PHOTO OF THE DAY January 1, 2005  

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Where Hudson Bay, Canada
When 1996
Photographer Flip Nicklin

"While most [polar bear] females deliver twins [like these two], triplets aren't uncommon at Hudson Bay. At birth the cubs weigh little more than a pound [half a kilogram], with hair so fine it's nearly invisible."

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Polar Bears," January 1998, National Geographic magazine)


Kids' Creature Feature: Polar Bears
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