What is a Grolar Bear? Grolar bear is a hybrid animal which is born as a result of inbreeding between a grizzly bear and polar bear. It is also called pizzly bear or nanulak. It is not a subspecies of a bear. The polar bear and grizzly bear hybrid is extremely rare in the wild. Scientists confirmed the grolar bear in 2006 by
Continue ReadingYes, polar bears eat walruses but they don’t feed on adult walruses for they are too big to fall prey to polar bears. Polar bears are the supreme predators of the Arctic—they are the lord of the Arctic. However, there are a few Arctic mammals that are way too big as compared to polar bears. Walrus is one of them,
Continue ReadingIn the late eighteenth century two subspecies of a polar bear were recognized and documented. The two species were Ursus maritimus maritimus and Ursus maritimus marinus. How Many Species of Polar Bears are there? The Ursus maritimus maritimus was primarily discovered by Constantine J. Phipps back in 1774 whereas the Ursus maritimus marinus was identified by Peter Simon Pallas in
Continue ReadingYes, polar bears have partially webbed feet one that facilitates them in swimming longer distances. However, the polar bear feet are not even close to the penguin’s or duck’s feet. These birds have fully developed webbed feet. The polar bear’s feet are broad and heavy because the bear must run equally fast on land as it swims. The wide feet
Continue ReadingPolar bears have pretty large feet—they are quite heavy too. Polar bear’s 12-inch wide feet are all covered with dense hairs that are not only meant to keep the bear warm it also provides perfect grip on the ice. The reason as to why polar bears have large feet is that their feet must be large enough to lift the
Continue ReadingA baby polar bear is no different from a baby brown bear, baby black bear, or a baby Kodiak bear. The baby polar bear is called a cub in pretty much the same way as lion’s baby. We often use the term cubs for most mammals’ offspring. Polar bear is just another land mammal. A baby polar bear remains a
Polar bears sit at the top of the food chain in the Arctic—they are the apex predators. Adult bears do not seem to have any potential predators in the wild. Nonetheless, polar bear cubs are quite vulnerable to the dominant male bears. Polar bears do certain things that protect themselves from probable predators. Sometimes aggressive male polar bears eat their
Continue ReadingBaby polar bears are way too small as compared to adult bears. They are usually born in November and February. At birth, the baby polar bear typically shows light down fur which is probably not dense enough to protect it from the chilling cold of the Arctic. Now let us see how much do polar bear cubs weigh at birth.
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