Do you know how big Earth’s largest land predator really is? In this video, find out the true size and weight of the polar bear. Plus take a look at how they compare to humans and other bear species such as the Kodiak, Grizzly, and Black Bears.
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Chapters in this video:
00:00 - Intro
00:17 - How Big Are Polar Bears?
01:10 - How Big Are Polar Bear Cubs?
01:28 - How Much Do Polar Bears Weigh?
02:16 - Size of Polar Bear vs Other Bears
02:50 - World’s Largest Polar Bear
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A polar bear is the very definition of a wild animal. Absolutely stunning, yet terribly dangerous.
What does that even mean? Very definition of a wild animal?
Ye
It can kill other animals. Or kill you just by sitting on you
If it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If it's white, good night.
😂
Its a bit sad that when they saw the polar bear who was the biggest on record the first thing they did was kill it.
I hate poacher why kill nature is so sad bad
Nature need to be respected
Lots of assumptions here.
Poachers need to die. There should be a shoot them on sight allowance in the law.
Yes.
One of my favorite cartoons was by Gary Larsen (The Far Side). It showed these two giant polar bears standing over an igloo. One says, "Oh I love these; crunchy outside with a chewy center."
Dude! That was one of my favorites too!
I despise how humans trophy hunt the best animals. That does irreversible damage to genetic lines!
I Agree.
What do you mean by best?
I genuinely had no idea, I always assumed they were similar to Grizzlies, not this big. It seems contradictory to have one of the most seemingly cute animals ever created to also be the ultimate predator
Well they are similar in size to a Kodiak
They are larger than Grizzlies but are bullied by the Grizzlies in shared habitat
Saw once a footage of the (assumed) biggest ice bear ever seen. Hoped it was included here. It was about 1000kg and 3,80m when he stood up. Even in this footage the pranks looked just gigantic
@@corvanna4438 you wish
@@why1811 look it up, polar bears run from Grizzlies
They’re crazy scary in person honestly, In the summer I got a chance to see 10 polar bear in one day. Like you don’t expect them to be that big but in person hf it’s was stunning and scary at the same time. Thinking of trying to go see them again this summer
That does sound like a great day. It certainly gives some perspective to see their height in real life.
The tallest and heaviest polar bear in the world was 340 cm (11'2") tall and 1002 kg (2209 lbs) weigh
Let's go catch one.
Does Joe Rogan know about this?
@@kinglistosas5010 It may catch you
That's what i thought. Of cause that is the biggest ever measured. It probably have existed Polar Bears even larger than that. It is unlikely that the biggest ever have been killed and measured by humans, considering they have existed for thousands of years, and that in the old times hunting for Polar Bears were considered near suicidal, and only done in desperate situations.
@@palmarolavlklingholm9684 How come polar bear size can be so big?
I remember watching a NatGeo story (maybe 5 years ago) about hunters hunting bears: one hunter was under investigation for killing a endangered bear during the autopsy of the dead bear they discovered that the bear was a hybrid (Grizzly & Polar Bear). The hunter was off the hook of being charged with a crime, but this incident triggered scientists to investigate the territorial ranges of the Grizzly & Polar bears. They set up cameras at a beached whale carcass in northern Alaska or Canada - multiple Grizzly Bears and multiple Polar Bears were feeding on the whale carcass. It was stunning it was like watching a "Wild West Saloon Brawl" on one side of the whale carcass and yet on the other end of the whale carcass harmony. The Grizzly Bear beat the Polar Bear for feeding dominance on a section of the whale carcass!
Thanks for your comment, yes, much of the evidence suggests that grizzly bears, although smaller than polar bears, are more dominant. If they don't get along, hybrids could become more common or the polar bear could become extinct altogether.
@@polarguidebook4618 I think they will be fine, but the human race needs to be respectful of nature. Did you see the bear that ran in front of my car almost 2 1/2 years ago.
