The Majestic Grolar Bear

Although polar bears and grizzly bears aren't all that similar and are definitely separate species, they can interbreed and create fertile offspring in the wild. Hank brings us the story of these misfit bears, which he likes to call grolar bears.
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[@ittdust]

bipolar bear

[@CrackyourskullBitch]

ok...

[@ittdust]

Was that worth your time to type?

[@CrackyourskullBitch]

No

[@rhysh6026]

I hate being bipolar... Its so awesome

[@sethbrooks8889]

Duston McCreary ha

[@nari5161]

I read "The Majestic Granola Bar". Why am I not wearing my glasses?

[@ibladethgamesjointheblades3830]

Rofl

[@Sqorel2]

Ah yes

[@Alwyn_Nito]

beware of strangers

[@thefirsted]

Anyone bother to ask his name before they shot him? He might be called Steve.

[@J.Crooner]

😂😂😂you're right

[@madhatter8508]

His name is GORAK!

[@thefirsted]

@@madhatter8508 :-D

[@S3PT1M1]

i think grolar bear works just fine, it paints the image of what it is in a way that anybody can understand effortlessly

[@jennatolls3886]

Pizzly lmao

[@Lulluney]

Pizzly Bear sounds like a really bad rapper

[@mattcalza4790]

LMFAO 😆😜 😂😅😂 🤣🤯🤕😇!!!

[@dakotakavana]

😆😜 😂😅😂 🤣🤯🤕😇!!!

[@LuisHernandez-dx4zj]

Change it to Pizzy Bear sounds better

[@GurpreetKaur-qo8ch]

@@LuisHernandez-dx4zj pissy bear

[@catholicPrayers444]

lil pizzly😂

[@taylorherfurth788]

I actually read a book where the main characters were bears, the main characters once met a mixed bear of polar and brown and his name was nanulak, I never knew where his name came from. the scishow

[@taylorherfurth788]

*thx scishow*

[@SuperLukeKirby]

+Taylor Herfurth OH GOD I THINK I READ THE SAME THING. THE END IS NIGH!!!

[@swirlingtides6590]

Wasn't that the Seekers series by Erin Hunter?

[@taylorherfurth788]

+Abigail Thomas yes, it is.

[@naturelover9716]

+Taylor Herfurth Seekers!!!

[@Funkestech]

Grolar? Pizzly? Nanulak?? Wtf is this? Pokèmon?

[@Caleb-po1sl]

well if you go by game theory...than maybe

[@jackparker5652]

I would call it, Death. It's the offspring of a polar bear and grizzly bear 😳

[@francismeowgannou5322]

Jack Parker munch munch

[@lyricalcereal173]

This species would relatively try to avoid humans, unless they get very hungry, in which case they wouldn’t have a problem eating a human. Other animals that these types of bears eat are definitely an easy snack for this species. All in all, a polar bear plus a grizzly bear is a beastly hybrid

[@pain002]

The unholy offspring of lightning and DEATH ITSEL- sorry wrong movie

[@dope9555]

Jack Parker kinda a stupid name for an animal...

[@glennsommer8901]

@@pain002 nice one!

[@RealRaynedance]

Nanulak is actually a pretty cool word, but grolar bear sounds easier to remember.

[@alexispotter1151]

grolar bear! grolar sounds like it could be a Pokemon XD

[@felidaefatalis]

Grolar! I choose you!

[@spencerdiamond4084]

Nanulak all the way. It sounds awesome.

[@derekdu7250]

why are people shooting polar bears in the first place? wtf

[@SliC3oFicE]

derek du Because despite what American news stations tell you, there are tons of them and they like to wander into villages

[@waynejohnson1786]

derek du I'm guessing the dude paid to be able to shoot any bear that wandered to close to a town/village like SliC3oFicE said but there isn't "tons" of them just lots of these villages lay along their migration route so there's lots of them at certain times of the year like Churchill, Manitoba. All the polar bears will wait along the peninsula Churchill lays on in October and early November for the ice to freeze over so they can go get them tasty seals they love so much :P That's why it might seem like there's "tons of them" but in Churchill they got a polar bear jail, if a polar bear wanders into town they tranquilize it and keep it in "jail" till the ice freezes over so they can release them to go hunt :P You're not allowed to shoot them

[@limafilho27]

SliC3oFicE Tons of them are not wandering into villages. Villages are the ones standing in their way.

