Polar Bear (Thalarctos Maritimus) Conception After trailing behind the Female Polar Bear for about two months the male Polar Bear then mates with the female Bear. “Females are induced ovulators, which means the act of mating causes a female to release an egg for fertilization” (polar bears alive). Fertilization takes place internally. Several days of mating interactions may be required to stimulate ovulation and guarantee fertilization of the egg. In doing so it starts the …showed first 75 words of 1458 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1458 total…years” (Sea World) 3. “The largest Polar Bear ever recorded was a male weighing 2,209 pounds, it was 12ft long” (Bears Den) Bibliography 1. Sea World, Inc. 1997 http://www.seaworld.org/polar_bears/pbindex.html 2. Smithsonian Institution 1997 http://www.mnh.si.edu/artic/html/polar_bear.html 3. The Bear Den http://www.nature-net.com/bears/polar.html 4. Polar Bears Alive http://www.polarbearsalive.com 5. National Geographic January 1998 issue Polar Bears 6. World Book Encyclopedia 1990 Chicago World Book-Childcraft international, Inc