Why Hybrid Animals May Take Over the North

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[@viperbia]

Hi!

[@janpahl6015]

lady introgression its quite common in nature, even in our recent evolutionary past ... this was a crappy documental indeed

[@mamapoch1915]

@@janpahl6015 Angry much?

[@athena8729]

CrispR, satan is prepping the world for himself and the government's work for him. Believe it!

[@loriwalker6669]

Quit trying to get us to buy stuff or advertise… I’ll never sub with someone doing that

[@frenchfrieguy9370]

We had Coyote/wolf mixes where I used to live. Smartest canines I've ever had the pleasure of dealing with. They weren't afraid of humans, just cautious around us. They traveled in groups of 3 (6 total) and hunted the local foxes and cats out before going after the deer. There was one in particular that would try to "sneakily" follow me along the river bank. I say that with quotations because the dingus was too big to hide in the bank grass lol

[@nickkerr5714]

In the us? The fed govt has a program to eliminate coywolfs

[@micheledietrick265]

@@nickkerr5714 why??

[@pugdad2555]

@@micheledietrick265 because they are smart.

[@HorsesIC]

@@nickkerr5714 That is false. Coyotes that share their NC range with red wolves are sterilized to prevent breeding, but the hybrids pups are not typically harmed.

[@marvinbennett8384]

Watch your A mate

[@seagk1343]

Can we all agree grolar bear sounds SO much better than pizzly bears?

[@mariastevens6406]

I must politely disagree.

[@cillianhenry677]

Gros lard in french is an insult for fat people, so I prefer pizzly sorry

[@GinkgoRobur27]

Gros lard means fat guy in a mean way in french so we wouldn't take that seriously

[@joeybulford5266]

I think it depends on if it has a male or female polar bear parent.

[@randomchannel609]

@@cillianhenry677 Europe without cringe be like

[@racebiketuner]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the coywolf. Also raccoons have been splitting into two species over the last few hundred years. The city raccoons are now faster in a drag race than their country cousins. Four-lane road crossings eliminated the slower ones from gene pool.

[@vitoriaguimaraes7697]

That "faster in a drag race" got me crying bro

[@325hpls1]

Lol me too

[@fredigallardo6819]

Lmao

[@marcor121088]

I would assume squirrels too, the ones i see at the parks are fat and show while the ones further away from humans are still agile

[@ezequias.suarez]

@@marcor121088 I think those just got fat because some people kept feeding them

[@konstantindiachenko4974]

Several years ago I spent a few weeks in the higher arctic (construction). Once I had a chance to go fishing with local residents (Inuits). They mentioned we must be careful not to cross with grizzly a bear. I was shocked - a grizzly at latitude 70 on an Arctic island?! But they said at their location now grizzlies outnumber polar bears by far! (~1:6) Amazing how they are making their dens to hibernate through long arctic winters having no trees.

[@Bitchslapper316]

It's not really surprising when you think about the origin of polar bears. They were brown bears that lived north when it was warmer and evolved into polar bears as the climate got colder.

[@Vinkabbeats]

I hope spiders dont share the same amount of chromosomes as anything with wings, that is all...

[@gegewillplayed5110]

Flying spiders? That's cool af

[@moisttowlette1247]

@@gegewillplayed5110 No, NO, _No_ , not cool, horrifying

[@aiish223]

Spider x cockroach

[@gegewillplayed5110]

@@aiish223 imagine if Australia has spider-roach. Lmao

[@KateeAngel]

Anything with wings? Like the only group more or less related to spiders, which has wings, are insects, and they are as related to spiders as fish are to humans, maybe learn some biology, it will certainly make a better less stressful life to not gear something impossible

[@aceescartin7648]

There's this guy i know, he's called donkey. He was able to mate with a dragon

[@graceignacio306]

If you watched Heaven's Designer Team, the two are quite related. So it might be possible 😅😅

[@smileymissile2360]

ah yes

[@whoamibro5609]

Do we know the same guy??

[@devinmcwhorter8717]

Bro I literally thinking about this during the video

[@pkmnproductions7461]

ROFL LMFAO😂😂

[@abriannaaguilera2123]

Oh man imagine discovering a new species and killing the only one

[@Phoenixash-delfuego]

I was just thinking the same thing.

