Do you know about Polar Bears? 🐻‍❄️❄️🧊

Sleep Tight Science - A Bedtime Science Show For Kids

Sleep Tight Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 738 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In this episode, we travel to the Arctic to learn all about polar bears! Discover how their giant paws, thick fur, and clever hunting skills help them survive freezing temperatures. We explore their life cycle, behaviours, and how they’re different from other bears—plus, why they don’t eat penguins! Then, we answer listener questions about sea animals in winter, the magical northern lights, and whether the North Pole belongs to any continent. Sleep Tight!, Sheryl & Clark ❤️👂📖 --- ✨ Want more stories and fewer interruptions? Join Sleep Tight Premium for ad-free listening, bonus bedtime stories every week, and personalized shout-outs for your little ones! Start your free trial now on Apple Podcasts or at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sleeptightpremium.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Support Us 👉 Join ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Premium⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for AD FREE listening and extra bedtime stories! 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sleep Tight Premium⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is now available in Apple Podcasts! 🎉 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts, or share our podcast with your friends. 📢 Have an interesting science topic you would like to investigate? Send us an email at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@sleeptightscience.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , and we may feature it in an upcoming show. --- About Sleep Tight Science We’ve got bedtime down to a (Sleep Tight) Science! Sleep Tight Science is an award winning bedtime podcast that makes science accessible and enjoyable for the whole family. Snuggle in and drift off to sleep while learning about science topics submitted by listeners! Designed for curious young minds (but simple enough for grown-ups to understand), Sleep Tight Science uses big words to answer big questions that kids wonder about, like why do we feel icky sometimes and how do our legs help us move? Learn something new about the natural world while drifting off to dreamland. Have an interesting science question or a topic you’re curious about? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@sleeptightscience.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and it might just be the focus of an upcoming episode! Dedicated to enhancing the health and happiness of children, Sleep Tight Media helps families replace bedtime struggles with bedtime snuggles. -- Advertising provided by Starglow Media. Learn more about Starglow Media ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here

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0:00.0	You're listening to Sleep Tight Science.
0:14.0	Did you know that polar bear fur is clear, not white?
0:19.9	What?
0:20.7	It just looks white because it reflects and scatters light.
0:28.6	Hello, friends, and welcome back to Sleep Tight Science, a bedtime show that answers your questions about science.
0:42.0	In this episode, we are answering a topic request from a few listeners, escaping the summer heat,
0:50.5	bundling up and heading north, way north, to one of the coldest, iciest places on Earth.
1:00.7	In this land of snowstorms, floating ice, and long dark winters, lives one of the most
1:08.2	powerful and perfectly adapted animals on the planet.
1:13.6	You might have seen them in books, on postcards,
1:17.6	or even stuffed and cuddly on your bed.
1:20.6	But did you know that polar bears are real-life survival experts?
1:31.3	These snowy giants walk across cracking ice, swim through freezing oceans,
1:34.3	and use their incredible senses to find food
1:38.3	in all kinds of places.
1:41.3	So if you are listening before bed, take a few deep belly breasts and snuggle under your
1:49.4	blankets as we learn about polar bears and answer a few listener questions too.
2:16.5	If you ever imagined a bear walking across a giant sheet of ice with freezing winds swirling around it and nothing in sight for miles, you were probably thinking of a polar bear.
2:27.1	These amazing animals, known by their scientific name, Ursus Meritamus, are true Arctic explorers.
2:39.0	In fact, that name means sea bear, because polar bears actually spend most of their lives on sea ice, not land.
2:50.0	Polar bears are the largest carnivores that live on land today, even bigger than lions or tigers. Adult males can weigh over 600 kilograms, or 1,300 pounds,
2:57.6	and measure up to 3 meters or 10 feet tall when standing on their back legs.
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