Only 30,000 Remain

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[–]C3P0 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

To be fair, 30,000 is not a lot. If there were only 30,000 humans left, you probably could say that everyone knows each other.

[–]christnmusicreleases[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

Not when you consider the terrority each polar bear inhabits.

[–]hajamieli 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Yes, everyone they'll ever be in contact with will definitely know each other then. Consider spreading 30k people over something similar size, such as Texas, with a few hotspots of permanent population just like the land areas of polar bears in the Arctic summer and the melting polar ice sheet.

[–]christnmusicreleases[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

They inhabit Northern Canada, Alaska, Northern Russia, and several other northern areas, so it's much wider spread than that.

[–]hajamieli 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Only the coastal regions and no, the area is not bigger than that.

[–]christnmusicreleases[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Also Greenland.

[–]hajamieli 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Only some of it, and Greenland is not a large area either. The usual map projection wildly exaggerates areas far up north. It's not really that big of an area.

[–]christnmusicreleases[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Greenland is huge... At 2,166,086 km2 it's the world's largest island by far.

[–]hajamieli 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yes, so so what? It's not a continent and there aren't polar bears on it. Only around coasts at some times of the year in some areas.

[–]christnmusicreleases[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

not a continent

It should be, by size.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They are the largest land-based predator on Earth, AND they live in a place that is particularly inhospitable to life. How many can their ecosystem even support as a maximum before they start depleting their food resources?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The great polar bear hollow cost.

[–]ANIKAHirsch 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

How is their geographic spread?

[–]christnmusicreleases[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Pretty good, even a small home range may be 50,000 to 60,000 sq. km so they wouldn't live too close to each other.

[–]ANIKAHirsch 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Has their territory expanded with their numbers?

[–]christnmusicreleases[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Inevitably. They are approaching human settlements. Maybe why it's only grown to 30,000 and not more.