Bear Size ~

[Polar]

(01-08-2016, 06:09 PM)brotherbear Wrote: @Polar, what information would you like to post concerning polar bear size? What would you say is  basically the average weight of a mature male polar bear? - the normal maximum ( not over-the-top ) weight? Also, the heaviest ever weighed. 

The average modern polar bear has a very diverse weight just like brown bears ( but not as low as 250 pounds, polar bear weight variations start at 750 pounds) among populations (Foxe Basin, Churchill, Kotzebue, Baffin Island populations), and I estimate their average weight to be about 1160 pounds from all 21 polar bear populations. Very few reach 1300 pounds (normal maximum) and those that do (according to weight/total length equations) are usually 11'1'' tall (on hind legs) on average. I don't know the validity of the 2210 pound specimen (whether it was weighed immediately after death or after getting taxidermy), but I am 100% sure that there should be a specimen that's greater than be one posted by Guate, possibly a 1800 pounder at most (within a good habitat with plenty of large, numerous prey and less competition per male.) Reply