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(12-15-2018, 04:54 PM)brotherbear Wrote: The polar bear is the biggest heaviest bear living on earth today. I absolutely agree.
Panther, by 9+ year old bears I mean only bears 9 years old and above should be considered as full-grown.
Well I think the bears above nine are post prime, aren't they?
I guess the chart you posted about averages is right, 8-9 year old are fully grown. Which is why that's the last age class of taking averages...
(12-15-2018, 09:14 PM)brotherbear Wrote: I hadn't given that any thought, but When comparing a Kodiak bear with a polar bear, the best time to weigh a Kodiak bear is late Autumn when his fat ratio is closer to the polar bear's. Of course, while the size difference between Kodiak bears and polar bears is not a tremendous difference, as a species in general, the polar bear is without contest much bigger than a typical brown bear - Ursus arctos.
Edit and add: About ages of brown bears added into the average size for full-grown males - eight is less than nine.
I asked you the proof like a study or a expert quote of 8 year old means not full-grown.
I already proven that Brown bears reach their full size in almost all dimensions at 6 years on average. The two years gap is enough for a bear to reach its full size.
The "King" of the bears - comparison between the Polar bear and the Brown bear
