Dearest Polar Bear Enthusiast,

Polar bears belong to the genus and
species Ursus maritimus, which means, “sea bear.” The term
sea bear is appropriate because, as you now know, polar bears depend on the sea
for much of their diet. Besides weathering extreme temperatures on land, polar
bears go extreme off land, too. In fact, many polar bears spend a great amount
of time in the water and on ice floes. Not only have their coats and paws
evolved to help make them good swimmers, their body shape has, too. A polar
bear’s body is more elongated and streamlined for swimming –
they’re missing the shoulder hump of the brown bear. And, its neck is
longer, which helps keep the polar bear’s head above water. Polar bears can swim approximately four to six miles
per hour and have been spotted pretty far out to sea – as much as a few
hundred miles from shore or even an ice floe.

As you can see, the polar bear swims
out as far as a couple hundred miles.  I don't think they can hold it
until they get back in so they poop in the water when it's not frozen AND,
when it's frozen as well (Ice Flow).  The
answer is yes!!!!    I also spoke to my neighbor who is a
Fish and Game Biologist who confirmed this.

W

P.S.

The picture of the bear you sent was
not in the woods by the way!!!   He/she was on an old road.  So,
I guess they S**T on the road and not in the woods, which has been where I have
noticed it.  I never see it in the woods.

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Subject: FW: THE ANSWER

Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 07:52:25 -0700 (PDT)

Next time someone asks you this
question, you can honestly say yes, and if they don't beleive it, you can
just show them a picture. Mystery Solved!

The question still remains
however, Does a Polar Bear poop on an ice flow?

Wes,

Could you do a little research on
this and get back to us???.

For those of you who don't know
Wes, he is is my brother in Alaska, so he would proabably be the most likely
to research this for us

Thanks Wes, and we will all
be looking forward to hearing from you soon!

--- On Thu, 5/13/10, Walker, Kelly <[email-masked]>
wrote:

From: Walker, Kelly <[email-masked]>

Subject: FW: THE ANSWER

To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>

Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 4:17 PM

From: Cantrell, Sue

Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 11:32 AM

To: Walker, Kelly

Subject: FW: THE ANSWER

FINALLY,

HERE IT IS.

THE ANSWER TO

THE QUESTION WE

HAVE ALL BEEN

HEARING AND

ASKING FOR SO

MANY YEARS!

AND THE ANSWER IS:

YES!

have a good day