Polar/grizzly bear hybridisation

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by RKB

Details please!

Yes I think somebody has a very vivid imagination- they don't even live in the same areas!

[STYRBJORN]

Don't talk such nonsense. The whole point is that as the area available for Polar bears' exclusive use diminishes, they necessarily move into areas previously occupied by other species - such as Brown/Grizzly b'ars.

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by STYRBJORN

Don't talk such nonsense. The whole point is that as the area available for Polar bears' exclusive use diminishes, they necessarily move into areas previously occupied by other species - such as Brown/Grizzly b'ars.

I was talking about Narwhal/Manatee supposed hybrid not bears- the thought of a hybrid between the former is nonsense.

One is a toothed whale that inhabits arctic waters, the other a warm water mammal who is apparently more closely related to elephants + hyraxes.

Perhaps you ought to check your facts first!

[RKB]

They're referring to the Narwhal/Manatee rumpy pumpy. It's a pretty bonkers and impossible suggestion.

I've just googled this, and what I think you mean is Narwhal x Beluga, although this has not yet been recorded, but has just been suggested as a possibility (theoretical rather than potential yet, I imagine, as nobody knows if they can until happens...or doesn't).

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by RKB

They're referring to the Narwhal/Manatee rumpy pumpy. It's a pretty bonkers and impossible suggestion.

unicorns getting it on with mermaids - sounds like an x rated fairy tale

[RKB]

Originally Posted by eeyore

unicorns getting it on with mermaids - sounds like an x rated fairy tale

Mind you, that's the problem with Narwhals.....they're so horny.

[STYRBJORN]

OK. Hands up. My reference to the the narwhal cross was an off-the-cuff memory from the article. The main point stands though. Species that were geographically isolated are coming into contact as a result of ice-cap melting, and bio-diversity is threatened by the hybridisation that follows.

[Graeme B]

I remember seeing a programme on channel 5 in the 'Nature Shock' series about a polar/grizzly bear hybridisation and as faz has said it came to light when an american shot a bear under licence which was not a polar bear.

The best thing about the programme was its title "Alien Ice Bear" - you gotta love Channel 5