Posted on 05/25/2016 10:33:26 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
When a young Inuit hunter took aim with his rifle he thought he had spotted a polar bear or an Arctic fox in northern Canada.
But the photographs of his kill posted on social media by Didji Ishalook, 25, have sparked feverish interest among scientists and a fascinated public. "They're saying it's a grizzly-polar bear hybrid," he said.
Mr Ishalook had actually shot a rare cross between the two species, who normally live in very different climates.
Determining whether it is a grolar or a prizzly will have to wait for the results of DNA testing.
But its existence adds to suspicions that global warming is pushing grizzlies into polar bear territory, increasing the frequency of such couplings with potentially devastating consequences for the snow-dwelling species, according to Andrew Doucher, a professor of biological studies at the University of Alberta.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
We need the National Enquirer’s Bat Boy photo.
“Love in the time of climate change: Grizzlies and polar bears are now mating”
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I feel sad because the Inuits have the right to kill anything they want because of the color of their skin. THAT is the saddest part.
Hybrids are rare.
Effect is not causation.
Another stupid liberal article warning us of climate change in the absence of evidence.
Human influence upon the weather is marginal at best.
They never consider that maybe there are more polar bears than there used to be and thus they spread out and encounter their grizzly cousins for some bear-bumping of the uglies...
What, Libs have a problem with interracial dating?
Obviously bears do more than just crap in the woods......................
These hybrids have been acknowledged for more than a hundred years. The two species are closely related and breed together whenever there’s an opportunity.
“Human influence upon the weather is NONEXISTENT.”
There. I fixed it for you! :)
If the bear was named Cecil it’d be a different story.
Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
Mayor: What do you mean, “biblical”?
Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly.
Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes...
Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave!
Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!
Mayor: All right, all right! I get the point!
Is it a hybrid or a cross breed? Mules are a hybrid (non fertile), Black White face cattle are cross bred and very fertile.
Where’s PETA?-)
So they're not really different species but two races of the same animal... like spotted owls and barred owls.
This sort of thing happens with humans, too.
Like, the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Thanks for my new tagline.
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