. Their eyes are closed. They have no teethThe mother’s fat-rich milk makes them grow fast. They share in the mother’s very first kill after they emerge from their snow drift den at 22–30 pounds.

The cubs are extremely playful. They learn where and how to hunt seals by watching mom. This prepares them for independence, which happens when they are about 30 months of age.

Polar bears tend to be very cautious, but curious animals. They may circle toward people, who often mistake their reconnaissance maneuvers for predatory stalking, which it almost never is. These white giants investigate anything they have not seen before, but even if contemplating a predatory attack on humans, they are easily discouraged. Since 1870, they have killed only 20 people, a large number of them hunters who had already shot them. They certainly are not the man killers they are often said to be.

Patience is another of their qualities, something they had to learn due to the low success rate of their hunts- less than 5%. Their normal diet is ringed seals and bearded seals, which they have to snatch when the animals poke their heads up from their holes in the sea ice to breathe. To catch a seal, the bear must be downwind from it. Sometimes the seal’s ice is small; surrounded by water. The bear tries inventive tactics, like swimming surreptitiously past the breathing hole, doubling back, and sneaking close to it to pounce when the seal appears. Patience, intelligence, and curiosity makes them, like their brown bear ancestors, great problem solvers.



In a rescue situation, they form close bonds with the people who care for them. They hug their humans with their giant paws, and lick them -in the face if they can. Instead of snatching food when they are hand fed, they patiently wait for it to be put into their mouths. Canadians Mark Dumas and his wife Dawn have a 23 year old pet polar bear Aggie, whom they rescued when she was an orphaned cub. Aggie performs in television commercials, and movies, but most of the time she hangs around on the Dumas property, swimming in their pool, turning just about anything into a toy, and eating the best foods, but not having to hunt for them. With good medical care, she will probably live 10 to 15 years longer than she would in the wild.

Aggie absolutely loves her humans, but Mark has noted that there is a difference between her personality and a grizzly’s. Billy, a grizzly who also lives with the couple is a flagrant “goofball,” according to Mark. Brown bears have a great sense of humor, but he thinks polar bears do not. If this is true, the hard work they must do to sustain themselves may account for it. On the other hand, it could just be Aggie’s own idiosyncrasy. After all, bears, like people, are not all the same.

www.quora.com/What-is-the-general-temperament-of-a-polar-bear

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That man hugging a polar bear must be very bold. Even though nowhere as big and powerful as a wild male polar bear, a captive polar bear is still much stronger than a man.

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Polar Bears are usually independent learners who can concentrate for long periods. They enjoy researching subjects and gaining in depth knowledge. Polar Bears tend to have a great eye for detail and work on a task in their own meticulous way until it is completed.

www.wjec.co.uk/home/personality-quiz/polar-bear/#tab_0

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ISTJ: POLAR BEAR
BUZZWORDS: Practical, loyal & reliable
Polar bears are strong and determined. They are at the top of their food chain and, like ISTJs, they can be the boss. To hunt for food, they have to learn and perfect their skills. ISTJs also like to perfect their skills and then use them throughout their life. Polar bears, like ISTJs, can spend a lot of time of their own and be perfectly happy while in their own company.

www.edubuzz.org/careers/wp-content/uploads/sites/156/2010/03/buzz-information-polar-bear.doc

I am surprise that polar bear personalities can be used in human quiz.

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Churchill’s Fierce, Strong, and Playful Polar Bears.

When I think about being exposed to different personalities, I always think about online dating. As I slowly rode the tundra buggy around in search of polar bears, I wondered what a bear’s dating profile would look like.

“I get hangry when I don’t eat.” “I like to date outdoorsy bears.” “Must be a good swimmer.” “It’s ok if you’ve had other relationships.”
Would you swipe left or right for that cuddly polar bear?

I had heard people say bears have personalities, but quite honestly I hadn’t experienced it yet. When I viewed polar bears on Russia’s Wrangel Island, we were never able to stick around long enough to really see the personalities and unique behaviors come out. We saw plenty of polar bears, however we couldn’t spend a lot of time observing the bears while we were in little zodiac rafts floating precariously near the bears! So the only personality I had really experienced when it came to bears were the fictional ones – Yogi the Bear and Smokey the Bear. And I was pretty sure that these polar bears in Churchill weren’t going to steal picnic baskets or warn me against forest fires.

When I showed up to view polar bears in Churchill, there was a part of me that wondered if my Canada bear curse would bleed over into the world of polar bears. What if I came all this way, and still don’t see a bear? Considering my track record with grizzly bear viewing in BC, it was a real possibility.