@@polarguidebook4618 Possibly the Polar Bears were smarter, and did not use unnecessary energy on fighting the grizzly. A Polar Bear would probably kill a Grizzly fairly easy in a serious fight. A grizzly is only part time carnivore, while the Polar Bear only eats meat, and a bit of fish. It should be the superior fighter.
I think I saw that huge record-breaking bear in the big general store in Ketchikan Alaska. The thing towers into the sky. It would have to reach way down to get you...
They are huge! We hope you mean a model of the bear and not the actual bear doing it's grocery shop because that wouldn't end well! Haha
"It would have to reach way down to get you" polar bears don't hunt animals/people standing upright 😂
When I was in college in Indiana I visited a place which had the fossils of a short faced bear , an extinct species that was very tall at the shoulder and built much differently than modern bears. I think the specimen I saw is a the most complete example of that animal found so far and was found near the place it is now displayed. It was near Rochester Indiana
White people and polar bears have a lot of the same traits that big strong white handle the cold eat anything
They was all over the north American continent and into the south
Those were big boys
Oh my goodness why are people not seeing this I'm so sorry that people are not watching this I feel so bad for you I love this I'll sub to you and like
Thanks so much. We've only just launched the channel last week but hopefully we'll grow soon as we tell our website readers about it too. :)
Why is the video so good ? I love this because I love animals and bears
At 3 meters a polar bear would make a great NBA player. Of course he would dominate the court and win the game without having to make even one basket
-"They tower over all other species" - show kodiaks to be about the same size
It says maximum kodiak next to average polar bear.
Yup and different on topic but if any bear could take out a polar bear it would be a very large Kodiak in my opinion otherwise I'd favor the polar bear!!!
Compared to the Short face bear is freaking insane imagine if it was still around
1:39 male polar bears weight the equivalent of *SEVEN REFRIGERATORS!* 😯3:05 ...and the largest polar bear recorded was THIRTEEN REFRIGERATORS, 11' FEET TALL!
that is the average size of a short, faced bear
+++ It can kill other animals. Or kill you just by sitting on you +++
Excellent
Good video
Gorgeous iconic beauty.
The 1st thing you see when you step off the plane in Anchorage is a stuffed polar bear. The 1st words out of your mouth are "holy cr@p".
Never ask for a polar bears weight!
Good video how do you only have 46 subscribers
Thanks, we are a brand new channel only launched this month so appreciate your comment and support!
@@polarguidebook4618 love your channel hope it get popular one day
Polar Bears are like the Wendigos of the bear family. Always hungry for meat! They will even eat their own kind just to survive. You really don't wanna cross paths with one out in the middle of nowhere and on foot, especially when you're unarmed because they do see us as easy prey. Probably the only known bear species that see humans as prey.
They're grizzlies that are referred to as man hunters at times. A polar bear will 100% always attack a human when in the wild.
That is why on Svalbard, it is illegal to be out in the nature without a gun that you have proven that you can use.
I love the things you use to compare, such as refrigerator and foot-long subways
That in combination with only mentioning Kilos (but displaying both Kgs and lbs) makes me think he’s low key teaching you guys the metric system.
That has to be done for Americans.
That Polar Bear had gigantism gene just like a 7 or 8 foot person are.
*INTERESTING*
Land sharks. The ultimate predator. Hope I neeeeever meet one.
Polar Bears are classified as marine animals.
I saw a Polar Bear once at the Zoo and it was Huge. It was the size of 7 refrigerators 2 stoves a washing machine and 2 microwaves.
My big takeaway from this video is that the average American man is 1.75m tall but weighs 90kg. People are telling me it’s solid muscle but I’m skeptical…
G I A N T BEAR 🐻❄️
Grizzlies are the more talked about brown bears compared to the kodiak yet I used to think their names are used interchangeably
They _are_ used interchangeably. They are also used together to refer to Kodiak; 'Kodiak grizzly'. Wrong, but it occurs.
"How big are polar bears" You didn't have to watch, all you had to do was look at the thumbnail.
The short answer is 'very big' .
