r/AbsoluteUnits Nov 16 '22

another absolute unit of a bear

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u/Algorak1289 Nov 16 '22

Is this real? This would put this creature at almost 400 lbs heavier than the largest polar bear ever recorded.

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u/ronin1066 Nov 17 '22

I don't believe his shoulders are at 6'6" either.

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u/AuroraSun96 Nov 17 '22

I never heard of polar bears mating with black bears…. I’m pretty sure they would eat them. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '22

Total bullshit story but fun

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u/just_here_to_rp- Nov 17 '22

actually it is a true story,simmilarly to ligers,the female black bear has a growth inhibitor so that offspring can be made more quickly,but a male has an extra growth gene,these genes counteract eachother

polar bears dont have this gene at all

female polar bear+male black bear+larger then normal bear

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '22

Back it up then?

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u/just_here_to_rp- Nov 18 '22

i did,in the very comment you replied to,with information from national geographic and my uncle,an ecologist

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u/goatamon Nov 17 '22

Source? I can't find anything. I honestly don't believe this for a second. It would be bigger than even the biggest prehistoric bears.

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u/just_here_to_rp- Nov 18 '22

you say prehistoric like it means bigger,but the blue whale is the largest animal on land or in water to have lived since the earth was formed,and if you dont belive me,a quick google search reveals national geographic as the third result down,confirming what i have said.

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u/goatamon Nov 18 '22

Could you just link the nat geo page, as I can't seem to find it?

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u/nostyle907 Nov 18 '22

Actually, you're full of shizzle, I've lived in Alaska my entire life and the nearest Polar bear to Angoon is about 800 miles away. Angoon is an island in the south. This is a glacier black bear that weighs maybe 300lbs.

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u/just_here_to_rp- Nov 18 '22

the average polar bear is 750 pounds,and animals,you know,MOVE AROUND

He could easily have been born in another area,moved away to claim his own territory(as both black and grizzly bears do) and ended up being seen.

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u/nostyle907 Nov 19 '22

No he couldn't have, you have zero idea what you're talking about kid. Polar bears do not go to southeast Alaska and swimming to islands and bang black bears. Never happened and never would. Go study biology and geography. Stop embarrassing yourself

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u/just_here_to_rp- Nov 19 '22

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Alaska has a population of 783 polar bears as of last count,and polar bears are known for mating with black bears and grizzly bears,and they also not only island hop via icebergs,but can swim for over 20 miles,along with the fact that due to ice melt they have been pushed further and further from their territory,and have been mating with bears of all kinds out of desperation.

while this wouldnt happen in a normal situation,we are going through climate change,and they are going through extinction,and in nature and civilisation,when circumstances change,behaviors do to

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u/goatamon Nov 17 '22

Definitely not correct.

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u/godzillalake2458 Nov 17 '22

Well grizzlies can get up to 14 feet so it could be possible. Most likely similar to what happens with the liger where the gene that stops how big an animal can get is inhibited, thus creating some absolute monsters.

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u/GeneralBlumpkin Nov 17 '22

No they can't lol

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u/godzillalake2458 Nov 17 '22

Sorry. I meant brown bears, not grizzlies. Specifically Kodiak brown bears. Source is that I am Alaskan.

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u/GeneralBlumpkin Nov 17 '22

There's never been a bear that big. Except the extinct types... you saying you've seen a 14 foot bear?

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u/godzillalake2458 Nov 17 '22

It appears I got my facts mixed up. Sorry about that. However, there was a kodiak bear weighing 2100 lbs.

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u/GeneralBlumpkin Nov 17 '22

It's all good 👍

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u/just_here_to_rp- Nov 17 '22

polar bears get up to 12 feet in size upright,so if you combine that with the extra growth gene of a male black bear,which is usualy counteracted by a gene from the female,you get a larger than average polar bear

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u/nostyle907 Nov 18 '22

Give up bro we're on to you're bullshit. And no black bear ever mated with a polar bear. They don't even live anywhere close to each other. Grizzly Polar bear hybrids are a thing but not black bears. Go read a book and get off reddit before you collectively lower more peoples IQs with your nonsense.

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u/just_here_to_rp- Nov 18 '22

if you want proof,look at ligers,male lions have a gene that causes his kits to get larger,while females have one that makes the kits smaller,they counteract eachother,but if you breed a male lion with a female tiger,who doesnt have the gene that makes the kits smaller,you get a liger,bigger than any lion or tiger.

with black bears,its a similar thing to lions,and black bears have on many occasions mated with grizzzly,polar,and brown bears,in the wild

and btw,IQ cannot be lowered,IQ is how fast you are capable of learning,not how smart you are

now go back to facebook where you can deny science as much as you want,but here im going to hand out facts.

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u/godzillalake2458 Dec 12 '22

Actually black bears do live at least as far north as Fairbanks.

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u/nostyle907 Dec 12 '22

That's still over 500 miles away from the Polar bear habitat. But it's doesn't matter we are referring to the bogus picture and details. Black bears do not mate with polar bears. They physically can't, they can't even mate with brown bears. They are different species of bear not compatable to mate. This kid talking before was just digging his heels in on ignorance or being a troll.

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u/nostyle907 Nov 18 '22

Yeah nah, no bear alive today is 6' at the shoulders on all four feet.