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People think of bears as unintelligent and 8 ........................... .
Bears, on the other hand, seem to be perceived as stupid and in many cases violent
In Tennoji Zoo, a bear has been seen using a branch as a 9 ........................... .
A male bear called GoGo in Tennoji Zoo, Osaka, has even been observed making use of a tool to manipulate his environment
This allowed him to knock down some 10 ........................... .
The bear used a tree branch on multiple occasions to dislodge a piece of meat hung out of his reach
A wild polar bear worked out a method of reaching a platform where a 11 ........................... was located.
A calculated move by a male bear involved running and jumping onto barrels in an attempt to get to a photographer standing on a platform four metres high.
Polar bears have displayed behaviour such as conscious manipulation of objects and activity similar to a 12 ........................... .
For example, Ames observed bears putting objects in piles and then knocking them over in what appeared to be a game.
They may make movements suggesting 13 ...........................if disappointed when hunting.
As for emotions, while the evidence is once again anecdotal, many bears have been seen to hit out at ice and snow – seemingly out of frustration
Polar bears suffer from various health problems due to the build-up of fat under their skin
FALSE: they have up to 11 centimeters of fat underneath their skin. Humans with comparative levels of adipose tissue would be considered obese and would be like
The study done by Liu and his colleagues compares different groups of polar bears
FALSE: They compared the genetic structure of polar bears with that of their closest relatives from a warmer climate, the brown bears
Polar bears are able to control their levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol by genetic means
TRUE: Liu and his colleagues found the polar bears had a gene known as APOB, which reduces levels of low-density lipoproteins (LDLS) – a form of ‘bad’ cholester
Female polar bears are able to survive for about six months without food
TRUE: This process results in about six months of fasting
It was found that the bones of female polar bears were very weak when they came out of their dens in spring
six months later, when they finally emerged from the den with their cubs, there was no evidence of significant loss of bone density
