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How Do Polar Bears Keep Ice Off Their Fur? New Study Reveals the Secret—and It Could Improve Technology
Polar bears don’t have to worry about skipping a wash day. The sebum, or natural oil, on the mammals’ fur helps them survive ...
Long Beach Polar Bear Splash raises nearly half-million dollars for Make-A-Wish
At the 25th annual Long Beach Polar Bear Splash on Sunday, organizers announced they had raised more than $479,000 for Make-A ...
RIPR: The Public's Radio10d
Why polar bear fur doesn’t freeze
New research finds grease that coats polar bear fur contains a specialized mixture of chemicals that make it resistant to ...
How do polar bears keep ice off their fur? Grease.
“Unwashed, greasy hair made it much harder for ice to stick. In contrast, when the polar bear hair was washed and the grease largely removed it performed similarly to human hair, to which ice sticks ...
Billings Gazette10d
Oily polar bear hair won't ice up thanks to special sebum
You have something in common with polar bears. Polar bears and humans produce sebum. It's an oily substance that comes from ...