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Post by rhino on Jan 11, 2014 5:05:48 GMT -5
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Post by Cr1TiKaL on Jan 11, 2014 9:52:01 GMT -5
Kodiaks are indeed impressive!
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Post by rhino on Jan 13, 2014 1:20:58 GMT -5
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Post by Old Ephraim on Sept 16, 2014 11:38:59 GMT -5
The polar bear has a layer of blubber lacking in other bear species. He is a lot fatter for insulation and buoyancy. There is less size difference here than most people suspect. The skull of the brown bear dwarfs that of a polar bear. Although the polar bear is the most carnivorous of all bears, he eats mostly blubber and very little red meat. Even though the polar bear has more "carnivorous" teeth, he has the weakest jaws of any living bear; with the possible exception of the sloth bear. The Kodiak bear has far superior upper-body strength. I will say that the Kodiak wins this fight roughly 90% of the time.
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Post by Just some guy on Sept 20, 2014 19:47:41 GMT -5
I think this is a really close fight. Both can be roughly the same size and be excellent representatives for their species, so
U. a. middendorffi: stronger bite, skull more adapted to dealing with stress (I think?), larger claws. U. maritimus: sharper canines (IIRC), sharper claws.
I'm on the fence.
Not sure if the claws are going to be that defining, but I honestly find claws in general to be overrated, as unguals are not actually efficient killing tools (save for those of animals such as dromaeosaurids and accipitrids given how the claws are the actual killing tools as opposed to their maws like many other predators; so neither of the combatants here are among those with killing-efficient claws). Claws alone rarely, if ever are documented actually killing things, and this would especially hold true if the two opponents are similar in size.
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Post by rhino on Oct 28, 2014 23:17:07 GMT -5
Isn't the polar bear much, much heavier than a kodiak though? I heard the largest weighed 1000 kilograms.
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Post by grizzly on Jan 27, 2015 19:32:19 GMT -5
The polar bear has an extra layer of blubber. He is the most carnivorous of bears; but over 90% of his diet is soft blubber. Much of his weight advantage is fat, needed for insulation and buoyancy. The brown bear has that shoulder hump which reinforces his already massive upper-body strength. The skull, neck, and shoulders of the brown bear are more massive than that of the polar bear. The claws of the polar bear are tools for holding prey ( cat-like ). The longer claws of the brown bear are tools for digging into hard earth; capable of ripping flesh. The polar bear has more carnivorous teeth. However, the polar bear has the weakest jaws of any bear species ( with the possible exception of the sloth bear ). A large brown bear has the strongest jaws of any bear. Perhaps the brown bear's greatest advantage is his stamina. He can fight for hours. The polar bear will quickly over-heat. If he stops fighting, the brown bear will kill him. If he continues fighting, he will over-hear and die.
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Post by grizzly on Feb 11, 2015 19:58:58 GMT -5
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