The polar bear is the biggest bear of all. This bear is found only in the Arctic. He eats almost only meat because there is little or no plants in the Arctic area. The polar bear probably dates from the brown bear.

General
The white polar bear dates back from 57 million years ago. The kind that we know is not very old, about 200,000 years. Previously, these bears were much smaller. Now there are peaks of over 900 kg. But the average polar bear weighs between 700 to 800 kg. The average polar bear measures about 2.8 meters.
Polar bears have an excellent vision. They are especially good at night hunting for food. A polar bear is also extra padding on the eyes. To protect the eyes against the artistic ment and the freezing wind, so the eyes do not freeze. The temperatures in the Arctic could easily go below -30. The smell of a polar bear is incorrigible, they can smell food up to 32 km far.
Other characteristics is that the polar bear’s hearing is well developed, at least better than in humans.

Reproduction
Polar bears usually mate between March and June. The transfer of a polar bear takes a long time, between 200 and 250 days. This is because the gestation period is extended. The young feed on milk fat and calorie diet of the mother.
Only the female cares for the boy, the male polar bear would be able to kill the boy. The young are suckled for 1 to 3 months, after about 24 to 28 months, the young begin to be independent. Polar bears on average gets to live 21 year, although there are polar bears who lived over 40 years.

Hunt
A famous hunting techniques of the polar bear is that he first looks for holes in the ice, here he remains motionless and alert guards. At the least movement he gets out, and usually has a fish on the hook, the polar bear is very quick to react. It is even known that polar bears hunt seals out of the water. The polar bear is very strong and can be interchanged without a beast of 70 to 90 kg of pulling out of the water, with relatively little effort. The claws of a polar bear will damage the “seal” from the water, usually so bad that he was not in a position to induce or against baulk.