Polar bears baby cubs. Polar bears mainly eat ringed seals which makes up 75 of the bears diet. Three of the worlds eight species of bears are found in the united states the black bear the brown or grizzly bear and the polar bear. The polar bear ursus maritimus is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the arctic circle encompassing the arctic ocean its surrounding seas and surrounding land massesit is a large bear approximately the same size as the omnivorous kodiak bear ursus arctos middendorffi. We love this video of an adorable polar bear cub as he learns to walk.
Perhaps its time to read in detail about what do polar bears eat in the wild habitat. One cute cub climbs and hangs off mothers back. This is a good book for building reading confidence. In north america the populations of brown bears are often called grizzly bearsit is one of the largest living terrestrial members of the order carnivora rivaled in size only by its closest relative the polar bear ursus maritimus which is much less variable in size and slightly larger.
They will also consume bearded seals and harp seals which are 20 and 50 of the polar bear diet respectively. We remember knut as we look back on this endearing moment when this cute baby bear first learned to walk on all fours. A boar adult male weighs around 350700 kg 7721543 lb while a sow adult female. The story provides a lot of information about polar bears where they live what they eat without being to graphic about their predatory nature.