[@atspydrxiiiontwitter7468]

the reverse is worse. killing the only one, THEN finding out it was the only one of this new species.

[@--Nath--]

We're talking hunters - cowardly, messed up brains that think a good time is shooting animals. If they cared about ethics they wouldn't be doing it in the first place. There's quite often a hunter or farmer with a gun responsible for killing the last of a species after intruding on their ecosystem. And the many, many before it become extinct.

[@drakemasterson9874]

@@--Nath-- what about hunting to feed a family? Or killing an animal threatening your livelihood? Trophy hunting is stupid but the reasons I stated are absolutely acceptable.

[@abriannaaguilera2123]

@@drakemasterson9874 indeed, trophy hunting is total utter BS but hunting for the meat or safety is totally valid it checks my great grandfather list of reasons to kill, hunger and defense.

[@josephcosta5382]

It truly is heartbreaking to learn about the habitat for polar bears. 😭 I imagine those poor animals are starving to death. No species should have to die like that. I really hope they find a way to survive.

[@superwhitt21]

The polar bears are thriving. They are not being pushed closer to extinction as this highly inaccurate clip states. There are more polar bears now as there is an abundance of food as the glaciers have retreated. The population is nearly tripled in 40years. This nature show is more fiction than fact. Climate change is very real. Humans need to stop their waste. But please, this show is off the hook with made up facts.

[@knuckles-3386]

Nature always finds a way

[@ksalarang]

@@knuckles-3386 but sometimes (actually often) it's a way to extinction

[@Bitchslapper316]

@@ksalarang Most species live on in other species.

[@craiglee3653]

Total BS, Polar bears have been on the increase since the 60s!!! FACT. Environmentalists love to lie but the numbers don't!

[@ericpaquette5975]

There are also other hybrids showing up in other places. In northern Ontario we commonly see crosses with wolves and coyotes. We call them coywolf. They have the opportunistic and inquiry of a coyotes and the bite force and strength of a wolf.

[@ceyx1201]

Sounds like a cool pokemon. Haha

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

But lack of the wolves' team work... bad news for everybody, since they can unbalance the food chain.

[@backwoodsbumpkin7209]

In West Virginia we have coy dogs, hybrids of coyotes and some random stray dog. Seen a few “varieties” and they all looked ugly as sin

[@Jeni-ow1kl]

We have these in Wisconsin also!

[@aishwaryasingh6859]

And we have a new hybrid of power hungry and crazy want to be next God politician and money greedy, manipulative new media here in Washington DC.

[@remveel2443]

Adaptation at it's finest. Polar bears were like: "The ice is melting and we all gonna die, lets mate with those that live in the other side!"

[@paulawolanski3237]

It reminds me of that episode of the Simpsons were the bees are dying off so they crossbreed them with another species of bee to make super bees that can survive under any conditions.

[@shazmosushi]

@@paulawolanski3237 Don't you mean Tomacco (tomato and tobacco)?

[@paulawolanski3237]

@@shazmosushi they did that too

[@ItsButterBean1020]

“If in about to die, I’ll die getting laid”

[@vedangarekar1390]

@@paulawolanski3237 really ?

[@squa_81]

I learned about those a couple years ago.... I'm glad that there is someone who did the research for me :D

[@aucelery9079]

What did you do...?

[@squa_81]

@@aucelery9079 I wondered around on internet and read magazines

[@instamdgram]

@@squa_81 "wandered", you mean?

[@squa_81]

@@instamdgram indeed, thank you for the correction :)

[@charlespatterson8412]

I don't allow others to do Research for me...

[@snufkin5496]

2:02 mins in, I can say that I think the reason why animals are hybridizing is to share more positive traits across environments since humans are taking more of their natural habitats. Like the best of both worlds.

[@thmadeym4556]

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@@oblivous_alec9577 thanks!

[@bananawitchcraft]

We get free content, they get paid anyway, sometimes capitalism actually does work out

[@thmadeym4556]

@@bananawitchcraft they could be making so much more if they used their production team to make a documentary for a mega company. But yes. Capitalism works out sometimes.

