{"id":611461,"date":"2025-12-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/?p=611461"},"modified":"2025-12-09T10:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:11:49","slug":"how-do-polar-bears-stay-warm-in-the-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/all\/how-do-polar-bears-stay-warm-in-the-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do Polar Bears Stay Warm in the Winter?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Did you know that Arctic temperatures can plunge below -40\u00b0C (-40\u00b0F) during the winter? Brrr! That\u2019s too cold for us, but polar bears don\u2019t bat an eye. Thanks to two layers of fur and a thick layer of fat called blubber, they\u2019re built to handle the chill.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Layer up like a polar bear!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike our furry friends, we rely heavily on our thermostats for heating our homes. Unfortunately, cranking up the thermostat uses a lot of energy. That energy often comes from fossil fuels, which release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and contribute to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This winter, try channeling your inner polar bear. Instead of turning up the heat, throw on a sweater, layer up with some cozy socks, or wrap yourself in a warm blanket!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Don\u2019t forget to log this habit in the Act Like and Animal Challenge!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Did you know that Arctic temperatures can plunge below -40\u00b0C (-40\u00b0F) during the winter? Brrr! That\u2019s too cold for us, but polar bears don\u2019t bat an eye!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":236039,"featured_media":606013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[931],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-611461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all"},"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/236039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":611463,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611461\/revisions\/611463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}