Polar Bear Cub
Ursus maritimus

f2.8 @ 1/640s, ISO:640, Nikon D300S w 300mm


"Polar Bear," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In most areas, cubs are weaned at two and a half years of age, when the mother chases them away or abandons them. The Western Hudson Bay subpopulation is unusual in that its female polar bears sometimes wean their cubs at only one and a half years. This was the case for 40% of cubs there in the early 1980s; however by the 1990s, fewer than 20% of cubs were weaned this young. After the mother leaves, sibling cubs sometimes travel and share food together for weeks or months.
Western Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
 
11/14/2010