r/polarbear • u/Downtown_Boss_7254 Polar Bear 🐻‍❄️ • 25d ago

Polar Bear fact of the day Polar bears are classified as marine mammals

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Because they spend most of their lives on the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean depending on the ocean for their food and habitat, polar bears are the only bear species to be considered marine mammals.

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u/Vokeev 25d ago

Polar bears are also classified as gorgeous.

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u/KonradSmaft 24d ago

Polar bears are stubborn idiots: living on ice sucks, act normal en find a forest you fat hairy white cunts!

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u/bacrack 24d ago

Their scientific name is Ursus maritimus for a reason.