Bear Strength

[Polar]

@brotherbear,

I severely doubt that a grizzly is stronger/more powerful than a polar bear/black bear/most bears at weight parity.

Although the brown bear has a larger chest, shorter limbs, thicker hindlimbs, and bigger shoulder area for pushing and short-ranged movements, a polar bear will have a larger forequarter circumference/body area ratio together with longer limbs, thus providing it more pulling strength (similar to big cats), long-ranged movements, and more strength related to arm movements in general.

A polar bear's long and thick neck is utilized more towards dragging prey, whilst that of most other bears is utilized for side-to-side shaking of whatever they have hunted/foraged.

As for paw swipe force? A 50/50 to me. Although, the brown bear has the shoulder and short-arm advantage, a polar bear has thicker arms (more fast-twitch fibers), thus providing for more faster (powerful) swipe, as well as denser arm bones to add to the impact.

Not necessarily stronger, but stronger in different ways. Reply