Polar Bears Hurl Boulders at Prey

The largest carnivore on land in the world is a polar bear. If they started employing tools, it seems like it would be excessive. But what's the fun in becoming the biggest land carnivore if you don't go outside your comfort zone? Polar bears do utilize tools, and they only employ them to kill prey more efficiently.

Polar bears can weigh up to 1,300 lbs. The heaviest recorded was little more than 2,000 pounds. The largest walrus ever recorded weighed more than 3,700 pounds, and polar bears hunt them. They weigh between between 1,700 and 2,100 pounds. Additionally, their skulls are incredibly sturdy. They also have enormous tusks. Therefore, a walrus is typically larger than a polar bear. As a result, walruses are now the target of polar bears throwing boulders at them.

The Inuit have known that bears behave in this way for many generations, but scientists can be sluggish to take their advice. The bears scale cliffs and hurl rocks or chunks of ice at their victims with amazing accuracy, breaking their heads.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ursus
Species: U. maritimus