for at least three months then they are released Young polar bears are dependent on their mothers for nearly two years.
Some say 18 months, others say 3 years.
Polar bears can live up to thirty years.
Polar bears live for an average of 15 to 18 years.
There was 700 polar bears left in our world 50 years ago.
After about 2 years polar bears will leave their young to fend for themselves.
Polar bears do not hibernate, only pregnant polar bears do.
In captivity, polar bears live to their mid to late 30's. In the wild they live an average of 15 to 18-years. Scientists have tagged a few polar bears in the wild that have lived to be in their early 30's.
Polar bears are expected to live for as long as 30 years in the wild while in captivity they can live for 40 years.
It would go against all their survival instincts if they hibernated in the summer They give birth to their young during the hibernation period, in the winter . Being such a large mammal, they need time to nurture their young in relative protection from large males who have no qualms about eating a sows babies. Over the millennial of evolution they have become instinctual about hibernation. By the time the cubs are nine months or so, they have developed enough skills to survive with their mother's help. After they reach the age of two years they go off on their own
No polar bears are not exstincted yet! they are very close! Maybe in the next few years. But they are not fully.
Polar bears and brown bears are closely related. The two species diverged around 100,000 years ago.