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White Bear (other)
White bear may refer to: Animals * Polar bear, also known as a white bear * Kermode bear, or spirit bear, a subspecies of American black bear in British Columbia, Canada * White bear of Henry III, an individual bear of the medieval period Buildings * The White Bear, Clerkenwell, a public house in London * White Bear railway station, a former train station in Adlington, Lancashire, England People * Satanta (Kiowa leader) (ca. 1820–1878), or White Bear, great chief of the Kiowa tribe * White Bear (Wabimakwa) (died 1870), Chief of Temagami First Nation, Ontario Places Canada * White Bear, Saskatchewan, a hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada * White Bear 70, an Indian Reserve in Saskatchewan United States * White Bear Township, Minnesota, in Ramsey County * White Bear, Missouri White Bear is an unincorporated community in Marion County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. History Variant names were Bear Creek, Bear Creek Station, and Whiteledge. A post office called White Ledge w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polar Bear
The polar bear (''Ursus maritimus'') is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the largest extant bear species, as well as the largest extant land carnivore. A boar (adult male) weighs around , while a sow (adult female) is about half that size. Although it is the sister species of the brown bear, it has evolved to occupy a narrower ecological niche, with many body characteristics adapted for cold temperatures, for moving across snow, ice and open water, and for hunting seals, which make up most of its diet. Although most polar bears are born on land, they spend most of their time on the sea ice. Their scientific name means "maritime bear" and derives from this fact. Polar bears hunt their preferred food of seals from the edge of sea ice, often living off fat reserves when no sea ice is present. Because of their dependence on the sea ice, polar be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kermode Bear
The Kermode bear, sometimes called the spirit bear (''Ursus americanus kermodei''), is a subspecies of the American black bear and lives in the Central and North Coast regions of British Columbia, Canada. It is the official provincial mammal of British Columbia and symbol of Terrace, British Columbia. While most Kermode bears are black, between 100 and 500 fully white individuals exist. The white variant is known as spirit bear, and is most common on three islands in British Columbia ( Gribbell, Princess Royal, and Roderick), where they make up 10–20% of the Kermode population. Spirit bears hold a prominent place in the oral traditions of the indigenous peoples of the area. They have also been featured in a National Geographic documentary. Description The Kermode bear was named after Frank Kermode, former director of the Royal B.C. Museum, who researched the subspecies and was a colleague of William Hornaday, the zoologist who described it. Today, the name ''Kermode' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Bear Of Henry III
The white bear of Henry III was given to the king by Haakon IV of Norway in 1252. Its identity is not certain but was likely a polar bear. Henry housed the bear at his Tower of London#Royal Menagerie, Royal Menagerie in the Tower of London. It was exercised in the tower grounds, and following an order by the king in 1253, allowed to swim in the River Thames. The bear was a popular attraction in the city and later monarchs also kept similar bears. Background Although earlier monarchs had kept exotic animals at the Tower of London it was Henry III of England, Henry III (reigned 1216-1272) that established the Tower of London#Royal Menagerie, Royal Menagerie on a permanent footing. The first animals kept in the menagerie were three "Leopards" (the term was more fluid in the medieval era and probably referred to lions) gifted to Henry by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in 1235 upon his marriage to Henry's sister Isabella of England. Animals we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
