Polar Bears

A Polar Bear’s scientific name is Ursus Marimitus, and it is a carnivorous bear, the sister of the brown bear species.

They are the largest land carnivores and have a dense coat of fur to keep them alive in the cold temperatures of the Arctic waters, which can get down to a freezing -50 °F. Ursus Marimitus’ have a terrific sense of smell, and can sniff out seals from great distances away. Sometimes if they get really peckish, they might eat the carcass of a seal that has already been eaten, which doesn’t have any fat.

Boars (male Polar Bears) grow two to three times bigger than sows (female Polar Bears), weigh more than 650 kg, and are about 2.5 to 3 metres long, whereas sows are 150 to 250 kg in weight and 1.8 to 2.5 metres in length. Pregnant sows may weigh 500kg.

The largest Polar Bear EVER recorded was a boar weighing 1,002 kg. Now that’s what I call heavy!