Rare footage shows polar bear cubs emerging from Arctic den

Rare Footage Shows Baby Polar Bears Emerging From Their Den in the Arctic
At birth, polar bears are blind, nearly hairless and weigh just over a pound—about the same as a loaf of bread. But they spend their first few months snuggled inside a snowy den, fattening up on their mother’s milk.
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Adorable polar bear cubs seen emerging from Arctic dens. See first-of-its-kind video
After nearly a decade of trying to learn details about polar bears’ denning habits in the Arctic, researchers have captured cubs emerging from dens on video for the first time. The footage was filmed in Svalbard,
Polar bear cubs filmed emerging from their dens for first time
The extremely rare footage was captured by remote cameras deployed in the Arctic mountains for nearly a decade.
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