Bear Size ~

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Polar bears are heavier on average than the largest population of brown bears, the Kodiak bears. It is also true, I feel certain, that in the wild, the polar bear has a higher size potential. Never-the-less, the heaviest polar bear confirmed weight stands at 1,541 pounds while the heaviest confirmed brown bear tipped the scales at 1,653 pounds - beating the polar bear by 112 pounds. 
Problem is, few of these Goliath bears are actually weighed. There have very likely been bears, both brown and polar which have exceeded these record weights. It is the polar bear's diet of almost exclusively blubber that gives him the advantage of size and weight-gain. The white giant is, after all, a descendant of the grizzly. 
                                                                                                 

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