[@neatoburrito9045]

limafilho27 The villages were there before the polar bears were. Didn't you watch the video? The polar bears have been migrating further south into territory that they never previously occupied. Territory that was previously dominated by grizzlies and thus resulting in interbreeding.

[@neatoburrito9045]

derek du The answer to your question is twofold: First, Polar bears migrating into new territory is actually very environmentally disruptive. You've heard of the food chain right? Well each respective natural habitat has one but now, because of climate change, some habitats are having an entirely new link added to them. And polar bears are exclusively carnivorous whereas other bears are omnivorous. Grizzlies for example will hunt but they are also known to eat seeds, berries, and roots. Polars only eat meat so adding a completely new apex predator to the mix throws thing out of balance. And wild Grolars is an even bigger problem because it is adding a second new predator to the mix! Grolars, from my understanding, have diets similar to Polar bears rather than Grizzlies. To put this in perspective, if you're from America you've probably heard that there are no snakes in Hawaii? Well that is true. And locals and custom officials take great care to ensure that doesn't change because if snakes were to be introduced to the island they would have no natural predators. Basically, the unnatural introduction of one animal that doesn't belong in a certain area could spell local environmental disaster. Second, SliC3oFicE is right. Polar bears migrating further south have been known to wander close to villages and towns. They are particularly aggressive as well. So hunting licenses are occasionally issued to target specific individuals. So you don't have people that are licensed to hunt the Polars en masse. You can request one if it has been spotted close to human settlements and that license is good for one kill only.

[@Blairaptor]

I like the name Grolar Bear but actually Nanulak sounds really cool. I think that gives the hybrid its own character.

[@kailomonkey]

Good thinking.

[@lyricalcereal173]

Polar bear + grizzly bear. That’s a badass combination

[@Annabella_Assassins]

I think Nanulak is a better term

[@Alwyn_Nito]

eh...please beware of strangers, I nag strangers because of seeing horrible news media (eh = your surname makes me wary, plis no hurt mi, I really do just nag strangers as a reminder)

[@armaansaini9670]

Noone asked you

[@whoaminow100]

then if you have a male polar bear mate with a grolar bear (male grizzly/female polar offspring) you'd get a pizrolar bear? and the male grolar + female grizzly grolarly. male polar + female pizzly = popizzly and male pizzly + female polar = pizzlyar (which sounds kinda piratey)

[@surnamnam7604]

+richard reeves I like the way you think.

[@edisonsun21c]

+richard reeves i tried to read through and finally lost it at popizzly lol

[@dromingo6881]

u look like u fight bears champ

[@lovedichoreo1529]

Rotfl

[@whoaminow100]

***** He was also poisoned and stabbed and drunk when they shot him. oh, and the river they threw him in was freezing cold.

[@ryanhamblet447]

pizzly bear just sounds adorable

[@novastar3990]

It sounds like it smells like piss.

[@Upper_echelon_exotics]

Furyflame2 Well it probably does... I mean grizzlies sleep in a cave for serveral months...

[@leoraxion2952]

Yep. Until it attack you.

[@mattcalza4790]

@@novastar3990 😝😅🤣!!!

[@catluva74]

A cross between a grizzly and a polar bear sounds scary.

[@pickletineeltaimados5205]

I like nanulak, that sounds best to me.

[@PMeursault]

It's a Polar brOWN bear so it's an Pown Bear and it indeed would pown you

[@oswaldsweezlebogger6826]

Proof that at least one person still said "pown" in 2015.

[@rushthezeppelin]

@@oswaldsweezlebogger6826 Well it was technically pwn back in the day.

[@dakotakavana]

@@oswaldsweezlebogger6826 HAHHAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@tobeyparker3459]

Pownar bear

[@speedstriker]

Pown Bear sounds like Pooh Bear's cooler adult cousin.

[@Et111thompson]

my vote goes for nanulak

[@dstinnettmusic]

Billbo Baggins if this becomes more common and these species merge due to a combined habitat, I also vote for this name

[@theawkwardskeleton6608]

Nanulak, or the nanulak bear

[@TheSalmonStories]

Bob, name it bob. This is the truth.

