Ok, so since there's alot of debate whether which bear is bigger, let's settle this right now.

Polar bear is the largest species.

Kodiak bear is the largest subscpecies of brown bear (the second largest species).

Male polar bears weigh 990 lbs (450 KG) on average and the largest one ever was 2209 lbs (1002 KG).

Male kodiak bears weigh 1050 to 1175 lbs (475 to 533 KG) on average. The largest captive one was 2130 lbs (966 KG), but the largest wild one was only 1656 lbs (750 KG).

According to google: Female polar bears weigh 330 to 550 lbs (150 to 250 KG) while female kodiak bears weigh 400 to 770 lbs (180 to 350 KG).

So, kodiak bears are slightly heavier than polar bears on average, but the largest polar bears are heavier than the largest kodiak bears.

just curious

Hello first time posting, I need help identifying what I think is bear scat, I found it in Waukesha county, WI

We are in Seminole County, Florida—westerly side.

Hello, I'm new to living with bears so bear with me. I live on northern California in the Sierra foothills. I've been watching a mother bear with two cubs visiting me for a couple of month. In the last two weeks the mother bear started to limp on one of the front feet and lately also on the rear feet. She barely manages to move around. The cubs are maybe two years old. They seem to get more desperate with regard to looking for food, they sometimes come by on several consecutive days and look under the same tarps (I have zero food lying around). I wonder how long the mother bear can live like that, what happens to the cubs once the mother dies? Is there an organization (depth of fish and wildlife?) that offers help? Or do I just let nature take its course.

5. Cave bear (Ursus splaeus)

A bulky herbivorous bear that lived in Europe up until 10k years ago. Weighed up to 1000 KG, 2200 lbs.

4. Steppe brown bear (Ursus arctos priscus)

The largest brown bear subspecies that ever lived. Weighed up to 1000 KG, 2200 lbs.

3. Short faced bear (Arctodus Simus)

A humongous bear that lived in North America that weighed up to 2500 lbs and stood up to 13 feet tall on 2 legs. It allegedly prevented people from crossing the Bering land bridge.

2. King Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus tyrannus)

An extinct subspecies of the extant species "polar bear". Went extinct something like 70,000 years ago. Weighed up to 2800 lbs.

1. South American Giant Short Faced Bear (Arctotherium Angustidens)

A huge mofo that lived in South America, maxing out at nearly 2 tons. The bane of all our nightmares!

Hi! i’ve known about the if it’s brown lay down, if it’s black fight back, if it’s white good night thing and I’ve been wondering if there was ever a chance to escape a bear?

Like, imagine I encounter a brown bear in the woods and i pretend to be dead. The bear gets close, realises i’m faking it and by then it’s so close to me i can’t run and it eats me. Wouldn’t it make more sense for me to not let it get close if i can spot it in time and just back up?

Now imagine I encounter a black bear. If i fight back and I somehow piss it off enough that it decides to eat me, I’m cooked. If I had ran away in time, would it even chase me?

Ik there are practically 0 survival chances with white bears so I’m not even considering it.

My question is, if I were to actually have a chance at getting away from a bear would it be better to try and run away or just play dead/scare it? If i did start running how many chances are there that the bear will gaf about me and chase me down or will it leave me alone?

Please don’t be rude I know I’d stand no chance when it comes to running away from a bear but my question is more hypothetical regarding the rhyme thing.