@@Cincinnatus1869 That only tells people that they are big, it doesn't tell exactly how big they are.
Great Video, as well as the information given. IT was Short n all about the Topic. Thank You. As for the Largest One ever Seen. Ugh too the Commenter below 👇 about them First See it. I'd Venture to Say they Probably Soiled Thier Pants 🩳👖 on the First Sightings of It. I KNOW I Would Have. My God That's A Big BEAR.
Would a mamá polar bear get upset if I picked up one of her newborn baby cubs to take home and cuddle with?
Technically the southern elephant seal is the largest, they do go on land
Strange cz i saw info that kodiaks can get up to 1500 or even 1800lbs, twice as big as a grizzly. It be bigger than a polar a lil.
Wrong.
The polar bear seems like what the cave bear would of been had it survived
Polar bears and kodiaks are huge badasses. At the least, 7 feet. Don't screw with them.
Polar Bears are about 12 feet when they stand up
Yep I always weigh myself in kilograms...
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Standing on hind legs polar and kodiak are of same size ?
The avg. Polar bear is 9'10,the TALLEST zodiac will get is 9'10.
How about using pounds and inches also in your vid?
No😁
It is too much fun to piss off ignorant Americans!
Why do you only use metric measurements. Since you visibly post metric figures, why not post the U.S. Standard System of measurements as well.
sad it happens but imagine the experience of encountering suck an animal and it hungry...i have a 2018 dodge ram power wagon and that bear is bigger than my truck standing on its tail gate
Pls compare the bear and Robert wadlow height
Robert was a bit over average height for male polar bears.
Size doesn’t matter, man is the Apex Predator…
Size matters
A large pony isn't 1.60 meter high at the withers. 160 cm is 16 hands, that's a good size horse, the average Quarter horse is around 14.3 to 15.2 at the withers, some exceed 16 hands but it isn't representative of the breed, these horses aren't ponies by any stretch. The pony pictured next to the polar bear in your video is no more than 1.3 meters, 130 cm which is 13 hands tall... It is very debatable whether polar bears or Kodiak and Kamchatka bears are the largest. There are huge specimens in each of these species.
We now know the standard unit of weight measurement in American is refrigerators
Ha ha, I sure thought it was a peculiar way of explaining weight. Who the hell knows how heavy an avarage refrigerator is.
@@woodsmanNo1 Americans do!
Talk about Short faced Bear
The video had one job: to get the proportion comparison examples right. But it failed to do that. At the comparison shown at 1:00 the bear has 237 centimeters instead of 300 centimeters. Apologize for your inaccuracy. Do your job right.
A Polar bear and a Kodiak bear are similar in size.
Polar is bigger
iam sad that these beautiful animal are going to be extint if we humans are no aware
Humans are also going to be extinct because of humans.
They're still kinda cute though
To be fair,…many of the pets we keep are predators OvO
@@genetlair5999 true true but that doesn't distract from who they are.
Usually the cuter the animal is, the scarier they are ironically.
Why do you believe that background "music" is necessary especially while you are narrating. That just doesn't make sense.
Its the only animal who genuinely see humans as food.
There is little scientific evidence to suggest that they actively hunt humans for food although there are anecdotal encounters which are usually from malnourished bears or those that feel threatened by the behaviour of humans. Though this can be said about most large land predators.
Crocs
12ft
I thought the biggest Polar Bear was shot in the fifties on a russian polar expedition and weighed 1002kg. Now, well. its only 4kg in difference.
0:06 it looks so derpy
Sninkvay, too!
They fear nothing and we humans are just another form of seal and not USN SEALS EITHER. So that means we are considered a protein AKA Lunch course it depends on the time of day..breakfast. lunch. Supper or even a late snack.
I'm pretty sure us smaller females and children would be just like a stick of gum for them!
Your probably right or just a meat stick huh.
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What abt Kodiak bears?
There's overlap (as with other brown bears), but polars are on average are larger.