[@nevyn69420aylmao]

Thank you for continually being awesome, SciShow!

[@anyelacuadros1707]

I love this bear, is wonderful. Grolar/Nanulak is the best bear for my heart.

[@arielsparr]

Grolar bear sounds cool

[@runawaysparklers622]

So did he get fined in the end?

[@felicvik9456]

@mmm i see. i dont really what ur sayin the people who make hunters pay fines really have a sense of humor

[@JWMCMLXXX]

Nanulak sounds pretty cool, if less descriptive. Also, portmanteau is a word. I did not know that.

[@clairesteer3117]

Multifaceted learning! Woo!

[@5shujin-sama447]

Grolar (Gros lard) Insult to fat people. Portmanteau (Porte-manteau) coat rack.

[@dagamerking]

I like nanulak, though it is very difficult to spell

[@TraviansLittleHelpe]

Nanulak sounds very much like a new rase, imma vote for that one xD

[@dayzyrules1]

I was reading a great book on evolution called tree thinking and it brought up the fact that some brown bears in Alaska are more polar than brown bear in some islands. Needless to say I needed to know if scissor could give more info. I love bears

[@Yahoodoraze]

The fact that grolar bears exist makes me really happy :') I love bears!!

[@vibid3]

Perhaps this inter-species mating is evolution's answer to our climate change problem. The next era for the arctic and sub arctic is the Era of The Grolar.

[@mnomadvfx]

Assuming selfish human hunters don't cut it short.

[@omarmagana5999]

Wasn’t it global warming a few years ago? What changed?

[@Cailan_Mors]

Everything I've found says that the polar and grizzly only split a few hundred thousand years ago

[@jourdansarpy4935]

I think we should call them grolar/pizzly for now, but if things change and it becomes it’s own new species that replaces polars, they should be called the Inuit word.

[@renoloverxoxo]

Nanulak because I think it sounds more kickass.

[@andrewhernandez9142]

You have me very curious now as to the whole different species being able to breed. Could you make a show addressing that please? Thank you!

[@lyricalcereal173]

This species would relatively try to avoid humans, unless they get very hungry, in which case they wouldn’t have a problem eating a human. Other animals that these types of bears eat are definitely an easy snack for this species. All in all, a polar bear plus a grizzly bear is a beastly hybrid

[@adamemmert7112]

This has to be Stephen Colbert's biggest nightmare. I'd like to think these bears have super powers too.

[@BringTheBase252]

Dr. Weird from Aqua Team Hunger Force: Behold! The Grolar Bear!

[@chromespear614]

Grolar bears are love, Grolar bears are life. Plus, they sound cooler.

[@candaceanderson6251]

I thought this was going to be a video of a bear with the "Help the Grizzly Bear" freestyle.

[@TheSimmr001]

nanulak sounds badass!!!

[@patrickmcelrath4962]

"Getting along pretty well, if you know what I mean!", And by that I mean they were having intercourse.

[@tombapilot04]

It's a Granular Bear! (Gr)izzly + N(anul)ak + Pol(ar) = Granular :)

[@walterwhite3715]

Anul lol

[@paulbell4845]

I keep trying with the dog when the wife's not putting out. I'll pay more attention to the mutt around spring. Thanks sci show.

[@CatBarefield]

Pizzly is adorable

[@heresy8383]

Didnt even show the bear

[@iamscoutstfu]

The only bear to be the front man for the Fu fighters. The Dave Grolar Bear.

[@DanTrundle]

If it was up to me I'd call it (the) Great Bear, two of the largest bears on the planet's hybrid has gotta be pretty big.

[@stewietsheking]

Grolar bear works. Pizzly bear makes me think of a stuffed animal youd see during valentines day

[@becton98]

Nanulak sounds cool

[@devourerofbabies]

I like "pizzley" bear.

[@theorangehero2441]

+devourerofbabies Kina sounds like Pissy bear though.=/

[@devourerofbabies]

The orange hero Why else would I like it?

[@theorangehero2441]

XD

[@Blackarrow145]

grolar bear definitely pizzly sounds like a hiker whizzed on it while the bear was hibernating

[@swig_gigolo]

I love this concept

[@MikelewisRaindrops]

Pizzy bear... just yea; just yea

[@aslandus]

Nanulak sounds like a pokemon, I'm going with grolar bear

[@Xanawatt]

Pretty cool. Just read the seeker series and there was a brown and white bear. Even weirder was that the character was actually named Nanuluk.

