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Scientists can now accurately count polar bears...from space

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Mongabay.com

Publication Date
2014-07-17

Polar bears are big animals. As the world's largest land predators, a single male can weigh over a staggering 700 kilograms (about 1,500 pounds). But as impressive as they are, it's difficult to imagine counting polar bears from space. Still, this is exactly what scientists have done according to a new paper in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.

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http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0717-hance-polar-bears-satellite.html#CQyBIWoSbtDgYXDo.99