Polar bear is the largest land meat eater in the world and the largest of all the bear family.
Well suited to the cold Arctic ice and snow where is their homeland in the northern Arctic territories where they spend most of their lives above the ice floes.
They spend their entire life associated with pack ice. Females may prefer ice along the shoreline while others prefer moving sea ice at the floe edge, usually within 180 miles of shore.
It feeds mostly on ringed and bearded seals. They will occasionally eat other mammals, eggs, vegetation and beach-cast carrion. Polar bears don't drink water. They just get all the liquids they need from the animals they eat.
The Polar bear weighs up to 900 pounds for an average adult male with a height of 2.6 meters, while an average adult female weighs up to 500 and a height of 2 meters and it may live to about 25-30 years.
Polar bears have many unique adaptation skills for dealing with the Arctic cold. The polar bear's skin is black indeed, which allows it to soak up as much heat as possible from the sun. They are also great swimmers and will swim from an ice floe to another.
They can swim for about 50 miles or more away from any ice or land.
They dog-paddle with their head and most of their back above water. Their blubber helps to float them when swimming. They can swim at an average speed of 6 miles per hour.
Polar bears are usually solitary except for female-cub groups, during mating season, and at abundant food sources. They are sexually mature at 4-8 years and breed polygamously from April till June, with 1-3 cubs every 28 months. Pregnant females dig a den in October through December where cubs are born December to January and stay until March or April and lactation lasts for 28 months.
Pregnant females den up for winter but do not hibernate. All polar bears may den temporarily to avoid bad weather.
Polar bear hide is very useful as it can be used as clothing, rugs, and blankets.
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