I cant believe what i have just been told so thought i would ask on here..............................
What colour is a polar bears fur???
As if its not obvious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-28 10:56:38 · 28 answers · asked by Phoebe K 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Its Black to absorb the sun to kept them warm, each hair strand is a very fine tube and this gives the white appearance!!!!
2006-10-28 11:02:59 · answer #1 · answered by Dharma 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
White
2006-10-28 17:57:45 · answer #2 · answered by bor_rabnud 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there is a white pigment. Black hair turns white for the lack of pigment, not because of it. The fur is made up of a kind of translucent hollow shaft (where the pigment would be were there any). Light gets trapped inside the hair (fur) and sort of gets amplified, and reflected. I am not a zoologist, but I think this is a good description
2006-10-28 18:11:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Clear with a yellow tinge. Each hair on a polar bear is hollow to direct sunlight down to the skin.
2006-10-28 18:05:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
White.
2006-10-28 17:58:57 · answer #5 · answered by Court Queen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
White.
2006-10-28 17:58:45 · answer #6 · answered by Ricardo M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Polar bears fur is see trough and their skin is where the color comes from
2006-10-28 17:59:16 · answer #7 · answered by B.E.A.U.tiful! 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Snow white.
2006-10-28 17:58:39 · answer #8 · answered by A_WWE_FAN_4LYFE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
White, getting darker towards the roots. Also, they're a bit darker on their underbellies!
2006-10-28 17:59:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
white fur pink skin
2006-10-28 20:37:57 · answer #10 · answered by spiln 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