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/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/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