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Love in the time of climate change: Grizzlies and polar bears are now mating
WAPO ^ | May 23, 2016 | Adam Popescu

Posted on 05/23/2016 9:07:16 AM PDT by PROCON


BARROW, Alaska — Most Alaskans and Canadians have a bear story — tales of fearsome grizzlies, even polar bears. But a mix of the two?

They’re known as pizzlies or grolars, and they’re a fusion of the Arctic white bear and their brown cousins. It’s a blend that’s been turning up more and more in parts of Alaska and Western Canada.

Last week, a strange-looking bear was shot by a hunter in Nunavut, a remote territory that curves around Canada’s Hudson Bay. Its head was large, like a grizzly’s, but its fur was white. The bear’s genetics were not tested, but Arctic researchers seem unified in their analysis: It’s a polar-grizzly mix. A hybrid.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: alaska; cryptobiology; globalwarming; grizzlies; helixmakemineadouble; mating; polarbears
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Polar bears are marine mammals; grizzlies are terrestrial. But as the Arctic warms, sea ice is shrinking and the tundra is expanding. And the bears’ disparate populations are meeting, mating and creating a new breed that’s capable of reproducing.

There you have it, man-made gorebull warming causes cross-breeding.

1 posted on 05/23/2016 9:07:16 AM PDT by PROCON
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I have a hunch these new fangled critters are nasty muthas.


2 posted on 05/23/2016 9:09:02 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: PROCON

I hope the grizzly was the dad. I cannot picture a happy marriage the other way.


3 posted on 05/23/2016 9:09:36 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
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To: PROCON

If the genetic mix of brown bear & polar bear produces fertile offspring, doesn’t that mean they belong to the same species?

Mules are not fertile, after all.


4 posted on 05/23/2016 9:10:42 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: PROCON; cracker45; Tainan; Jet Jaguar; SENTINEL; redpoll; ArmyTeach; Eska; hattend; hosepipe; ...

Alaska Ping

5 posted on 05/23/2016 9:10:48 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Never Killary!)
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To: PROCON

So BS means Bear Sh—!? Learn something new everday.


6 posted on 05/23/2016 9:10:57 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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Okay liberals: Why can’t bears in interspecies relationships love the way they want to love without being judged? Don’t they deserve to have the same dignity and respect as bears who only love bears who look just like themselves?


7 posted on 05/23/2016 9:11:11 AM PDT by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: PROCON

Or as the region gets colder, which it is, the polar bears can travel further south. Bet these researchers never even addressed that possibility.


8 posted on 05/23/2016 9:12:33 AM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!


9 posted on 05/23/2016 9:12:34 AM PDT by Defiant (Cruz and Kasich are just wings of the GOPe. Ryan is their leader,)
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To: PROCON

Urine miscagenation. Blame it on climate change.


10 posted on 05/23/2016 9:13:04 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Defiant

Haven’t you heard that song by Loverboy, “A Pig and an Elephant DNA Just Won’t Splice”


11 posted on 05/23/2016 9:13:56 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Dr. Sivana

I believe Polar bears are actually larger and more aggressive than Grizzlies.


12 posted on 05/23/2016 9:14:21 AM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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To: justa-hairyape

Great point...


13 posted on 05/23/2016 9:15:36 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: dfwgator

I’m not familiar with that one, and it sure doesn’t sound catchy.


14 posted on 05/23/2016 9:15:42 AM PDT by Defiant (Cruz and Kasich are just wings of the GOPe. Ryan is their leader,)
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To: Defiant

South Park reference.


15 posted on 05/23/2016 9:16:03 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: PROCON

This can only lead to one thing...

ManBearPig!!!!

I’m super cereal about this.


16 posted on 05/23/2016 9:16:10 AM PDT by sipow
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To: PROCON

This always happened. They’re just pretending that it is new.


17 posted on 05/23/2016 9:16:13 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("During a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" --George Orwell)
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Don’t they deserve to have the same dignity and respect as bears who only love bears who look just like themselves?

No. They deserve MORE dignity and respect for being inclusive and embracing diversity.

Obviously, you need to be re-educated. Report to Room 101 immediately, Citizen.

18 posted on 05/23/2016 9:16:19 AM PDT by Maceman
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To: dfwgator

I’m way behind on my South Park.


19 posted on 05/23/2016 9:17:12 AM PDT by Defiant (Cruz and Kasich are just wings of the GOPe. Ryan is their leader,)
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To: PROCON
They're calling it either a plzzly or a grolar. Neither name does justice. My gut tells me this mutant is going to be dumber and more vicious than either of the pure species alone. Ought to name it the Hildabeast.

Oh, wait . . .

20 posted on 05/23/2016 9:17:55 AM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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