🐼 Giant panda vs Polar bear 🐻❄️
The giant panda and the polar bear are about the same size. The polar bear weighs about 3 times as much as the giant panda.
| Row | 🐼 Giant panda | 🐻❄️ Polar bear |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The polar bear weighs about 3 times as much as the giant panda. | 351 lb159 kg1 | 399 to 1,450 lb181 to 658 kg2 |
| Lives The polar bear usually lives about one and a half times as long as the giant panda. | 15 years15 years1 | 25 years25 years2 |
| Eats The giant panda eats plants; the polar bear eats meat. | bamboo, mostly, and sometimes other plants | mostly seals, caught at holes in the sea ice |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | the cool mountain forests of central China | the Arctic, on the sea ice around the North Pole |
Which one? Giant panda or polar bear
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the giant panda or the polar bear yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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The link carries only the two animals’ names: peabody.kids/animals/compare/giant-panda-vs-polar-bear
Where these numbers come from
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Giant Panda species page, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, checked 30 October 2026.