Yes! Polar bear is a carnivore indeed it is the most carnivorous of all bear species. Polar bears need and eat fats all the time which they get from seals. The primary diet of the ice bear is ringed seal and bearded seal. While young bears consume the seal’s meat adult bears feed on the seal blubber to take as
Continue ReadingPolar bears are greedy animals but they know what they must eat in order to survive in the arctic. In seals bears eat the fatty part which is blubber. The polar bear’s stomach is large enough to hold up to 50 – 90 kilograms of meal in one time. They are known to consume 10 kilograms of blubber in less
Continue ReadingThe wild polar bear (Ursus maritimus) lives up to 20 years but the maximum lifespan rarely goes beyond 25 years. In this article we’re going to study what is the life expectancy of a polar bear. One of the wild specimens died at 32 years age which is so far the oldest on record. In captivity a female polar bear
Continue ReadingPolar bears (Ursus maritimus) are able to reach the speed of about 40 km/h (25 mph) in short bursts. This is the top speed of a polar bear. Ice bears cannot maintain a speed of 40 kilometers per hour for longer periods because if they do they’ll become overheated. The average speed of polar bears is far less than the
Continue ReadingPolar bears (Ursus maritimus) are generally known for their excellent swimming abilities. They are highly powerful swimmers for they can swim hundreds of miles across the bays. Ice bears are thought to swim for hours or even days without stopping. They will swim at a speed of about 10 km/h (6 mph). The unique adaptations of swimming and numerous hunting
Continue ReadingPolar bears have probably the best sense of smell throughout the entire animal kingdom. Dogs can detect any object hidden 40 feet underground if they stand right at the top. Polar bears, on the other hand, are able to smell seals 3 feet underneath the ice even if they stand at about 5,249 feet from the source. That is why
Polar bears are shallow divers and they swim in a dog-paddle style. Thanks to its forepaws which serve as propeller and push the animal through water to give it speed. The bear gets the buoyancy from her body fat which she gathers by eating a lot of seals. Bear’s forepaws are extremely helpful in paddling underwater without which the animal
Continue ReadingNot only do polar bears navigate through the arctic habitat on their own they also smell food from a mile away. The unique ability to smell prey (hidden 3 feet under the snow) allows polar bear to survive in the world’s most inhospitable environment. Clearly most other carnivores let alone bears would give up hunting in the Arctic habitat. This
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