- The Kodiak, which is native to Alaska, is the largest bear and can measure up to eight feet and weigh as much as 1,700 pounds.
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- Polar bears can eat as much as ten percent of their body weight in less than one hour.
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- A Canadian, Troy Hurtubise, spent $100,000 and almost went bankrupt building a RoboCop style suit so that he could withstand a bear attack.
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- Polar bear livers contain so much Vitamin A that it can be fatal if eaten by a human.
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- Polar bears are excellent swimmers. They have been known to swim more than 60 miles without a rest.
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- In the last 30 years, only seven people have been killed by a polar bear in Canada.
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- The town of Churchill, Manitoba, located in Canada, is known as the "Polar Bear Capitol of the World"
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- Even though a polar bears fur looks white it is actually colourless and is made with hollow tubes. The reason the bear looks white is because the rough inner surface of the tubes make light scatter and reflect at many different angles which gives the white appearance.
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- 98% of brown bears in the United States are in Alaska.
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- When a polar bear cub is born, it can not see or hear. It takes approximately a month for the cub to start to see and hear.
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