But then, after a long, long time, a brown bear was born with bigger paws, with thicker pads. BIG-PAWED BEAR ... could all catch seals more easily. POLAR BEAR 1: Hic! Delicious!

The snow was thawed and filtered to capture DNA—in the form of epidermal cells shed from the bear’s foot pads—for genetic ... Determination of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) individual genotype and sex ...