/r/polarbears
Majestic creature of the far north, the polar bear is the world's largest terrestrial carnivore, its Latin name, Ursus maritimus, means 'sea bear', an apt name for this amazing species which spends much of its life predominantly on sea ice. Polar bears have been known to swim more than 60 miles or 100km without rest in search for food!
Majestic creature of the far north, the polar bear is the world's largest terrestrial carnivore.
Its Latin name, Ursus maritimus, means 'sea bear', an apt name for this amazing species which spends much of its life predominantly on sea ice.
Polar bears are listed as a vulnerable by IUCN because of ongoing and potential loss of their sea ice habitat resulting from climate change.
It is not too late to take action to help polar bears, click here for a list of things you can do!
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Community Rules
- True polar bear only - images, videos, gifs, facts, information, news, conservation, questions, discussions, and travel stories.
- Don't spam, no self-promotion or karma farm! This includes blog, vlog or podcast spam, or post content from personal social media accounts.
- No memes, comics, arts, toys, things, fake or photoshopped images, taxidermy, etc.
- Polar bear is the largest and most powerful carnivore on land, please tag content featuring obvious gore as NSFW.
- Please link directly to the media.
- Contribute to the community, be excellent to one another!
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- BearCubGifs
- BearWithAView
- Bears
- BearsWaving
- Bigboye
- Capybara
- Ducklings
- Foxes
- Giraffes
- GorillaReddit
- GrizzlyBears
- Hippos
- Hyenas
- Koalas
- Lynxes
- Panda
- RedPandas
- Tapirs
- Whales
- Reddit's Animal Kingdom
Credits
- Header - Meril Darees @ marildaress.com
- Sidebar - Polar Bears International
- CSS - /r/Mindashq
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Brodie trying to get his ball back... and posing beautifully!
10:54 UTC
End the willow project
The willow project will dump 287 tons of waste into the arctic, this will disrupt the lives of the animals and people in the area. Stopping this could actually save the planet as we know it. Please sign or donate to the cause. Spread the word
22:36 UTC
San Diego Zoo
22:43 UTC
Today's International Polar Bear Day! It's created to coincide with the time period when polar bear mums and cubs are sleeping in their dens, and to raise awareness about the conservation status of the polar bear. This is my favourite polar bear family photo!
12:00 UTC
Zen
12:17 UTC
Twin cubs born to Crystal last November in the US' Toledo Zoo, you can watch them live on webcam 9am-4pm local time (GMT -5)!
12:25 UTC
4 years old Kinuk goes to the vet
12:55 UTC
Taking a quick icy dip!
11:55 UTC
What are those spots on her fur?
I watched a video about Agee the polar bear last night. Somehow nobody in the comments had asked about her fur, so I couldn't find any answers there. Google also didn't help. It suggested alopecia, could that be it?
11:58 UTC
A diving bear
11:55 UTC
Wee Brodie enjoys the snow!
12:06 UTC
The age old question.
22:37 UTC
Hey what do you think of my new hairstyle?
13:10 UTC
Satsuki plays with her ball
13:18 UTC
Hertha celebrated in style with mama Tonja
13:17 UTC
Floating docks for polar bears
Has anyone thought about creating a series of floating docks to help the Polar bears get out further to hunt since the ice is gone?
19:04 UTC
Brodie celebrated his first birthday (a week ago)!
13:08 UTC
Just relaxing!
12:13 UTC
Twins born to Crystal at Toledo Zoo, watch the family on live webcam! Live streaming from 9am US Eastern Standard Time (UTC -5)
14:48 UTC
Polar bears have the cutest paws!
12:43 UTC
Polar bear mothers, in particular, are very caring of the young ones. Today, due to climate change, bears have to travel greater distances to forage for food and survive. Sometimes the mother must hold her young one by her side while searching for the next hunting area.
12:58 UTC
Half sisters Nora and Amelia Gray recently celebrated their 6th and 7th birthdays!
11:56 UTC
We were so excited to finally see a polar bear in the Arctic on our last day in Svalbard!
13:29 UTC
The mighty ice bear spotted her victims
12:39 UTC
It's Polar Bear Week! Polar Bears International is developing an effective early detection radar systems for bears entering Arctic communities as they are spending more time on land due to shorter sea ice seasons. This system will help keeping polar bears and people safe, they need our support!
12:06 UTC
On the rocks.
19:42 UTC
A female polar bear breastfeeds her two cubs in the harbour of the abandoned Russian settlement of Pyramiden
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