[@Xaekai]

BRILLIANT!

[@Mia-ub7tc]

I prefer the name Grizzlar Bear.

[@TheRealFaceyNeck]

It's Man-Bear-Pig!!!!!!!!

[@anthonypops0285]

AWWW SHIT!

[@GabrielMoreiraHylian]

ROFL

[@cerono9169]

Cereal?

[@charlesdowney1791]

grolar bear sounds awesome

[@BillyDrakePianoMan]

Pizzly bear... *snickers* Yeah I’m definitely 12.

[@catherineholland6348]

So it's a bi-polar bear.

[@danielburton8561]

hahahah good one 😂

[@tropicvibes]

Catherine Holland winner

[@thaboyyaknow1852]

Dude 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@The1Helleri]

I've never heard these called Grolar bears, just Pizzly bear.

[@The1Helleri]

nordhorny Often, the crossing of species, where possible, is only doable with a male of species a and female of species b. And, changing a and b around may yield no result. For instance a Liger can only be made with a Lion and a Tigress. Won't work with a Lioness and a Tiger though. Hybrids like this are often sterile (very difficult for them to reproduce). Meaning Two Ligers, can't have another Liger. If we wanted another Liger. We would have to go back to how we got the first one.

[@The1Helleri]

nordhorny I just realized I replied to you when i meant to reply to "TheWhiteNinja"...got name confused, lol.

[@internetperson9110]

"Getting along pretty well, if you know what I mean" hahaha

[@neoncat3715]

I'm Surprised Hank was able to say "pizzly bear" with a straight face

[@rainjar]

Pozzly Bear sounds better than Pizzly Bear.

[@tvbnine793]

Surprised you haven't stirred up any possy

[@lelandwhitehead56]

I like nanulak

[@nathnlturner68]

This video was published on my birthday 2013! Now it's 2016! Also, they should be called grolar bears, because it just sounds the best.

[@Mrz-bq2yb]

I want one, now.

[@ronki23]

Vegeta it's so cute, can we keep it?!

[@cemainet00]

God damnit nappa...fine

[@francescolongo5342]

it was one of a kind animal and.. he killed it

[@fredrickkc]

We call that extinction

[@ironlung9189]

There's more than one.

[@agussetionoasli]

Commenting on what you said at 3:19, I'd love to say that this video didn't make me want to be smarter, it only made me want to try to interbreed with something from other species

[@yogendrasingh1686]

awesome

[@jacksmeeton7469]

white chocolate thunder!!

[@karlslicher8520]

The Inuit name should be used.

[@baconbearworld1646]

In science class we were learning about the greenhouse affect and we were talking about this hybrid and why they came to be a thing.

[@VicvicW]

I showed this to my science teacher, and I threw her whole reasoning out the window.

[@freddyt55555]

Grizzlar bear

[@chenoaholdstock3507]

I vote nanulak

[@sweet_xandy_candy4208]

Grolar bear because THATS FRICKIN AWESOME SOUNDING

[@robinjones8025]

I really like the sound of nanulak, and grolar bear at least sounds okay

[@BrillPappin]

Nanulak +1

[@nadialanm.4590]

Grolar bear sounds way better!

[@jacobwedin6774]

Gloar bear ok with me

[@nikkigriffin6441]

I definitely like the sound of nanulak, it sounds bad ass.

[@daniellbondad6670]

Grizzly bears and polar bears,5 million years apart.Yet,they can mate like Winter Whites and Campbell's and succesfully give birth to live offspring.

[@EagleTopGaming]

1:42 Don't Asians, Mexicans, and Europeans have different morphologies, social behaviors, feeding behaviors, and metabolisms; are they different "species". I guess "species" is a pretty arbitrary distinction.

[@KellyClowers]

There are some differences in those things, but they are not large enough differences to make separate species. And the differences *within* each race are actually larger than the average difference *between* different races (we "see" race because of the *directionality* of those differences - and even that can be very iffy). So "race" ends up being much more a human construct than anything that has any scientific meaning.

