About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 163. Chapters: Cetaceans, Marine mammals of Hawaii, Pinnipeds, Polar bears, Prehistoric marine mammals, Sirenians, Steller's Sea Cow, Whale, Walrus, Dolphin, Manatee, Sea lion, Blue whale, Earless seal, Fur seal, Dugong, Eared seal, Whaling, Odobenidae, Dugongidae, Blubber, Humpback whale, Sea otter, Seal hunting, Bottlenose dolphin, Cetacean intelligence, Whaling controversy, Cetacean bycatch, 2008 Canadian commercial seal hunt, Whale sounds, Tagging of Pacific Predators, Exploding whale, U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program, Evolution of cetaceans, Dolphinarium, Beached whale, West Indian Manatee, Hawaiian monk seal, Spinner dolphin, Whale surfacing behaviour, Whale fall, Oceanic dolphin, False killer whale, Melon-headed whale, Baleen, Cuvier's beaked whale, Marine Otter, Archaeoceti, Evolution of sirenians, BlueVoice.org, Dwarf Manatee, Snooty, Ursus maritimus tyrannus, Delphinoidea, Amazonian Manatee, African Manatee, Muktuk, List of marine mammals of Australia, Thalassocnus, Sea Mink, Tundra Buggy, Pinnipeds in popular culture, Kayavak, Nanosiren, Kolponomos, Voronina Island, Callosity, International Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears, Lutra, Kolponomos newportensis, Hauling-out, Freshwater seal, Ian Stirling, Valenictus, Zeehondencreche, Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals, Eurhinodelphinidae, Troaking, Ashorocetus, Hydrodamalinae, Kolponomos clallamensis, Dorudontinae, Carousel feeding, Chrysocetus, Whale sounding, Antarctic Whales. Excerpt: The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a bear native largely within the Arctic Circle encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the world's largest land carnivore and also the largest bear, together with the omnivorous Kodiak Bear, which is approximately the same size. An adult male weighs around 350-680 kg (770-1,500 lb), w...