Tundra sunrise

After enjoying a spectacular sunrise from the Tundra Buggy, I sat in my seat scanning the white bumpy landscape, trying to detect movement as we slowly chugged along. Suddenly there was pointing, yelling, and people were putting down their windows as the buggy slowed down to a stop. There they were 3 cream colored bears sauntering across the tundra. No polar bear curse – Yippee! I quickly grabbed my cameras and ran out on the buggy balcony focused on the 3 bears coming closer to us with each step.

The Teenagers.
A couple of tundra buggies, including ours, had stopped in the path of an approaching mother and her two cubs. The two cubs, being curious teenagers, stopped at the buggy in front of us while the mother was saying, “Move along now, there’s nothing to see here…” She got tired of waiting, and kept going out on the ice past the buggies on the other side. One dutiful cub followed her and one stayed – still curious sniffing around the buggy and up on his hind legs. The mother kept walking and looking back, and finally I imagined her making a big ‘huff’, rolling her eyes, as she turned back around to get the errant, misbehaving cub. The curious one eventually saw the glare of mom and started back towards her, head held a little low.


Mother and cubs - you can tell which one listens and which one marches to his own drum in this pic alone...


The curious one! He comes right up to our Tundra Buggy to check us out.


The sibling looks back wondering if the other will follow as mom leads the way


Finally – all back together again, but you can see the curious one continuing to look back!

The Toddler.
Next we came across a mom and her COY (cub of the year) which means that this cub was still a toddler. As mom walked around sniffing for seaweed, the little cub kept on playing in the snow – putting its nose in the snow and then popping back up, make the snow fly. Is it possible for a polar bear to smile – because I could swear that this little one was. It had a little glint in it’s eyes, mischievous and fun. It even tried to chase/play with a raven at one point. Oohs and aahs were heard all over the buggy as we all watched this little cub play in the snow in pure delight, as the mother sort of tolerated the behavior, but nudged him along.


Snow can be so much fun to a cub!


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Chasing a raven..

Aren’t They Cute…But Wait…

As we continued on slowly all aglow in our polar bear experiences, I thought about bear personalities, and how heartwarming it was to see how the bears interacted with each other and in their environment. I found myself assigning personalities and stories to each of them that I saw. It’s natural to do so, however it’s important to also realize that we see them through a heavy filter of our own feelings. I even learned a new awesome scrabble word – anthropomorphization – the projection of human personalities on animals. It’s fun, but can also be a bit dangerous as when we humanize these wild animals, we assign them the responsibility of being human and the morals that go along with it. And quite frankly, they are very dangerous animals, and we can never forget that. They each do have personalities, you can see that, but it’s easy to flip that personality into an expectation of how humans act.



You might have seen the recent viral polar bear and dog video that everyone went wild about. Quite frankly when I saw it, I didn’t feel that warm ‘awwww’ feeling, instead it made me nervous. Maybe because I had just been in Churchill and seen those dogs, and I knew that the interaction might not be as we all projected it to be. Then we found out a few days later the bear attacked one of the dogs …because they are wild animals and they are hungry.



That point was driven home when we witnessed some of our next encounters that were a reminder of the more wild side of these bears’ personalities.



Polar Bears in Training

When we came across the two male bears, it looked like they were two friends just hanging out, they even looked cuddly. However the cuddling turned to nudging, turned into both of them up on their hind legs sparing. It was actually pretty shocking to see. I gasped when the bear stood on their hind legs due to the sheer size of these creatures! Cameras were clicking and the Chinese couple in my group were giving a commentary in Mandarin as we all vied for position on the balcony to watch. After a while the two bears stopped, lay down and astonishingly took a little nap next to each other, nose to nose.



Our guide David explained this was a typical ritual that the males engage in as they get ready to go back out on the ice for hunting. David said we could consider this like humans going to the gym to get in shape, that’s what these bears were doing, getting back in shape for hunting seals and protecting their bounties. It was interesting to put it in such a human perspective, but it did seem to make a lot of sense to me.



While they napped, we had lunch, and trust me, there’s something pretty surreal about eating lunch while watching polar bears nap and fight outside your buggy window. Once they woke up they were at it again, paws flying, biting, and basically wrestling. When they stood on their hind legs and pushed each other with their paws they even looked human to me. Eventually one got tired and walked away with a little streak of red blood that stood out on its white fur.

Hungry and Hunting

I know how I get when I’m hungry, and it’s not pretty. These bears have been on land waiting for ice to return now for 4 months and they probably still have another 3 weeks to go. When on land, they don’t eat – normally. But when you are hungry, and you need food to keep up your strength to get back out on the ice and hunt you’ll do about anything. It’s not like they are carrying extra Clif Bars along like I do in case of emergency.



The weather had changed drastically and I stood out on the buggy balcony trying to hang on to my camera in the wind and keep some feeling in my increasingly numb fingers as a mother and her big female yearling approached our buggy. The wind and snow was blowing fiercely as the pair crossed our path stopping only a moment to sniff us. This was the closest yet I had gotten to the bears and I wasn’t about to let a little weather stop me.



