Arctic
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The Polar Bear (Thalarctos Maritimus) is 8 feet tall, and weighs an average of 900 pounds. It is a huge bear with a creamy-white coat. A very fast moving animal, it can easily out-run a caribou over a short distance. It wanders over a larger area than any other bear and can swim well. Often they winter on the ice floes and sometimes bare their young there. Their many prey are seals, fish, seabirds, arctic hares, caribou and musk oxen. In the summer it also eats berries and leaves of tundra plants. |
