The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the largest extant bear species, as well as the largest extant land carnivore.[5][6] A boar (adult male) weighs around 350–700 kg (770–1,540 lb),[7] while a sow (adult female) is about half that size. Although it is the sister species of the brown bear,[8] it has evolved to occupy a narrower ecological niche, with many body characteristics adapted for cold temperatures, for moving across snow, ice and open water, and for hunting seals, which make up most of its diet.[9] Although most polar bears are born on land, they spend most of their time on the sea ice. Their scientific name means "maritime bear" and derives from this fact. Polar bears hunt their preferred food of seals from the edge of sea ice, often living off fat reserves when no sea ice is present. Because of their dependence on the sea ice, polar bears are classified as marine mammals.[10] Because of expected habitat loss caused by climate change, the polar bear is classified as a vulnerable species. For decades, large-scale hunting raised international concern for the future of the species, but populations rebounded after controls and quotas began to take effect.[11] For thousands of years, the polar bear has been a key figure in the material, spiritual, and cultural life of circumpolar peoples, and polar bears remain important in their cultures. Historically, the polar bear has also been known as the "white bear".[12] It is sometimes referred to as the "nanook", based on the Inuit term nanuq.[13]
It is present day, 25 years after 1999 when the monsters of Monsterland thwarted their last encounter with the space monster King Ghidorah. And after World War II's nuclear warfare had awakened giant monsters from beneath the Earth. Instead of raging war against each other, Mankind united to kill the monsters and avenge the lives of millions in their wrath. Soon after, man was faced with an even larger threat, Aliens. Races of superior beings hellhent on world domination, Man's forces now rely on their powerful giant monsters to save the Earth from anything that threatens to destroy it. One such is the King of the Monsters, the second last surviving member of its kind who first appeared in 1955. Before, he menaced the entirety of Japan but unlike his brethren from 1954 he became an ally to humanity, the hope for a safe and secure future. His name is Godzilla.
