Originally posted by capt it up
False. Both a grizzly and Kodiaks are the same type of bear with a few slight differences, but both are brown bears.Grizzly bear is made for battle. They have massive claws that are far longer in size then that of a Polar bear which allows them to attack and kill easily with a simple swipe of there claws.
you really have to stop using wiki
I know, but the average Kodiak has the size and strength advantage over the typical grizzly bear.
Actually, seeing as the polar bear is the most carnivorous member of the bear family, I would judge them to be the battlers.
Also, they have the definite strength advantage and more powerful claws made for catching the powerful seals.
Originally posted by SpunkySmurph
I know, but the average Kodiak has the size and strength advantage over the typical grizzly bear.Actually, seeing as the polar bear is the most carnivorous member of the bear family, I would judge them to be the battlers.
Also, they have the definite strength advantage and more powerful claws made for catching the powerful seals.
Just becuase they eat only meat does not make them better fighters when they do not battle nearly as much as a brown bear. Polar bears on average are slight bigger then a grizzly bear however that due to the fact they put grizzly from north america and the ones from asia as the same bear. The ones from asia are much bigger on average and even reach sizes that are greater then polar bears reach. They also have to deal with other preditors such as siberian tigers and other brown bears. They averagly have far more experience fighting due to thses factors. There claws are much larger then a polar bears and are designed for combat while polar bears claws are not. Brown bears from asia would more often then not defeat the polar bear in combat
Originally posted by capt it up
Thats bull shit. There claws are far from dull and are much longer then that of a polar bear.
I never said they were smaller, I said they were made for SLICING. A brown bears claws are long and made for DIGGING, whereas the Polar Bear uses it's claws to cut open seal flesh.
Originally posted by capt it up
also size means nothing in battle as a siberian tiger kills some of the largest brown bears in the world for food some times.
Siberian Tigers are also known to DIE trying to kill those bears. Also, the tiger has two of the things that put the Polar Bear above the Grizzly: Arm (leg) Strength matched with Slicing Claws. Now, I'm not being so ignorant as to say a Siberian Tiger has anywhere near the strength as a Grizzly, but I'm saying that matched with it's claws gives it a distinct advantage.
Now, to the bears. The Polar Bear has a GREATLY improved leg/arm strength, as well as a better usage of it's weight. It has evolved from the Grizzly to have stronger shoulders and limbs to smash through ice, as well as the sharp, cutting claws to grip seals and fling them from their burrows.
Lets look at the common diet of the Grizzly Bear: roots, parsnips, grasses, sedges, and a variety fish. 15% of their diet is meat.
Now, the Polar Bears: Ringed Seals, Bearded Seals, Harp Seals, Hooded Seals, and on the more extreme end: Beluga Whales, Narwhals, Walruses and Bowhead Whales. Their diet is over 90% meat.
My point?
With their size, strength, and tools created specifically to cut flesh and take down other stronger, heavier animals, the Polar Bear is far more equipped and is much more comfortable in a 'combat situation' than a Grizzly.
Polar>Grizzly.
Originally posted by capt it up
Just becuase they eat only meat does not make them better fighters when they do not battle nearly as much as a brown bear. Polar bears on average are slight bigger then a grizzly bear however that due to the fact they put grizzly from north america and the ones from asia as the same bear. The ones from asia are much bigger on average and even reach sizes that are greater then polar bears reach. They also have to deal with other preditors such as siberian tigers and other brown bears. They averagly have far more experience fighting due to thses factors. There claws are much larger then a polar bears and are designed for combat while polar bears claws are not. Brown bears from asia would more often then not defeat the polar bear in combat
Please.
A polar bear easily has more combat expierience.
A brown bear occaisionally must fight off a tiger or another bear, but their average diet consists of grasses, fruits, bulbs and roots, insects, fish and small animals. In few areas there are known to be predators of larger animals such as caribou and moose.
The polar bear, for their CONSTANT diet must kill such animals as seals, young walruses, beluga whales, musk oxen, reindeer, and the bigger ones even go for adult walruses, which are generally twice the weight of the polar bear. Thats a waaaaaaaaaay bigger predator for you.
Polar Bear pwns Walrus: