{"id":147414,"date":"2022-07-11T15:35:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T15:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/"},"modified":"2022-07-11T15:35:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T15:35:35","slug":"what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/","title":{"rendered":"What months do polar bears hibernate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#What_months_do_polar_bears_hibernate\" title=\"What months do polar bears hibernate?\">What months do polar bears hibernate?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#Are_polar_bears_true_hibernators\" title=\"Are polar bears true hibernators?\">Are polar bears true hibernators?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#Do_polar_bears_hibernate_in_the_summer\" title=\"Do polar bears hibernate in the summer?\">Do polar bears hibernate in the summer?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#Do_polar_bears_hibernate_during_winter_months\" title=\"Do polar bears hibernate during winter months?\">Do polar bears hibernate during winter months?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#How_many_months_does_a_polar_bear_hibernate\" title=\"How many months does a polar bear hibernate?\">How many months does a polar bear hibernate?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#What_time_of_year_are_polar_bears_most_active\" title=\"What time of year are polar bears most active?\">What time of year are polar bears most active?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#Do_polar_bears_truly_hibernate\" title=\"Do polar bears truly hibernate?\">Do polar bears truly hibernate?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#Do_polar_bears_hibernate_or_torpor\" title=\"Do polar bears hibernate or torpor?\">Do polar bears hibernate or torpor?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#Do_polar_bears_adapt_or_hibernate\" title=\"Do polar bears adapt or hibernate?\">Do polar bears adapt or hibernate?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#Are_bears_Hibernators\" title=\"Are bears Hibernators?\">Are bears Hibernators?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#What_do_polar_bears_do_in_the_summer\" title=\"What do polar bears do in the summer?\">What do polar bears do in the summer?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#How_long_do_polar_bears_hibernate\" title=\"How long do polar bears hibernate?\">How long do polar bears hibernate?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#Do_polar_bears_sleep_all_summer\" title=\"Do polar bears sleep all summer?\">Do polar bears sleep all summer?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#Do_polar_bears_hibernate_in_the_winter\" title=\"Do polar bears hibernate in the winter?\">Do polar bears hibernate in the winter?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#Which_bear_does_not_hibernate\" title=\"Which bear does not hibernate?\">Which bear does not hibernate?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#How_long_do_polar_bears_sleep_in_hibernation\" title=\"How long do polar bears sleep in hibernation?\">How long do polar bears sleep in hibernation?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#How_long_do_bears_hibernate\" title=\"How long do bears hibernate?\">How long do bears hibernate?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#What_time_of_day_are_polar_bears_most_active\" title=\"What time of day are polar bears most active?\">What time of day are polar bears most active?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#What_do_polar_bears_do_in_the_winter\" title=\"What do polar bears do in the winter?\">What do polar bears do in the winter?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#Where_do_polar_bears_spend_most_of_the_year\" title=\"Where do polar bears spend most of the year?\">Where do polar bears spend most of the year?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#What_do_polar_bears_do_during_the_summer\" title=\"What do polar bears do during the summer?\">What do polar bears do during the summer?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#How_long_do_polar_bears_hibernate_for\" title=\"How long do polar bears hibernate for?\">How long do polar bears hibernate for?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#Do_polar_bears_wake_up_during_hibernation\" title=\"Do polar bears wake up during hibernation?\">Do polar bears wake up during hibernation?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#How_do_polar_bears_not_freeze_to_death\" title=\"How do polar bears not freeze to death?\">How do polar bears not freeze to death?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-months-do-polar-bears-hibernate\/#Is_polar_bears_hibernate\" title=\"Is polar bears hibernate?\">Is polar bears hibernate?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_months_do_polar_bears_hibernate\"><\/span>What months do polar bears hibernate?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Only females, especially pregnant females, enter into a state of carnivore lethargy, or hibernation. They do so from about <b>October or November through March or April. The female polar bears heart rate slows to about 27 beats per minute from a normal resting heart rate of about 46 beats per minute.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_polar_bears_true_hibernators\"><\/span>Are polar bears true hibernators?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Lets start with this bit of housekeepingcursory Googling of bears and hibernation will lead you to all sorts of trash talk saying <b>bears arent true hibernators. True hibernators, such as Arctic ground squirrels, are capable of dropping their body temperatures below the freezing point of water, conditions so cold <\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_polar_bears_hibernate_in_the_summer\"><\/span>Do polar bears hibernate in the summer?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Polar Bears Dont Go Into Hibernation-Like State in Summer, Researchers Say. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_polar_bears_hibernate_during_winter_months\"><\/span>Do polar bears hibernate during winter months?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Its relative, the brown bear, hibernates in winter to save energy when food is scarce, but not the polar bear. <b>The polar bear eats seals that it can hunt on the ice throughout the year and so has no need to hibernate<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_months_does_a_polar_bear_hibernate\"><\/span>How many months does a polar bear hibernate?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the colder, northern parts of Alaska, bears hibernate about <b>7 months of the year. Bears in the warmer, coastal regions of the state hibernate for 2-5 months, with the longer hibernation time for bears raising newborn cubs.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_time_of_year_are_polar_bears_most_active\"><\/span>What time of year are polar bears most active?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Polar Bears Dont Go Into Hibernation-Like State in Summer, Researchers Say. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_polar_bears_truly_hibernate\"><\/span>Do polar bears truly hibernate?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Its relative, the brown bear, hibernates in winter to save energy when food is scarce, but not the polar bear. <b>The polar bear eats seals that it can hunt on the ice throughout the year and so has no need to hibernate<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_polar_bears_hibernate_or_torpor\"><\/span>Do polar bears hibernate or torpor?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>They use the shelter to give birth, nurse, clean their cubs, and protect them until they are old enough to survive outside. After about three months, the female will appear with her cubs in the outside world. What is this? <b>Polar bears do not hibernate, and only pregnant female polar bears will dig a den.