After they had crossed by and sauntered out of sight, a large, but skinny male bear came down that same exact path, taking his time, sniffing, and acting as if he were a kid that was trying to avoid going to church on Sunday morning. What David later explained is that the male bear was following the scent of the previous females, likely hunting them (specifically the cub) out of hunger. Once this big male passed by us he used his nose to follow exactly where the females had gone; their sense of smell, even in the 26 mph winds is amazing. To all of our surprise, the females had started to head back towards him, as they couldn’t see him yet, and he was still trying to stay on their scent. When they all met on the ice a few hundred feet apart and saw each other the women took off at lightening pace with the male chasing after them. He eventually gave up for the time being – choosing not to extend any more energy. However I figured he had to be pretty hungry to think that he was going to take on those two females who looked a bit healthier than him.


The females making their way through the storm


This male walked right up to us while pursuing a couple of females


The male following the scent in a massive storm

One Tough Mother

Much like humans, a female bear has a lot of responsibilities, and quite frankly has a much harder time than her male counterparts. David made a calendar of the female’s life for us to illustrate how tough their journey into motherhood can be.



The males fight for mates in March, and when they mate the female isn’t pregnant right away – it’s a delayed implantation. However Mother Nature takes over and knows the pregnant female needs to be fat enough to ensure the survival of the cubs. The pregnancy gets held in suspension until she is at a safe weight to carry the cubs. She needs to be around 400 to 450 pounds in order for the pregnancy to go forward. So if she has a lean spring on the sea ice then it will naturally abort. If she’s heavy enough, then she will go den up in September. While in the den, she delivers the cubs in the end of December and in mid March she emerges from her den with new cubs. September to March, 7 months, she hasn’t eaten a thing, has given birth, and now desperately needs to find food for herself and her new family. Luckily baby ring seals are born just as she’s coming out of the den, so there is a food source if she can get to it with her new cubs. She hunts and eats for about about 3 1/2 months feeding and teaching her young ones. When the ice disappears she comes ashore in June/July – where she doesn’t really eat again until the ice forms in November. And she has to constantly protect her cubs from potential hungry males in November.


Mom and cub

See what I mean – one tough mother. If I go 7 hours without eating I become a bear, she goes 7 months and is a bear.



You Won’t Look a Polar Bears the Same Way Again.



Two full days of being out on the tundra viewing bears in this unique land environment was eye opening and educational to me. In some ways it felt as if I were watching a soap opera unfold in front of me with overacting and intense personalities. There’s nothing quite like being able to sit and observe wild animals in their environment safely. And with the changing conditions of sea ice, no one really knows how much longer this will be possible. As much as I want to think that these bears are furry, cuddly animals with human personalities, it was clear to me that they were wild and simply trying to survive.



As I finished my 2nd day of the Polar Safari on the Tundra Buggy, I thought back to what our guide David said on the first day, “The goal of a trip like this is that we don’t want you to look at polar bears the same again.”

I had spent two days getting ‘close’ to these fascinating creatures, closer than most humans will ever get. I learned about their lives, environment, and struggles. I spent a great deal of time wide-eyed and astonished as I watched their behaviors and observed their personalities, but I walked away much smarter as well as concerned about the bears as our world evolves.



Mission accomplished!

www.ottsworld.com/blogs/polar-bears-in-churchill-manitoba/

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Polar Bear Personality Type, MBTI

What is the personality type of Polar Bear? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for Polar Bear from Animals and what is the personality traits.


The icebreaker is a polar bear.



People who have a polar bear personality type are generally deeply ingrained in the world of feeling. They may even be neurotically anxious about their feelings.



If they have a dominant polar bear part, they tend to come across as being a little more nervous and anxious than the average person.



Polar Bear people can be very moody, making them prone to changing their minds a lot. They may even feel that they have a lot of free will.



This can make them seem wishy-washy to those around them, as they’re constantly changing their minds and don’t seem to be making decisions very well.



Polar Bear people tend to take the long view, seeing situations for what they are, rather than seeing them as soon-to-be-over situations. They can also see beyond the short-term, which is something that many people lack.



They may take on too much, which can make them feel overwhelmed, especially if there are other people around them who aren’t as patient as they are.


personalitylist.com/profile/246912/animals/polar-bear/

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POLAR BEARS.

Polar Bears are beautiful , majestic creatures. They are strong and very determined to get what they want. They are at the top of the food chain and are definitely the Boss of everything around! They have excellent hunting skills that they have perfected to help them in life. The Polar Bear spends a lot of time on its own and is happy with his own company.

www.bears4u.co.uk/all-about-bears/what-sort-of-bear-are-you/