schleich Wild Life 14708 Walking Polar Bear

Add the schleich Wild Life 14708 Walking Polar Bear figure to your collection today! Polar bears are perfectly adapted to life in the eternal ice of the Arctic. This Schleich Wild Life Walking Polar Bear figure captures all the physical details that let this animal thrive in such an environment!

Together with the grizzly bear, the polar bear is the largest land- dwelling predatory animal on earth. Weighing in at more than 500 kg and measuring almost 3 metres in length, this bear is twice as large as a Siberian tiger.

In order to withstand the extreme Arctic cold, polar bears have a thick layer of fat. They also have an undercoat and a layer of transparent protective fur. This allows them to hunt and swim in very low temperatures. They need a highly sensitive sense of smell when hunting for food and can smell things located 1.5 metres away or buried under a layer of ice one metre thick! Their hearing and vision are comparable with those of a human being.