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_polar_bears_adapt_or_hibernate\"><\/span>Do polar bears adapt or hibernate?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Unlike other bears, <b>polar bears do not hibernate. Instead, they migrate, spending winter on the sea ice where they have plentiful access to seals and marine mammals before migrating to the mainland or islands in the Arctic during summer. Only female polar bears enter a hibernation-like state during pregnancy.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_bears_Hibernators\"><\/span>Are bears Hibernators?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>But <b>the list of true or deep hibernators does not include bears, though it does include ground squirrels, hedgehogs, and some butterflies, simply because bears dont depress their biologic processes enough. Ground squirrels lower their metabolic rates by about 90%, and bears just dont do that.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_do_polar_bears_do_in_the_summer\"><\/span>What do polar bears do in the summer?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As the ice melts and the seals gain the advantage, polar bears tend fast through most of the summer. <b>Sometimes they will try and hunt seal at night or scavenge for birds, but rarely are there high calory meals. This means that polar bears prefer to rest during the summer months and exert minimal energy.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_long_do_polar_bears_hibernate\"><\/span>How long do polar bears hibernate?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Its relative, the brown bear, hibernates in winter to save energy when food is scarce, but not the polar bear. <b>The polar bear eats seals that it can hunt on the ice throughout the year and so has no need to hibernate<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_polar_bears_sleep_all_summer\"><\/span>Do polar bears sleep all summer?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Only females, especially pregnant females, enter into a state of carnivore lethargy, or hibernation. They do so from about <b>October or November through March or April. The female polar bears heart rate slows to about 27 beats per minute from a normal resting heart rate of about 46 beats per minute.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_polar_bears_hibernate_in_the_winter\"><\/span>Do polar bears hibernate in the winter?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Only females, especially pregnant females, enter into a state of carnivore lethargy, or hibernation. They do so from about <b>October or November through March or April. The female polar bears heart rate slows to about 27 beats per minute from a normal resting heart rate of about 46 beats per minute.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Which_bear_does_not_hibernate\"><\/span>Which bear does not hibernate?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Its relative, the brown bear, hibernates in winter to save energy when food is scarce, but not the polar bear. <b>The polar bear eats seals that it can hunt on the ice throughout the year and so has no need to hibernate<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_long_do_polar_bears_sleep_in_hibernation\"><\/span>How long do polar bears sleep in hibernation?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the colder, northern parts of Alaska, bears hibernate about <b>7 months of the year. Bears in the warmer, coastal regions of the state hibernate for 2-5 months, with the longer hibernation time for bears raising newborn cubs.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_long_do_bears_hibernate\"><\/span>How long do bears hibernate?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Its relative, the brown bear, hibernates in winter to save energy when food is scarce, but not the polar bear. <b>The polar bear eats seals that it can hunt on the ice throughout the year and so has no need to hibernate<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_time_of_day_are_polar_bears_most_active\"><\/span>What time of day are polar bears most active?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Daily Activity Cycle Polar bears are most active <b>the first third of the day and least active the final third of the day. In the Canadian Arctic, adult female polar bears with cubs hunt about 19% of their time during the spring and about 38% of their time during the summer.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_do_polar_bears_do_in_the_winter\"><\/span>What do polar bears do in the winter?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When the time is right, these bears <b>enter a den and do not eat; their heart rate and body temperature decreases to allow the bear to conserve energy. The bears go into hibernation because food sources are low in the winter. They emerge from their den in the spring when food is available. Polar bears do not hibernate.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_do_polar_bears_spend_most_of_the_year\"><\/span>Where do polar bears spend most of the year?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>sea ice<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_do_polar_bears_do_during_the_summer\"><\/span>What do polar bears do during the summer?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Sometimes they will <b>try and hunt seal at night or scavenge for birds, but rarely are there high calory meals. This means that polar bears prefer to rest during the summer months and exert minimal energy. Sleeping in the shade during the days, even swimming instead of walking because they float so well, keeps them cool.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_long_do_polar_bears_hibernate_for\"><\/span>How long do polar bears hibernate for?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For instance, denning varies from <b>a few days or weeks in Mexico to six months or more in Alaska. Pregnant females generally den earlier and longer than other bears, and in Greater Yellowstone, grizzly bear females without cubs den on average for about five months.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_polar_bears_wake_up_during_hibernation\"><\/span>Do polar bears wake up during hibernation?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Contrary to popular belief, bears do not actually sleep the entire time they hibernate. <b>During true hibernation, animals become almost impossible to awaken. Woodchucks, ground squirrels, and some bat species enter true hibernation.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_polar_bears_not_freeze_to_death\"><\/span>How do polar bears not freeze to death?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>They are toasty warm and comfortable in the frigid arctic. <b>Their heat insulation is in several layers.<\/b><b>Under their skin, there is a 4-inch (21.5 cm) layer of fat.<\/b><b>Next to the skin is a dense layer of woolly fur that also keeps heat in.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_polar_bears_hibernate\"><\/span>Is polar bears hibernate?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Polar bears do not hibernate. Only pregnant polar bears den. Unlike hibernation, a polar bears heart rate and temperate do not decrease, this ensures the cubs will stay warm. The denned polar bear does not eat, but relies on her fat reserves to sustain herself and her cubs while in the den (similar to hibernation).<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents What months do polar bears hibernate?Are polar bears true hibernators?Do polar bears hibernate in the summer?Do polar bears hibernate during winter months?How many months does a polar bear hibernate?What time of year are polar bears most active?Do polar bears truly hibernate?Do polar bears hibernate or torpor?Do polar bears adapt or hibernate?Are bears&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[622],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pet-care"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}