A wet polar bear sticks his head up above the ice
Close-up of a polar bear paw
a black bear mother and cub
Black bears playing in the woods
Brown bear
A polar bear sleeps soundly
a grizzly bear walking through a meadow
Wet Polar Bear
With their slightly webbed paws and powerful muscles, polar bears are excellent swimmers. Their favorite meal is seals, but they will eat anything they can catch, even scavenging through garbage in areas where their habitat overlaps with humans.
Photograph by Paul Nicklen

Bears

See bear pictures (including brown bears, polar bears, and black bears) in this photo gallery from National Geographic.

November 13, 2009

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