LIVE POLAR BEAR WEBCAM - KANSAS CITY ZOO

More info: The polar bear enclosure at Kansas City Zoo, has a 140,000 gallon pool chilled to 65 degrees for swimming and diving and a giant sand pit for digging (or napping) and a grassy yard for rolling around and playing with enrichment items. The polar bears also have air-conditioned bedrooms and a den behind the scenes, complete with private swimming pool !
The polar bears have a varied diet with herring, capelin, trout, polar bear kibble, lard and a selection of fruits and vegetables

In the wild, polar bears are found mostly amongst the circumpolar regions of Canada, Norway, Greenland and Russia. The polar bear's Latin name, Ursus maritimus, means "sea bear" which is very apt considering they spend much of their lives in and around the ocean.

The polar bear is the largest land carnivore, with adult males weighing between 390kg and more than 590kg and females between 152kg and 295kg. Using their amazing sense of smell, polar bears can detect prey almost a kilometre away and nearly a metre below the compacted snow. Their diet consists mainly of ringed and bearded seals which provide the large amounts of fat polar bears need to survive. In a single sitting, a polar bear can eat 45kg of blubber but during months when prey is scarce it can slow down its metabolism until more food is available. Polar bears spend over 50% of their time hunting for food.