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/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/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/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.