International polar bear day aims at attracting attention to the protection of the species. Polar bear is the biggest predator mammal. Males can weigh up to 400-600 kilograms. The biggest polar bears can be found in the Bering Sea. Enjoy images of this outstanding animal in this photo gallery by TASS.
Polar bear: World's largest land predator
International polar bear day is marked on February 27
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International polar bear day aims at attracting attention to the protection of the species. Photo: A polar bear in a pool in the amusement park Everland on Youngin in Gyeonggi-province, South Korea
© EPA/JEON HEON-KYUN Polar bears are found throughout the circumpolar North in areas where they can hunt seals
© EPA/YONHAP SOUTH Polar bear is the biggest predator mammal
© EPA/TIM BRAKEMEIER Males can weigh up to 400-600 kilograms
© EPA/MARCUS BRANDT The biggest polar bears can be found in the Bering Sea. Photo: Polar bear twins make their first public appearance with their mother at Ouwehands Zoo Rhenen, The Netherlands
© EPA/BART MAAT Although most polar bears are born on land, they spend most of their time at sea. Photo: A polar bear in the pool at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Japan
© EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA Their scientific name means "maritime bear"
© EPA/CHRISTOPHE SCHMIDT Large scale hunting raised international concern for the future of the species
© EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA Photo: Polar bear cub with his mother at the open-air enclosure of the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany
© EPA/OLIVER BERG Photo: Two 14-week old polar bear twins at the Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich, Germany
© EPA/Sven Hoppe The wold's population of polar bears today is about 25,000, though scientists fear it may decrease by two thirds by 2050
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