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// **The ****Polar Bear ** // __Scientific Name: __ //Ursus Maritimus. // //Polar bears// are located in Alaska, Canada, Russia, Greenland and Norway.   The polar bears were listed as threatened under the federal endangered species act on May 14, 2008. This move officially recognizes that polar bears are threatened with extinction from global warming, which is melting the Arcitic sea ice where polar bears hunt for ringed and bearded seals, their primary food source.   The impact that caused the decline of the //polar bears// is that the climate change which is causing the loss of the older sea ice is reducing essential polar bears habitats and is the great threat to their survival. Illegal killing (poaching) of the polar bears also remains another factor casing their decline.   The endangered species act requires the U.S. federal government to identify habitat they need to survive and help protect both.   In doing so the act works to ensure the basic health of our natural ecosystems and protect the legacy of conservation we leave to our children and grandchildren. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 232, 0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The polar bear is a omnivore they like to eat walrus, beluga whale and bow head wale carcasses, birds. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(11, 14, 193);"> The polar bear have long neck. They use there paws to get food, walking, and for swimming.