Sorry,but the Kodiak bear 375kg?The average weight of a kodiak bear is around 500kg,never not 375kg...The record for the polar bear is 1002kg,for the Kodiak bear 996kg,year before his death he weighed 1088kg-Clyde.
The most surprisingly thing I learnt from this video is that the average American male is 90kg. WOW.
avarage man 60_80 kg man American 80 kg
How many refrigerators is that?
You really need help with how to add and subtract fractions dude
I STILL FEEL THE KODIAK BEAR IS BIGGER POLAR BEAR JUST TALLER
According to:Alaska Department of Fish and Game Kodiak bears are the largest bears in the world. A large male can stand over 10' tall when on his hind legs, and 5' when on all four legs. They weigh up to 1,500 pounds. Females are about 20% smaller, and 30% lighter than males. And polar bear has more fat percentages and Kodiak has more muscle mass... And Kamchatka brown bear is one of biggest bear alive..
Baloney.
Americans using sandwiches and refrigerator for measurement 😂
Huuuge😮
I think American black bear and polar bear are same shape
It’s a shame when a large for its species animal is killed for a trophy, they should be left alone as they are good breeding stock.
polar bear can weight up to 900 kg
Maybe you could stand on the shoulders of a friend and match them haha
The largest weighed a ton and stood at 11ft
It's written 375 Kg, but says 357 Kg. :/
Stats are off
What’s insane to me is a Siberian tiger is significantly taller then a polar bear
Really, how tall are Siberian tigers?
@@indiablackwell can get to 12 foot in height. 10 is the average
@@astradala1845 No, Siberian tigers are not as tall as polar bears, nowhere near twelve feet! Simple math confirms that, (nevermind visual confirmation!). - polar bears are longer in body length (tail not included, that's irrelevant) - polar bears stand taller on all fours i.e. longer legs So, how are they taller upright? You have no basis, it's nonsense.
@@astradala1845lol polar bears are bigger even a brown bear is bigger than Siberian tiger
Big enuff
Why Seattle
Who knows haha
I really think cameras do so wrong for Polar bears when it comes to their Size. Bruh, Irl we would shit our pants seeing that Big Carnivore that not just attacks at lightning speed but eats us alive . Holy Shit man . A White Giant mf’ing Man eater 💀🔥
This is the most American video ever made
The biggest Polar ever shot was 1.002 kg. And its the same as you mentioned.
They start thier life much smaller? I don't believe you.
My guy, kodiak bears can be 10 feet tall...
Male Polar bears are over 10-11ft while females are only 9ft tall
Both of those are well over average.
90kg is average for American?. Them mcdonalds really doing their job well
Isn't kodiak larger than polar bear?
No.
No, polar bear is bigger.
brown bears look bigger to me maybe its just their face
1:07 THAT IS NOT TO SCALE. if he is 5'9 then that bear is standing at only 7'10. What was the point of making this video??
Using fridges as measurement? Kg should be enough lmao
That has to be done for Americans.
Polar bears are bigger than Kodiaks? Nope... No way.
All this for a godamn damn polar bear 🐻❄️ man 👨🏾 please
What?
Kodiak is much heavier than polar bear, he is the number one not the other way around.
nonsense
Baloney.
No polar is bigger. True.
So kodiack is the big one
No
Meters and centimeters and kilograms mean nothing to me. I got nothing from this video
Why is a fridge a unit of measurement in America??
It's just easier for people to get some perspective with an item they know.
You have to ask?
The average weight for Kodiak bears in not 375kg for males. On average it’s like 500-600kg
Perhaps, but we only use scientific and reputable sources for our videos and articles to ensure accurate information for our viewers and this is what the science says. All of our sources are in the description and accompanying blog post.
More like 770kg
@@andrewsucksatvideos4482 BS
"The average weight for Kodiak bears in not 375kg for males. On average it’s like 500-600kg" - BS
They weigh about as much as a boy band;
weight polar bear =7 man
Täyttä roskaa. Kodiakin karhu on suurempi.