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**__Appearance__**
===The Polar Bear is the largest most carnivorous bear in the world. They average 7-8 feet long and might reach up to 9 feet long. Their average height to their shoulders is 5 feet tall. Males can weigh from 900 lbs to maximum half a ton. The females weigh around 700 pounds. Polar Bears have long heads, small ears, and a "roman" nose. They have long necks, powerful limbs, broad hairy feet and stumps for tails. Their coat is a whitish yellow made up of long guard hairs an thick underfur.===

__**Habitat**__
===**Polar Bears live around the southern edge of the arctic ice. They are strong swimmers but avoid fast moving ice and vast open waters. During the spring, the ice carries them south, then they return north in the summer. Polar bears are expert swimmers, that can swim up to 6 miles per hour. They can also run to speeds up to 18 miles per hour. Some rare sightings of polar bears are in Japan. Polar bears can go as far south as the bottom of Japan, and sometimes roam around the beaches.**===

__**Food, Diet, and Appetite**__
===**Out of everything Polar Bears eat, seals, especially the Ringed Seals, are their favorite food. To catch a ringed seal, the polar bear takes advantage of the snow hummocks. While the seal is asleep, the Polar Bear will swim up to it and crush its skull with its powerful paw. Polar bears, being smart animals, will hold down a pup with its claw to attract the mother, then take double the kill. Another tactic the polar bear uses is the element of surprise. A polar bear will hide in a seal's hole waiting for it to out out of water. One they spot the seal, they pounce on the and dig their sharp teeth into the body of the seal. Yet another tactic they use is stalking. If polar bears see a seal at its breathing hole, it will slowly inch towards the seal, then once again, pounces and sinks its teeth in. Polar bears will also eat lemmings, arctic foxes and birds.**===

**__How they raise their young__**
===**In the fall, pregnant polar bears will make dens in the earth and snowbanks. Polar cubs are very tiny. In fact, they are so tiny, the mother can hide them between the toes of her front paws. When new-born, they weigh a little less than a kilogram. Also, they are born hairless, blind and deaf.**===

__Interesting Facts__
===Polar bears will sometimes raid towns and villages, primarily for food. They will usually go to dumps or garbage cans. Polar bears will not be shot, but will be captured and taken back into the wilderness.===

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