A close bond with the world's largest land predator

An adult polar bear named Agee has an unusually close bond with Mark Dumas, the man who has hand-raised her since she was a cub. They swim together and cuddle. She even purrs like a cat when he's near. You'll notice that Mark does not initiate anything. He lets Agee decide on the mood and if she wants to play or cuddle. Mark's head can easily fit in her mouth and she could decapitate him in about five seconds.

An average male polar bear is about 1200 to 1500 pounds. The largest male recorded was well over 2000 pounds. The female is smaller, usually under a thousand pounds. They grow to stand about ten feet tall and are the world's largest land predator.

Polar bears appear to be white, but their hair is actually transparent; the white results from light being refracted through the clear hair strands. The bears can also be yellowish in the summer due to oxidation, or may even appear brown or gray, depending on the season and light conditions. Polar bear skin is black; it absorbs the heat of the sun to keep the animals warm. In the winter, temperatures in the Arctic are usually around minus 29 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 34 degrees Celsius) and can reach as low as minus 92 F (minus 69 C). The temperature of the water is frigid, as well, reaching as low as 28 F (minus 2 C), the freezing point of seawater. They can withstand the coldest weather the planet has to offer. But they can easily die from being over heated.
We will lose them at a rate that accelerates beyond the increasing melt of Arctic ice. They will be gone forever before the ice is completely melted.