Fall is a perfect time to see polar bears sparring here at the Zoo and in the wild! 🐻‍❄️🍂 📹Video top: wild polar bears near Churchill in November 2023, captured by Dr. Courtney from our Conservation & Research team! 📹Video bottom: Polar bears here at the Zoo this September, captured by animal care professional Josh! We observe the bears in our care sparring more frequently in the fall, which mirrors behaviour patterns observed in wild polar bears around Hudson Bay! The question is… why? Whil
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38K views · 262 reactions | LOVE IS IN THE AIR! It's mating season at Brookfield Zoo, and zookeepers are trying to help a polar bear couple welcome a set of cubs. Earlier today, female polar bear Nan got artificially inseminated to help her get pregnant. MORE VIDEO: https://bit.ly/2GEagL0 | Fox 32 Chicago | Facebook
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16K views · 611 reactions | Polar bear males compete for access to females during the spring mating season. Learn more: bit.ly/3p5ens2 This footage was taken during fall in Churchill, Manitoba. While males wait on land for the return of the Hudson Bay sea ice each fall, they will play fight, or spar, to test their strength against other males, in preparation for the true competition in spring. | Polar Bears International | Facebook
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7.7K views · 812 reactions | Spring and summer are important feasting times for polar bears—especially for mating females, who have to store enough fat to be able to have cubs in the fall. Learn more about the amazing breeding behavior of polar bears: bit.ly/pbearbreeding | Polar Bears International | Facebook
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Spring and summer are important feasting times for polar bears—especially for mating females, who have to store enough fat to be able to have cubs in the fall. Learn more about the amazing breeding behavior of polar bears: pbears.org/3WGmHxl | Polar Bears International
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Spring means mating season for polar bears! Most adult females keep their cubs with them for 2 ½ years. Thus, on average, in most years, only about a third of the adult females are even available for breeding. Consequently, adult male polar bears are tasked with locating females that might be available to breed, but range at low densities over vast areas of sea ice. Males may travel long distances in search of a mate, pausing only to carefully sniff the tracks of any bears they cross in their tr
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Polar bears have a polygynous mating system, which means that males will mate with multiple females and that their mating system is driven by sexual competition between males. Males and females are also different sizes—a male can be 2-3 times the size of a female. For male polar bears, age is the most important factor in their ability to access females. This is likely because age is closely tied to body size, and we can assume it is also tied to their ability to compete against other males. Lear
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