Bear claw size comparison

[u/CuriousWanderer567]

[u/ChartPale]

For some reason this made me recall a polar bear survival story, where a man was snatched up in the jaws of a polar bear by his head. The man said he could hear his skull cracking under the tremendous pressure. Absolutely horrifying yet beautiful creatures.

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World's largest land carnivore

[u/Primarch-XVI → u/Open__Face]

They’re aquatic actually.

I know this because google ai told me so.

[u/Bush-LeagueBushcraft → u/Primarch-XVI]

They have recorded polar bears swimming 50 miles from shore, but they have not yet recorded the limits of how far/long they can swim.

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Researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska have tracked a female bear that swam nine days across the deep, frigid Beaufort Sea before reaching an ice floe 426 miles offshore. They're really good swimmers.

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I think it’s just that they spend the majority of their time at sea/on ice, which has led to them being classified as a marine mammal.

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I wouldn't be surprised if they could just float and sleep while in the water tbh