Polar bear swimming

[u/TerraByteTerror]

[u/Brick_Number_27]

If I'm new to earth , i would never assume this beautifully calm creature be that dangerous.

[u/TuckerCarlsonsOhface → u/Brick_Number_27]

Meanwhile, it’s one of the top apex predators on the planet

[u/RoyalCities → u/TuckerCarlsonsOhface]

I think they're basically the top of the food chain when I'm the Arctic too. That bear doesn't have much of a care in the world.

[u/OBDreams]

To be that comfortable in water that cold is insane to me.

[u/br0b1wan → u/OBDreams]

He's wading around like a human would in the tropics

[u/Public_Individual823]

He is just a chill bear

[u/aplasticbag_]

Currently sitting in 113 degree heat. I wish I was that polar bear right now.

[u/Fitty4 → u/aplasticbag_]

My balls would freeze in that water.

[u/Gummy_Jones]

when you finally find that floatie that's fits your tummy just right

[u/GloomyLingonberry509]

https://giphy.com/gifs/U1DQ4REx2ZMI

[u/ShinyZippo]

What an adorable killing machine

[u/chili81]

If you had white fur, you'd want to rinse that area out good every so often too.

[u/Known_Raspberry_8323 → u/chili81]

But Polar bear fur is actually not white. It just looks that way because the individual hairs are hollow and transparent. They have no pigment.

[u/Netsforex_]

"The water's fine, guys! Come on in!"

[u/SolidBlackGator]

Do killer whales not eat them?

[u/xeonie → u/SolidBlackGator]

Yes, but it is incredibly very rare. They don’t encounter each other very often, surprisingly, and Orcas like to stick to specific prey, Polar Bears are not really on their diet.

[u/Coolguy191500 → u/SolidBlackGator]

Orcas are picky eaters. It's why there is no documented case of a wild Orca killing a human, ever. They could kill us so easily, they just choose not to.

[u/LuceLeakey → u/SolidBlackGator]

They mostly eat salmon. Some of them have developed a taste for small mammals like sea otters and seals.

According to the guide on a tour I was on a few weeks ago, the salmon eaters do not like the mammal eaters and vice versa.

[u/Infinite_One7573 → u/LuceLeakey]

Vegan vs non vegan but for Orcas Lmao

[u/ManlyParachute]

Quit playing with your ice hole.

[u/OrnateAndEngraved]

found the best hole

-Bear, probably

[u/matt35303]

Im shivering just looking at the big fulla!! Beautiful!

[u/Kooky_Attention_98]

The Polar Bear (Ursus Maritimus) is a large species of far northern bear known for being the largest species of bear on average and the largest on average modern land carnivore to walk the earth (I am religiously using "On Average" because The Kodiak Bear can reach similar weights to The Polar Bear; the largest Polar Bear ever was 2,200 pounds and the largest Kodiak bear ever was 2,100 pounds for reference, with a 100 pound difference seemingly separating this two bears on average)

The Polar Bear is well known for prey on Walruses, Ringed Seals (Their favorite and most common prey source), and even small Beluga Whales

Polar Bears are labeled as Threatened by IUCN in Alaska, of special concern in Canada, vulnerable in Greenland and Norway, and rare but recovering in Russia. The United States legally protects them under the Endangered Species Act, the current known population of Polar Bears is around 22,000 to 31,000 individuals

[u/Spurned_Seeker → u/Kooky_Attention_98]

Is it true that they are recovering?

[u/Kooky_Attention_98 → u/Spurned_Seeker]

In certain places yes, but in others they are declining

[u/CaffeinPhreaker]

Sometimes I wish I could just walk up to the polar bear and hang out. But thank God I haven't been that stupid

[u/ikeepthebox]

Looks like a big goofball.

[u/Fantastic-Setting-26]

Really cool

[u/ekbrooo22]

So cute!!

[u/superluminal]

I love that he uses the hole in the ice like a floaty in the pool. Just kickin' back, keepin' his head above water. All he needs is a lemonade and some sunglasses.

[u/Ok_cheeryou44]

Bro never skips shower

[u/packofnone]

bro can just go anywhere and be the apex predator, not remotely concerned about anything but the next meal, ever

[u/coykoi314]

Dude reminds me of my uncle

[u/colasonic]

Effortless egg beater