Bear With Me, Will You?

DNA Tests Confirm Bear Was a Hybrid

Ever wondered what a polar bear/grizzley bear mix would look like? I think this quotation echoes my own thoughts on the matter... "Polar bears and grizzlies have been successfully paired in zoos before — Stirling could not speculate why — and their offspring are fertile."

..And we've tried this because....? Right, thought so.

Sooner or later someone is going to suggest that this is a result of global warming as the polar bears are forced south (ice melting; or, conversely, the grizzlies are forced north to find cooler weather), creating a new mixed breed that can survive slightly warmer weather. I rather hope this isn't a continuing trend, though; he's sorta ugly. Dinosaurs probably thought the same about mammals.

On second thought, he looks like he ought to be hooked up to a sleigh, or perhaps to a plow, in some weird fake-artic non-Earth city. I'm putting my order in for four as backups when my car falls apart.