{"id":288,"date":"2008-06-25T12:09:02","date_gmt":"2008-06-25T16:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=288"},"modified":"2022-11-26T21:31:19","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T02:31:19","slug":"polar-bear-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/polar-bear-pics\/","title":{"rendered":"polar bear pics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As promised, here are some more pictures of my polar bear design. He is not pictured in a snowy scene because I&#8217;d like you to be able to see more than just a pair of eyes! It&#8217;s difficult enough to photograph white yarn against a contrasting background, let alone white on white&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/polarbear1.jpg\" alt=\"crocheted polar bear by planetjune\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Polar Bear will be part of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/shop\/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=16\">AquaAmi<\/a> range; you&#8217;ll see from my fun facts below that he is an appropriate member of the AquaAmi family, even though he doesn&#8217;t live in the water all the time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/polarbear2.jpg\" alt=\"crocheted polar bear by planetjune\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what my polar bear research uncovered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The polar bear is the largest land predator, at typically 2-3m long<\/li>\n<li>He is insulated against the freezing conditions of his Arctic habitat with a thick layer of blubber (fat), black skin, and two layers of hair<\/li>\n<li>He is adapted for swimming with a longer, more streamlined shape than other bears, and small ears that lay flat under water<\/li>\n<li>Big powerful front paws make him a strong swimmer, but also come in handy for swiping prey and for distributing his weight when walking on ice!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/polarbear3.jpg\" alt=\"crocheted polar bear by planetjune\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to be notified when the AquaAmi Polar Bear pattern is available for purchase, please sign up for my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/list\">mailing list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>UPDATE: <\/strong>Looking for the pattern? You can find the <a href=\"\/shop\/index.php?main_page=product_info&#038;cPath=16&#038;products_id=34\">AquaAmi Polar Bear crochet pattern<\/a> in my shop.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As promised, here are some more pictures of my polar bear design. He is not pictured in a snowy scene because I&#8217;d like you to be able to see more than just a pair of eyes! It&#8217;s difficult enough to photograph white yarn against a contrasting background, let alone white on white&#8230; Polar Bear will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crochet"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22531,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions\/22531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}