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- Scientific Name: Ursus maritimus
- Diet: Seals
- Species: 1
- Population: 22,000 – 31,000
- Size: 4.4 – 8 feet
- Speed: 25 mph
- Weight: 330 – 990 lbs
- Lifespan: 25-30 years
- Predator: None; the Polar Bear is an apex predator
- Scientific Name: Spheniscidae
- Diet: fish, squid, krill, crustaceans
- Species: 18
- Population: 8,000,000
- Size: 1 - 4.3 feet
- Weight: 2 - 88 lbs
- Speed: 3.7 - 5.6 mph
- Lifespan: 15 - 20 years
- Predators: Sea Lions, seals, sharks, killer whales
- Scientific Name: Orcinus orca
- Nickname: Killer Whale
- Diet: fish, cephalopods, mammals, seabirds, and sea turtles
- Species: 3 - 5
- Population: 50,000
- Size: 16 - 26 ft
- Weight: 6,600 - 8,800 lbs
- Speed: 35 mph
- Lifespan: 10 - 45 years
- Predators: None; the Orca is an apex predator
- Scientific Name: Odobenus rosmarus
- Diet: clams, shrimp, crabs, tube worms, soft corals, tunicates, sea cucumbers, vmollusks (snails, octopuses, squid), slow-moving fish
- Species: 1
- Population: 250,000
- Size: 12 feet
- Weight: 2,200 lbs
- Speed: 21 mph
- Lifespan: 40 years
- Predators: Polar bears, Orcas
- Scientific Name: Pinnipedia
- Diet: fish, cephalopods, crustaceans, bivalves, zooplankton, sea birds
- Species: 33
- Population: 500,000
- Size: 6 - 8 feet
- Weight: 190 lbs
- Speed: 6 mph
- Lifespan: 25 - 30 years
- Predators: Whales, sharks, other seals