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A male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the ABQ BioPark in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN red list.
He is named ‘Koluk’ (meaning ‘Spirit) and is 24 years old.

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A male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the ABQ BioPark in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN red list.
He is named ‘Koluk’ (meaning ‘Spirit) and is 24 years old.

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A male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the ABQ BioPark in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN red list.
He is named ‘Koluk’ (meaning ‘Spirit) and is 24 years old.

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A male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the ABQ BioPark in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN red list.
He is named ‘Koluk’ (meaning ‘Spirit) and is 24 years old.

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A male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the ABQ BioPark in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN red list.
He is named ‘Koluk’ (meaning ‘Spirit) and is 24 years old.

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A male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the ABQ BioPark in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN red list.
He is named ‘Koluk’ (meaning ‘Spirit) and is 24 years old.

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A male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the ABQ BioPark in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN red list.
He is named ‘Koluk’ (meaning ‘Spirit) and is 24 years old.

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A male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the ABQ BioPark in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN red list.
He is named ‘Koluk’ (meaning ‘Spirit) and is 24 years old.

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A male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the ABQ BioPark in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN red list.
He is named ‘Koluk’ (meaning ‘Spirit) and is 24 years old.

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A male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the ABQ BioPark in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN red list.
He is named ‘Koluk’ (meaning ‘Spirit) and is 24 years old.

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A male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the ABQ BioPark in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN red list.
He is named ‘Koluk’ (meaning ‘Spirit) and is 24 years old.

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A male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the ABQ BioPark in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN red list.
He is named ‘Koluk’ (meaning ‘Spirit) and is 24 years old.

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Two lounging polar bears (Ursus maritimus) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.

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Vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened polar bears (Ursus maritimus) delight the crowd through 5-inch-thick acrylic at the Columbus Zoo. The underwater display is filled with live rainbow trout so the bears can fish.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the Tulsa Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the Tulsa Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the Tulsa Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the Tulsa Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the Tulsa Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the Tulsa Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the Tulsa Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the Tulsa Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the Tulsa Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the Tulsa Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the Tulsa Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the Tulsa Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the Tulsa Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the Tulsa Zoo.

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A polar bear, fresh from feeding on the remains of a bowhead whale caught and butchered by Alaska natives on the North Slope.

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A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) moving about at twilight. (IUCN: Vulnerable, US: Threatened)

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the Tulsa Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the Tulsa Zoo.

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A polar bear feeds on the jaws of a bowhead whale harvested by natives along the coast of ANWR.

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A polar bear feeds on the jaws of a bowhead whale harvested by natives along the coast of ANWR.

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