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More #InternationalPolarBearDay on the blog:
ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY for International Polar Bear Day: Richard Friese's Polar Bears
https://arthistoryanimalia.com/2024/02/27/animal-art-of-the-day-for-international-polar-bear-day-richard-frieses-polar-bears/

ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY for International Polar Bear Day: Richard Friese’s Polar Bears – ART HISTORY ANIMALIA

Happy International Polar Bear Day! This conservation holiday was founded by Polar Bears International and celebrated annually on the 27th of February, "to coincide with the time period when polar bear moms and cubs are snug in their dens. As part of our celebration, we focus on the need to protect denning families across the

ART HISTORY ANIMALIA – exploring animal iconography from around the world, ancient to modern

Art History Animalia Feb 28

#BookRecommendation for #InternationalPolarBearDay:
Polar Bear (Animal series) by Margery Fee (2019) https://amzn.to/3UZYKA3

Polar Bear (Animal) : Fee, Margery: Amazon.de: Books

Art History Animalia Feb 27

For #InternationalPolarBearDay on #FabricFriday 🐻‍❄️:
Fabric Sample (with #PolarBear design)
Beith, Stevenson & Co, Manchester, 1911
printed cotton, W 65.4 x L 76.2 cm
V & A Museum T.304-2002:
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O73537/fabric-sample-beith-stevenson/

Art History Animalia Feb 27

More for #InternationalPolarBearDay 🐻‍❄️: #DYK its scientific name is Ursus maritimus - "maritime bear"!
Swimming Bear, c. 500-1200 CE
Middle Dorset culture, Alamek Site, Iglulik Region, Canada
walrus ivory carving, H 30.4 x L 156.0 x W 36.0mm
Canadian Museum of History collection
https://flic.kr/p/5C7gZp

Art History Animalia Feb 27

It’s #InternationalPolarBearDay 🐻‍❄️! #DYK #PolarBears are the biggest, most aquatic, and most carnivorous of the world’s 8 living bear species?
Polar bear by Christian Wilhelm Kehrer (German, 1775-1869), 1820, oil on canvas. Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt collection.
Image via: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polar_bear_by_Christian_Wilhelm_Kehrer,_1820,_oil_on_canvas_-_Hessisches_Landesmuseum_Darmstadt_-_Darmstadt,_Germany_-_DSC00082.jpg

Art History Animalia Feb 27

For #InternationalPolarBearDay 🐻‍❄️:
Alexander Akeya (Aayanga) (Siberian Yupik [Savoonga, St. Lawrence Island], 1928-2011)
Figure of #PolarBear and Cub, c.1975
Sculpture: ivory & paint, 8.3 x 3.3 x 5 cm.
Smithsonian NMAI 26/2541 https://americanindian.si.edu/collections-search/object/NMAI_278653
#IndigenousArt

MSPCA-Angell Feb 27

Happy #InternationalPolarBearDay! While we don't have #polarbears up for adoption (despite the cold weather and piles of #snow outside), we do have the next best thing - Reba! Reba is available for adoption in #Salem, MA at Northeast Animal Shelter. If you'd like to learn more about this unbearably cute gal, visit https://www.mspca.org/pets/a468107

#dog #dogsofmastodon #dogs #animal #animals #pet #pets #massachusetts

Knowledge Zone Feb 27

#QuizOfTheDay: Polar bears are the #Largest #Carnivorous land #Mammals on #Earth.

Where can you see Polar Bears? #InternationalPolarBearDay

A. Arctic circle
B. Antarctica
C. New Zealand
D. South Africa

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/quiz?qId=624c2ec9c517d01231fbfacc

🦛 Zoo Tweet Mirror Bot 🐅Feb 27

@𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗧𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗭𝗼𝗼
Last fall, one of our Guardians travelled to the Polar bear capital of the world - Churchill, Manitoba to learn about polar bear conservation and climate education in the wild 🐻‍❄️

Read more of her account, as we celebrate #InternationalPolarBearDay ⬇️
https://t.co/cNQeGpJGFG https://t.co/zr3R3rITbV
∙ 𝙵𝚎𝚋 𝟸𝟽, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟼 𝟿:𝟸𝟻𝙰𝙼 ∙

External URL(s) in tweet:
∙ https://bit.ly/4kZsCYb

#zoo #animals #TheTorontoZoo

Ele Willoughby, PhD Feb 27

My polar bear and aurora lightbox for #InterNationalPolarBearDay, a day to focus conservation efforts for these magnificent animals who face habit loss under climate change.

This multimedia light box combines my hand-printed linocut polar bear and aurora print on translucent Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper with some electronics to make a mesmerizing arctic scene with colour changing Northern Lights.

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