Did you know Arctic means bear in Greek?

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Meet Fritz, the tiniest ambassador of International #PolarBearDay/#WeltEisbärTag and newest addition to @zooberlin!




The Toronto Zoo@TheTorontoZoo · 16h16 hours ago



We're just going to leave this here…. (Hudson at 3 months old) #InternationalPolarBearDay











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Happy #InternationalPolarBearDay to our furry Arctic friends!
 

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Frontier@FrontierGap ·



#DidYouKnow #polarbears are the largest predators on land & females can be around 2m tall when standing on their hind legs! #polarbearday








Parley@parleyxxx · 



It's International #PolarBear Day. Did you know they have black skin and clear fur? The senses deceive. #SaveTheArctic #polarbears









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Species such as polar bears, badgers and wolverines share similar foot traits with humans. http://bit.ly/2lLyNE2 #PolarBearDay

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Polar bears can't swim forever. Protect their home #PolarBearDay

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Celebrate International Polar Bear Day with these facts about the Kings of the Arctic.

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It's International Polar Bear day! This quote from Sir David Attenborough sums the issue of Climate change up perfectly. #ClimateChangeIsReal

SeaWorldVerified account@SeaWorld ·

Did you know? There are around 26,000 polar bears in the world! RT to help us celebrate #InternationalPolarBearDay
 



Daniel Schneider@BiologistDan · 

#DYK: #Arctic means #Bear in Greek? #Antarctica means without bears. I hope we'll never have to change the names #PolarBearDay