[@lyricalcereal173]

I think “Nanulak” definitely sounds like a better term than a “grolar bear” or “pizzly bear”

[@jerryread2843]

Grolar Bear sounds awesome

[@jkkolham170]

Jerry Read Its a growing polar bear that is actually a beer? mind-fuck...

[@danielbak7427]

"Grolar bear" what a majestic name!

[@BenClayben]

Isn't it pronounced, 'Neesh' not 'Nitch' ?

[@MrStressrock]

Depends where you're from.

[@BenClayben]

Jacob Brooks Earth.

[@markonom2]

Ben Clay what if goldfish could talk?hm? have you ever thought about that?If you haven't, well then you better.Don't stop till you get enough!

[@SidheRockz]

Ben Clay LMFAO you mad bro? You wrote me a book and guess what? TL;DR. Typos do not properly evaluate intellect. Stop being so butthurt.

[@BenClayben]

Moon Maiden Sorry, but markonom, as much as I liked your comment, i don't understand. Care to elaborate - I do love having meaningful conversations. :) Now to Moon Maiden. Well, for a start, sis, I am not related to you. Then, I did not write you a book - I simply expressed my opinion in more than two sentences. Does this upset you? Then, your main point - typos don't evaluate intellect. Indeed, this is true, and would be a clinching point in your arguement, had it actually been relevant. Unfortunately, I never said either that you were stupid or that the typos were insulting your intellect. I merely pointed out that it was ironic. So, that kind of fell flat, didn't it? And, as you ignored all the points I made that you clearly had no answers for, we come to the last sentence. An insult (probably). I'm not really sure what this is trying to imply... I can guess if you like, or would you want to clarify? Though, to be honest, I think that your lack of motivation to read everything I wrote you is the most hurtful thing you've done so far.

[@merrymachiavelli2041]

If Nanulak was an actual Inuit word for polar/grizzly hybrids, then I'd probably support it (and I say 'an' because there are many different Inuit languages, it's like calling French 'Europese'). But seeing as it's a mashup either way, I'm going for Grolar bear and Pizzly bear, depending on parentage, with 'Grolar Bear' being the default.

[@yogendrasingh1686]

so cool

[@canadianbacon0]

it's like you're getting THE BEST THE BEST THE BEST of two bears.

[@lesotommaso]

Oh please, don't use the word "designed" when talking about species' features. Use "adapted"

[@TylerAult]

Yes! Hank, creationists are confused enough -- we need to use evolutionary, not theistic terms!

[@wafflingmean4477]

so... this guy saw this grolar bear, has a bit of a doubt in his mind that it is indeed a polar bear, but still shoots the poor thing! something that also makes me feel like this is such a shame is that if he hadn't shot the animal and it was proven that it was a grolar bear it probably would have been tranquillised and sent to a lab. it would be so interesting to see these animals in their natural habitats. and something else that i think is a shame, is that anyone was given a license to shoot a polar bear!

[@captaint.tearex9279]

He shot it before realizing that it 'was a bit off'.

[@SureShot_2]

what's the best way to cook grolar bear... low and slow heat? asking for a friend.

[@ransom3960]

Ok that's AWESOME!!!

[@annalisa14]

So where are the dam photos of the bear you are yammering about ???

[@Lemonhed42000]

Nation Geographic News has an article on it.

[@xxxjrxxx]

Now saying to myself why don't he just shut up and show us da dam grolar

[@shrirj5765]

check 0:40 !!

[@ThePumahz]

the reason why DangerDolan and Buzzfeed are entertaining and successful is because theyre short, on point, only there to share the audio visual info and not to show off their selves or presentation skills. Reason why teachers use visual aids as much as they can is because they know they would be MEGA boring if they kept "yammering" about the subject with only their face on display!

[@c-cubecreates4404]

Anyone else irritated by ni-tch, as opposed to nee-sh?

[@antarcticalex]

Polar bears and Grizzlies are a lot more closely related than you say, the evolutionary separation happened only about 100,000 years ago, when certain grizzlies recognized that there was an un-tapped food source in the Arctic- seals.

[@nixdskilly4786]

Nanulak sounds pretty cool :)! And when Hank mentioned the "DIFFERENT SPECIES" part it reminded me of Romeo & Juliet XD!! A love that musn't be :P