Deepp Patel

5/1/15

Polar Bears and Kodiak Bears

Kodiak bears and Polar bears are alike and different in many ways. They both are the largest bear families. They both eat animals but eat different things. Kodiak bears and Polar bears don’t live near each other. However they both live in the same hemisphere.

Kodiak bears and Polar bears have a large appearance. They both are the two largest bear families. Polar bears appear white but the fur is actually transparent, but on the other hand

Kodiak bears have color that ranges from blonde to orange to dark brown fur. Kodiak bear females are 500-700 pounds, but Polar bear females are 330-650 pounds. Kodiak bear males are

800-1500, however Polar bear males are 755-1600 pounds. The average Kodiak bear male is eight feet up to ten feet tall, but on the other hand Polar bears may be up to 12 feet tall.

Polar bears and Kodiak bears both have cubs. The two kinds of cubs live in dens

Kodiak cubs are born during January or February, but Polar cubs are born during November to

January. Both kinds of cubs stay with their mother for a few years. Kodiak cubs stay with their mother for three years but Polar cubs stay a little over two years. A typical Kodiak bear litter has

2 or 3 cubs but a typical Polar bear litter has 1 to 2 cubs.

Kodiak bears and Polar bears eat a lot of things. They both eat animals. They both are carnivores too. However Kodiak bears are also omnivores but Polar bears are just carnivores. Kodiak bears eat grass, plants, and berries more than meat, but Polar bears eat the fat of seals and beluga whales. Kodiak bears spend little time chasing and killing animals, but Polar bears spend great deal of time and travel great distances in search of prey. Fish is an important diet to Kodiak bears but not that much to Polar bears.

Kodiak and Polar bears live in different places. They both live in the northern hemisphere. Kodiak bears only live in Alaska and some Polar bears live there too. Kodiak bears live only southwest in islands of the Kodiak Archipelago in Alaska but Polar bears don’t. Polar bears are found in the Arctic, Canada, Russia, Alaska, Greenland, and Norway but Kodiak bears are not found in those places except Alaska.

Polar bears and Kodiak bears are both really heavy bears. They both eat meat and plants. Their cubs are born at different times in the year. Polar and Kodiak bears live in many different places. I’m glad they don’t live near me because I don’t want to run into one in the wild.