Sentences with phrase «fat blubber»

Polar bears in the arctic would typically put on a fat blubber layer going into late winter, Dewar said, but Anana, a city bear, doesn't have that blubber layer this year due to our warmer climate.

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For example, whale's milk is especially high in fat because whale babies need a thick layer of blubber to keep warm in cold waters.

Cranford had to temporarily stash the head in the Navy's freezer, which went down to — 70 degrees Fahrenheit, cold enough to freeze even the fat and blubber.

He tried to cut through the head, but the blubber and fat never froze completely, and the diamonds were repeatedly stripped from the expensive wires.

Whales are wrapped in fat — a thick layer of blubber — as vital insulation against the cold.

Polar bears devour a steady stream of seal blubber, but they cope with the deluge of fat and shrug off the cholesterol that would cause heart attacks in humans.

Circumstantial evidence links insulin resistance to visceral fat, the blubber found in bellies, but not to subcutaneous fat, which molds love handles.

More to explore Sink or Swim: Muscle versus Fat from Scientific American Blubber from National Geographic Education Is Muscle a Better Insulator than Fat in Cold and Heat?

An important adaptation for marine mammals is blubber, a thick, insulating layer of fat beneath the skin that helps to keep body warmth in and the cold of the air or water out.

Biotoxins that dolphins had accumulated in their blubber may also have been released as the weakened mammals broke down their fat for sustenance, flooding their systems with toxins that hamper an immune response.

Blubber is a thick layer of fat (adipose) tissue.

Howard Rosenbaum, director of the Wildlife Conservation Society's Ocean Giants Program, told Live Science that, for many marine mammal species, a thick layer of fat called blubber is «first and foremost» in their list of defenses against the cold.

Fat can make up 50 % of their body weight; the blubber - laden seals they eat make bacon look downright healthy.

They scanned seven minke whale heads in CT and MRI machines, created computer models of the ears and surrounding soft tissue, and dissected the whale noggins to reveal ear fat running from blubber just under the skin to the ear bones.

That helps keep them warm in frigid waters, because these marine mammals don't produce blubber — a thick layer of fat — as do seals and walruses.

During 3 trips to the Arctic the Eskimos ate large amounts of fat in the form of raw blubber and other fats as well as raw meat, only one of the 3000 Eskimos were found overweight.

Not all the societies Dr. Price studied ate butter; but all the groups he observed went to great lengths to obtain foods high in fat - soluble vitamins — fish, shellfish, fish eggs, organ meats, blubber of sea animals and insects.

On this forum they talk about Inuit people in the past subsisting off of cooked and raw meats, organs, and a ton of fats (think whale blubber) and not much else (no gardens in the extreme North!)

But as I stripped away nearly all the fat, I was shocked with how little, actual muscle mass I had beneath my layers of blubber:

Also, why did traditional Eskimo populations, consuming up to 75 % of their total caloric intake from fat (mostly from whale blubber, seal fat, organ meats, and cold water fish), display superior health and longevity without heart disease or obesity?

Note that native Eskimos traditionally survived on a diet that was 80 % whale blubber — not only was Alaska not abundant in vegetables during the winter months, but they needed the heat generated by a high - fat diet to survive.

There is some evidence that the good trans fats can help you with fat loss, muscle building, and even cancer prevention, while the bad trans fats have been shown to cause heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and the general «blubbering» of your body.

May 8, 2014 • Baby polar bears slurp milk that's 27 percent fat, and adults dine on seal blubber.

(ref) More importantly, many of us do not realize that fat is not just blubber; it is a living organ that secretes compounds called adipokines that directly affect your cat's pancreas and health.

Going into the autumn the seal will be insulated by a 5 cm (2 in) thick layer of blubber, giving them a fat percentage of between 40 and 50 %.

A thick layer of fat called blubber insulates them from cold ocean waters.

penguins are warmer in Antarctica because they have extra fat (blubber) so in winter they huddle together to be even warmer.