how many pounds is a polar bear
Polar bears are the largest carnivorous land mammals on Earth. They are about 7-8 feet long measured from nose to the tip of their very short tail. Male polar bears are much larger than the females. A large male can weigh more than 1,700 pounds, while a large female is about half that size (up to 1,000 pounds). Bears can weigh about 50 percent more after a successful hunting season than they do at the start of the next; most of this additional weight is accumulated fat.
Polar bears live across 1 million square miles of open tundra and sea ice encircling the North Pole. Their range spans the far northern reaches of Alaska, Canada, Russia, Greenland, and Norway. Polar bears are the largest member of the bear family. Adult males weigh up to 1,400 pounds and stand up to 11 feet tall on their hind legs.