2007-03-03 17:02:23 · 6 answers · asked by Jeanky 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Right now they are considered "vulnerable" under the Endangered Species Act. They may be reclassified as endangered if their numbers keep dropping. Global warming is melting the ice floes that they live on during the summer months and they are drowning as a result as they have no where to go except the open ocean.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_Bear
2007-03-04 07:12:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they have been taken under consideration for endangered status. The polar ice melt is a serious stress on their reproduction.
2007-03-04 01:09:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes unlike the south pole(an ice mass on land) the north pole is ice floating on water when it has melted the polar bears are homeless in the water
2007-03-04 02:21:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.. some polar bears in the wild have resorted to cannibalism because their habitat is getting smaller and smaller
2007-03-04 01:56:04 · answer #4 · answered by lagtokz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-03-04 04:47:07 · answer #5 · answered by jes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Colbert said so, and he doesn't lie about bears!!!
2007-03-04 01:09:42 · answer #6 · answered by columind99 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