Bear (polar) Habitat: Arctic Seeks Out: Caves Diet: Omnivorous Size: Large Description The greatest and most terrible of all the bears lives only in the snowy wastes of the far north. These harsh environs, where plants are small and scarce, make the polar bear the only member of his tribe with a taste for the meat of other large creatures. Where any bear will slay a human who threatens it, a hungry polar bear will also slay a human to devour him.