[@GediMini]

Sorry, but who ever is responsible for naming the hybrid species, please, PLEASE keep working on those names and put in some effort... A pizzly must not stay...

[@AceDice]

Its fun to say

[@cbcluckyii4042]

Like a bulldog and Shi tzu

[@tsujan3984]

Pozly Bear?

[@akcr2889]

It's funny how your more concerned about the name than the actual animal it self, that's why so many are going extinct.

[@kosmique]

@@akcr2889 THAT is why animals are going extinct? are you okay ?

[@fefek1]

Maybe breeding like this is how evolution always has been. First, a species evolves into two as they split paths Later, somehow and sometime those two species meet again and breed Then a new species adapted to new things appears, and then it all repeats again.

[@MaxIvoWes]

Yeah, makes sense. Kinda frustrating people are making a problem out of that.. I mean, let nature be. They are trying to adapt to our shitty way of living so let them fuck whoever they want xD

[@jezonesjezz7179]

@@MaxIvoWes yeah people and monkeys then turns to modern people

[@MaxIvoWes]

@@jezonesjezz7179 They can't have reproductive offspring, can they, hmm?

[@belalabusultan5911]

your hypothesis seems logical, tho I must add some detail to it to make it more convincing:- 1- changes in climate and nature seperate two groups of the same specie, and they evolve into slightly different species over a period of thousands to millions of years. 2- climate change reconnect their isolated areas, and they interbreed, creating a very diverse hybrid specie. 3- climate seperates them again, the hybrid specie adapt to their enviroment. and the cycle continues. ps: I am not a scientist of any sort, you can take all the credit, as I'd prefer to not be called an "Evolutionary Biologist" where I live (the middle east).

[@meneither3834]

Humans are like that after all. Neanderthalis and Denisovans are two humans species that have bred with Sapiens and show up in our genetic makeup.

[@seangere9698]

Pizzly and Grolar bears have two different body plans. The Pizzly has the body plan of a Polar bear, so it should have a close to the same lifestyle as the Polar bear. While the Grolar Bear has the body plan of a Grizzly, so it should have a lifestyle similar to that of a Grizzly. Both may be better suited to the Artic/sub-artic all the way down to more temperate climates. With the Pizzly staying more north while the Grolar moving further south. At least if the body plan is taken into account and that translates over to them, taking after one parent more than the other in their diets.

[@Dr.IanPlect]

You're misusing 'body plan', a term already utilised in zoology regarding the morphology of organisms more generally. Here, you are referring to variation of specific characteristics of their morphology.

[@jacquejac1840]

Kinda surprised coywolves, wolfdogs, & coydogs weren't mentioned.

[@hung-upear2659]

Because wolf and dog are the same species, it's just that dogs are domesticated wolves

[@batfurs3001]

@@hung-upear2659 nope, domestic dogs are so genetically distinct that they're their own species. Same with domestic cats.

[@Fuhrerjehova]

@@batfurs3001 Sometimes they are seen as different species, sometimes subspecies. Dosen't really matter. Different dog breeds could also be argued are, sometimes, different species. It's all just semantics. Cats though are genetically very similar to wild cats. People just fed them to have them hang around and keep vermin away. Dogs were bred for specific tasks, such as standig guard, herding sheep and so on. They are also far larger and are kept closer, so you can't have them be as aggressive and so on.

[@kennethsatria6607]

@@batfurs3001 But I am betting not distinct enough that any hybrids are sterile am I right? Plus Im pretty sure Coywolves count as much as the Pizzly and Grolar bears.

[@leahdragon]

@@batfurs3001 Domestic dogs are literally the same species as wolves which is Canis lupus. Domestic dogs are sometimes known as Canis lupus familiaris, which is still the same species, just a subspecies of Canis lupus. Edit: Over 30 subspecies of Canis lupus exist, most of those being Wolves but also include Dingos and Dogs.

[@romxxii]

Scientists: "how could this polar-grizzly hybrid happen?" Grizzly: "yeah I hit that"

[@atomicash2475]

The deed is done The polar bear is smoking, the grizzly's world, rocked

[@YnrTy18040]

@@atomicash2475 😂😂😂😂

[@YnrTy18040]

@@atomicash2475 😂😂😂😂😂 the visual you have painted is miraculous.

