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May 11, 2006

Hey! Did You happen to See...

...the CRANKIEST effin' bear in the WORLD?! Well, they found him.

DNA Tests Confirm Bear Was a Hybrid
Northern hunters, scientists and people with vivid imaginations have discussed the possibility for years.

But Roger Kuptana, an Inuvialuit guide from Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories, was the first to suspect it had actually happened when he proposed that a strange-looking bear shot last month by an American sports hunter might be half polar bear, half grizzly.

Territorial officials seized the creature after noticing its white fur was scattered with brown patches and that it had the long claws and humped back of a grizzly. Now a DNA test has confirmed that it is indeed a hybrid - possibly the first documented in the wild.


I'm curious who met who where for the rendezvous that created this fellow. I don't blame her for fallin' for him, though ~ the big, bad bears among us are often the most seductive.

Posted by tree hugging sister at May 11, 2006 09:13 AM

Comments

"That polar bear was a little frigid, but after a few pints I warmed up to her..."

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at May 11, 2006 09:24 AM

"I love her she loves me but I don't fit in her society
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the iceberg"

Posted by: Ken Summers at May 11, 2006 09:43 AM

I love this part:

Polar bears and grizzlies have been successfully paired in zoos before - Stirling could not speculate why

Posted by: Ken Summers at May 11, 2006 09:44 AM

"Boy, she's really sunk her claws into you, Howie"

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at May 11, 2006 09:52 AM

Also found by hunters - fourteen boxes of "Just For Bears" and a copy of Maxim.

Posted by: Nightfly at May 11, 2006 10:01 AM

PB: "I can't bear to leave you, but I must! We are polar opposites. You treed me so bad."

GB: "Leave our pad? I had a haunch something was amiss. Fur who, you vixenous piece of tail?!"

PB: "Fur clawed, Paw. That's who. I'll always fang you fur our time to gather."

GB: "I never want to hair from you again! Sow's that for an answer?!"

Posted by: tree hugging sister at May 11, 2006 10:38 AM

Must be a cubs fan.

Posted by: Ken Summers at May 11, 2006 10:53 AM

He was a real ursa miner.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at May 11, 2006 12:03 PM

Great, a pizzly......

Posted by: Crusader at May 11, 2006 12:05 PM

'Sader, BHUWAhahahahahaha!!!!

Posted by: tree hugging sister at May 11, 2006 12:07 PM

Mr. Summers, take note of this. It may save you trouble in the future.

Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at May 11, 2006 08:36 PM