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Polar bears need all the help they can get to survive their frosty Arctic environment. One of their biggest survival secrets appears to be greasy hair. The sebum–or hair grease–on their fur ...

Polar bears might be greasier than widely believed. The bears’ greasy fur is the secret to the popular species’ survival in one of Earth’s most punishing climates. The grease, also known as ...

PhD candidate Julian Carolan, next to his supervisor Richard Hobbs, worked on recent experiments into the non-adhesive qualities of polar bear fur oil. (Submitted by Julian Carolan/Richard Hobbs) It ...

which involved scrutiny of hair collected from six polar bears in the wild, the scientists homed in on the hair 'sebum' (or grease) as the all-important protectant. This sebum, which is made up of ...

“Unwashed, greasy hair made it much harder for ice to stick. In contrast, when the polar bear fur was washed and the grease largely removed it performed similarly to human hair, to which ice ...

Hair grease is the secret, it turns out. And it’s partly what the fur has — and what it lacks. Polar bear fur contains a cocktail of greasy compounds that make it exceptionally resistant to freezing, ...

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Polar bears might be greasier than widely believed. The bears’ greasy fur is the secret to the popular species’ survival in one of Earth’s most punishing climates. The grease, also known as sebum, is ...

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Hair grease is the secret, it turns out. And it's partly what the fur has — and what it lacks. Polar bear fur contains a cocktail of greasy compounds that make it exceptionally resistant to ...