[@notroublespeace]

He seen a snow bunny and couldn’t resist lol.

[@YnrTy18040]

@@notroublespeace haha

[@daniels7907]

Should be obvious. After all, wolves and dogs remain capable of interbreeding even though we tend to treat them as different "species". Despite the fact that many dogs have been artificially bred into radically different forms from their common ancestors with modern wolves.

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

But half-wolves are a Russian roulette since you can never know for sure how much and what of wolf the hybrid got... saying wolf or "good boy" behavioural traits? wanna bet with your hit points?

[@daniels7907]

@@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 - Having had some very large and aggressive GSDs, I think it can be managed so long as you don't assume that a wolfdog is suitable for urban or suburban life.

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

@@daniels7907 wolfdog are for outdoors and strong willed people. Russians are breding wolfdogs but selecting more dog like behaviours. Anyway, other issue with hybrids is possible loss of very specific allels.

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

@@daniels7907 Russians are breeding wolfdogs, but selecting dog like behaviours for that very same reason. Other issue with hybrids is the loss of particular traits associated to recessive genes, and look for the case of hybridization amnog african and indian lions.

[@Renrang]

The difference is just... this one is a nature success. There's many "defect" hybrid cat and dog killed around the world as a result of producing mass "cute" pets for buyers. Call me hypocrite but I will eat hybrid chicken but not hybrid dog, cat or bear.

[@anthonyproffitt5341]

This has happened throughout history, but we didn’t have the research and tracking of such things, combined with situations making it more likely.

[@Bitchslapper316]

Yeah this isn't new.

[@creedorian]

@@Bitchslapper316 climate change is pretty new

[@Bitchslapper316]

@@creedorian Climate change isn't new at all. How do you think Polar bears came into existence in the first place? They are an offshoot species of the brown bear that diverged 100k+ years ago when the arctic got cold.

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[@uatu3021]

"Space flight measuring contest" was both amusing and accurate.

[@davidhenningson4782]

Bezos rocket was even shaped like a certain appendage 😊 my wife pointed that out. I wonder if it was on purpose?... perhaps the real message to his mistreated Amazon employees?🤔

[@davidhenningson4782]

@@michagabo8819 so we're in Revelation then? Or entering it?... they've been saying that for decades... we're still here though. Covid shutdown aside, life's still pretty good. Usually problems around the world that have been issues for the last 4.5 decades that I've been around as a witness.

[@smiller2044]

@@davidhenningson4782 that bit about Bezos 😒 he should pay fair share of taxes instead of being treated like some monopolizing god. But as far "we're still here," until we're not. Plenty of animals have gone extinct and if humans don't take better care, it's only a matter of time!

[@altarush]

Extinction of the man : do’s e flight contest z

[@scatdog4768]

I'm so stoned right now. This was a massive ride for me from start to finish

[@troycassidy6177]

Fuckin aye bro fuckin aye

[@jackherer9550]

The Canadians are in the comment section!

[@jonw952]

You gotta get stoned, eat a sub and drink beer all at the same time.

[@thecoobs8820]

Nice

[@allmightoneforall1338]

Smoking a blunt as I read this 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@huntercool2232]

What’s even worse is they did an interview with the guy that killed the Grolar Bear in 2006 and he says he doesn’t even regret it and says that he’s proud to be the only person in the world to have it stuffed as a trophy in his house.

[@californiadreamer2580]

There have been others in the past, just that no one thought to DNA test them until recently, as DNA testing wasn't available when they died. Polar bears are very closely related to brown/ grizzly bears. In fact genetically they are just a more specialized version of the brown/ grizzly bear.

[@jaz1551]

Actually it is possible for a mule to have offspring albeit rare. The latest I've heard of was in Colorado, and yes it was proven genetically. Thought to occur when by astronomical chance a viable gamete is formed during meiosis.

[@eliscanfield3913]

She has a weird number of chromosomes for a mule, doesn't she?

[@KevinRAAMAAAGE]

Oh yeah, that is legendary amongst the equine community.b

[@susanfarley1332]

I heard that jennies on rare occasion can produce offspring.

