Polar Bear
Polar Bear
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| Romaji | Hokkyokuguma
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| Debut | Kemono Friends (2015 Game) | ||
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| Scientific Name | Ursus maritimus
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| Distribution | the Arctic Circle
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| Diet | Carnivore
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| Avg. Lifespan | 15 to 18 years
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| Read More | Polar bear
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| Polar Bear | Anime | Festival (Costume) | Pavilion | KF3 | Nexon Game | Stage Play | Gallery |
The Polar Bear is a type of mammal Friend that debuted in the original Kemono Friends mobile game.
Appearance
Polar Bear has short, white hair, with a dark circular spot in her middlemost bang that fades into white at the top. She has brown irises with highlights, which indicates her animal species is not extinct. She has a winter hoodie, with furred tips and a furred hood. It is white, but its fur has a slight tint of beige - it's also tied by a string with small pompons. The hoodie partially covers a white skirt. She has white gloves, of which the fingers are colored black. She also has white stockings, which cover white boots with black strings and a furred end. Like the other bears, she has a mace-like weapon with a wooden handle. The 'mace' itself is in the shape of a bear paw. Like all Friends, she has the traits of the animal species she belongs to alongside her normal human body. In her case, this manifests as the ears and the small tail of a polar bear.
Series Appearances
| Media | Role | First Appearance | |
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| 2015 | Nexon Game | ↪ Minor character, playable | |
| 2017 | Kemono Friends (2017 Anime) | ↪ Background character | Episode 8 |
| 2018 | Kemono Friends Festival | ↪ Minor character, playable | |
| 2018 | Welcome to Japari Park (2018 ONA) | Background character | Episode 1 |
| 2018 | Kemono Friends Picross | Appears in a puzzle | |
| 2018 | Stage Play "Kemono Friends 2" ~Kemonos of the Snowy Night~ | ↪ Minor character | |
| 2019 | Kemono Friends 3 | ↪ Minor character, playable | |
| 2019 | Kemono Friends 3: Planet Tours | ↪ Photo illustration | |
Minor Appearances
Kemono Friends Picross
Polar Bear appears in a puzzle of Kemono Friends Picross where the player can obtain a picture of the friend by solving a puzzle.
In Real Life
Polar Bears live in the arctic region surrounding the North Pole, near the coastlines. They are considered marine mammals due to them being adapted for a marine lifestyle. Adult Polar bears can be up to 2.5 m long and weight up to 800 kg, with females being significantly smaller than males. Polar Bears have black skin, and their fur is actually translucent, and can appear to be white, yellowish, or even light brown depending on the time of the year and light conditions.
Polar Bears are solitary and excellent swimmers, getting almost all of their food from the ocean. They are carnivorous and mainly pray on ringed seals and bearded seals, and they can eat a large variety of meat including fish, small mammals and the carcases of other seals, whales and walruses. Polar Bears prefer to feed on the blubber of the seals, because it provides them with a large amount of calories to maintain their fat layers that keep them warm. These 4-layers of fat are also one of the reasons why they weight so much, even compared to other bears.
References
- Gunderson, A. 2009. "Ursus maritimus" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed December 11, 2018 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ursus_maritimus/
- Wiig, Ø., Amstrup, S., Atwood, T., Laidre, K., Lunn, N., Obbard, M., Regehr, E. & Thiemann, G. 2015. Ursus maritimus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T22823A14871490. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T22823A14871490.en. Downloaded on 11 December 2018.
- "Polar bear, (Ursus maritimus)" (PDF). United States Fish and Wildlife service. Accessed December 11, 2018 at https://www.fws.gov/endangered/esa-library/pdf/polar_bear.pdf