Polar Bear

:"Polar Bear" is also the name of White Bear Township, Minnesota and a trade name for a type of scuba diver's warm undersuit to be worn under a drysuit.

Hunting, diet and feeding

It is the most completely carnivorous member of the bear family and the only bear that preys on man as food. It feeds mainly on seals, especially Ringed Seals. Polar bears are excellent swimmers and can often be seen in open waters miles from land. This may be a sign that they have begun aquatic adaptations to better catch their prey. They also hunt very efficiently on land due to their prodigious speed; they are more than capable of outrunning a human. Other prey include beluga whales, walruses and rodents. As a pure carnivore predating upon fish-eating carnivores, the polar bear ingests large amounts of Vitamin A, which is stored in its liver; in the past, humans have been poisoned by eating liver of polar bears.

Related Topics:
Bear - Seals - Ringed Seal - Swimmers - Aquatic adaptation - Beluga whale - Walrus - Rodent - Fish - Vitamin A - Liver

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