[@HorsesIC]

There have been a number of ligers and tigons who have produced fertile offspring as well.

[@Fubnin]

Grolar sounds like a pokemon, pizzly sounds like a sound you make when you take a wizz.

[@abekane7038]

Pizzly is like small or tiny amount, in Australian

[@Skank_Hunt42]

Asian markets label bull penis as Pizzle

[@Orinslayer]

@@Skank_Hunt42 so do western markets.

[@jamesestrella5911]

@@abekane7038 nothing about it is

[@ScionStorm1]

I would call them *Grizzlars*

[@AntonWongVideo]

we're getting closer to seeing the animals of Avatar: The Last Airbender

[@bakdiabderrahmane8009]

I came here for this comment

[@madsox627]

We just need to cross polar bears with blue whales, bison, and the albatross. Voila! You get the flying bison thing.

[@vonabod4259]

What if humans are hybrids?! 😂😂🤪🤪😁😂😂

[@beastmaster0934]

@@vonabod4259 well, some are. Some people have bits of Neanderthal DNA in them.

[@abriannaaguilera2123]

I want three turtle ducks, turtle seals and otter penguins.

[@brgorham68]

Why are we allowing trophy hunting of polar bears. Aren't they a threatened species?

[@zakuraRabbit]

They are but its not because they're not having enough offspring... its due to habitat loss from the polar ice melting. Letting them breed more won't save the species when their hunting grounds are gone...

[@PeterMoss54321]

I read about the man who shot the grizzly/polar bear hybrid. He paid a lot of money for permits to shoot a polar bear in Canada. He got in trouble when he brought back the hybrid, because the Canadian game wardens said he shot a grizzly bear without the proper permits. This made no sense to me, because polar bears are endangered and grizzly bears are not. I don't understand why Canada allows people to hunt an endangered animal under any circumstance.

[@1.4142]

It should be called a Grizzlar instead of a Pizzly.

[@AViewCado69420]

Pizzly sounds cute but they they can maul your ass

[@Jc-lx6em]

Grolar

[@BlackFrostMusic]

Cub: Pizzly Adult: Grizzlar

[@Specogecko]

The first letter of the father species is the first letter of the hybrid name If the father is a polar bear and the mother is a grizzly then it’s a pizzly Is the father is a grizzly and the mother is a polar bear then it’s a grolar bear This rule goes for almost all hybrids

[@1.4142]

@@Specogecko Thanks for the info

[@gamesturbator]

Speaking of hybrids we have mice that are now the size of large rats--12 inches+ nose to tail. Having raised rats years ago, my experience is that rats are very hostile to mice so I have no idea how they could have mated together.

[@ashtton_tapiwa]

Down bad. That's my theory.

[@icemike1]

I thought a mouse was a young rat

[@blahthebiste7924]

@@icemike1 Never heard that one before

[@vincentdolido5437]

It's... *%pe

[@micheledietrick265]

One family I knew had a rabbit hutch in their backyard and one morning the dad was going to work and looked in. He saw the kid’s rabbits were covered in blood. He called work and told them he had to see to the rabbits before his kids saw them. He thought they were injured. He pulled them out and brought them to a sink in the basement to shampoo them and examined them. He found no injuries on them. Inside the hutch were dead rats. The rabbits tore them apart. Also when I went to college they had an animal lab. I went in one day and a student was sitting with a long haired animal on his lap brushing him. The animal was white, brown and black. I said what a pretty cat. The student said that was no cat. He lifted up the tail and said this is a rat. It was so big it covered his whole lap. I saw a smaller one of those in the country once and said if they all had this hair and were so pretty less people would dislike them.

[@uranuseuler9713]

"....shot what he thought was a polar bear...." I'm sorry, aren't we trying to save those?

[@I-HAVE-A-BOMB]

No their numbers are BOOMING in Canada. They have become monsterous pests and have driven each other further and further toward people because they are territorial and eat a lot.

[@beth8775]

It's a fine line. We want to save the species, but when they hang around human territory too much... Polar bears are extremely dangerous. Most animals will not actively hunt humans, but polar bears very much will.

