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Syzygys
05-09-08, 09:14 AM
Polar and grizzly bear hybrid, one was just shot:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/special_events/green_week/article1133172.ece

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00482/GRIZZLY_380x250_482493a.jpg

Imagine if someone was able to capture them on film while mating, that would be a big hit on National Geography!

Spud Emperor
05-09-08, 09:54 AM
Wow, but surely it should be called a Pizzly bear, no sense humour those boffins.

Enmos
05-09-08, 11:38 AM
Wild born ??

If so, it may very well be the future of the polar bear.. the only way to persevere.

Syzygys
05-09-08, 12:15 PM
Yeah, that's what the article said. The reason for such a hybrid is global warming and that is the way for polar bears to survive...

Enmos
05-09-08, 12:20 PM
Yeah, that's what the article said. The reason for such a hybrid is global warming and that is the way for polar bears to survive...

Heh.. sorry, I should have read it :o

Enmos
05-09-08, 12:24 PM
The question now is: Can they reproduce ? Are offspring of Grizzlies and Polar bear sterile or not ?

Enmos
05-09-08, 12:28 PM
Apparently they are !

"Stirling said polar bears and grizzlies have been successfully paired in zoos and that their offspring are fertile.."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/11/ap/tech/mainD8HHQ9BO0.shtml