> to how fast bears swim? I've read that polar bears can go 6 mph, which > strikes me as slow for an aquatic mammal, at least for short distances. Slow? I never read on their swimming speed, but all films I saw where Polar Bears swim around, the seem to be quite slow. Much slower than 6mph. I donīt think 6mph could be truth. What I know, Polar Bears are or could be extreme durable swimmers, up to or over 300 nm in open sea are reported. Why aquatic mammal? They live on the ice, most time, hunting seals aso. Swimming is necessary to change places, nothing more. What else should they they do in water? bye - jochen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Aug 11 2003 - 11:02:16 PDT
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