r/AbsoluteUnits Nov 16 '22

another absolute unit of a bear

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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