[@michaeldaltonsr8954]

@Antartic Schizo Duh Huh!! Dropping a few more would increase their desire to survive, AND leave less time for them to lay around having orgies, screaming ; PARTY ON!!

[@andrewyerian214]

@Antartic Schizo Every animal exists for a reason. All animals have a purpose.

[@lukesimmons4286]

@Antartic Schizo This sort of troll account is what we call a "pizza cutter": all edge and no point. Don't you have homework to be doing? It's a school night.

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This is the by far the best KZbin channel in the world, please keep creating this amazing content and spreading knowledge!!! I wish all the best for the whole Real Science Team!!!

[@hughjass1976]

9:55 "diets that consist of... carry-on" I'm sorry I know it's just a different pronunciation but the idea of a grizzly munching through everyone's bags on a flight while they all sit there terrified is hilarious to me

[@09Dragonite]

Not a different pronunciation, carrion and carry-on are just two different words with completely different meanings 😅 carry-on is a compound word, carrion is a completely unique word, CC just didn't catch the difference here

[@hughjass1976]

@@09Dragonite listen to how it's pronounced in the video.

[@PeterMoss54321]

I only bring one duffle bag when I fly, but I always check it, because I'm worried that a polar bear would consider my carry on to be an appetizer, and have me for the main course.

[@blobbertmcblob4888]

They think "the lonliest whale in the world" may be some sort of weird hybrid. Either that or it's a deaf Humpback.

[@mastershake5476]

Life of Emptyness

[@emancoy]

Hybrids is one way for species to escape full extinction. Probably the same thing happened to the Neanderthals

[@Djarms67]

Problem is that hybrid species are usually sterile. That is going to limit how hybrid species we will see in the wild.

[@emancoy]

@@Djarms67 usually its the male liger hybrid is sterile, but the females ligerless are fertile. Also documented incidence of female mules sometimes fertile, while male mules are totally sterile

[@Milo_hAt3r]

Sexy Neanderthal theory

[@flacko001]

"Aliens"

[@TheAkwarium]

@@Djarms67 as it seems Neanderthal/Homo Sapiens offspring wasn't infertile and probably interbred with other Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens and we still carry their DNA in us (people from Southern Europe up to 4%). So the offspring either wasn't infertile, or interbreeding was much more common that scientists thought

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[@chanze555]

It's all fun and games until Centipedes start breeding with mosquitoes.

[@novanight5249]

Centipedes and wood ticks

[@greenarcher0917]

Centipedes and Scorpions is what i call not funny anymore..

[@tomasvrabec1845]

What's bad about centipedes? If it was mosquito and spiders than yes.

[@trent800]

mosquitoes and horse flys as big as horse flys with their reactions and painful bite. as numerous as mosquitoes with their senses and bloodsucking

[@Keenakeen]

Or cockroaches breeding with mosquitoes

[@KardEroc]

Just a thought watching the video (great video as always), when talking about the time since two species diverged, wouldn't it be interesting to add an estimated amount of generations? Because I suppose 150k years of evolution to a Drosophila isn't the same as to a polar bear.

[@Tikillah]

My really rough guesstimate math lol 4(ish) generations per century X 1500 centuries. 6000 generations of bears.

[@KardEroc]

@@username30639 And what about the number of generations for the horse/zebra split?

[@username30639]

@@KardEroc 4M years, 2200-2800 days per generation, so about 600 000 generations.

[@KardEroc]

@@username30639 so around 60x as much as the bears, thanks a lot sir.

[@gnatdagnat]

@@username30639 600 000. jesus. amazing that they even hybridize.

[@corujariousa]

I hope scientist are capturing a variety of endangered species DNA samples. Since stopping extinction of many species seems impossible, given the size of the problem and human attitude, perhaps we'll be able to revive these species in the future. Hopefully, responsibly.

[@lordnessa5893]

It’s sad that species are lost. But you can’t keep everything “pure” and alive. The last time we tried to keep something “pure”, it resulted in sick breeds like dogs that can’t breathe or have hip problems. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do our best, we should just be aware of that and hope there are no other problems we can’t think of. Some zoos try to keep animals for conservation. It’s a little better than keeping their DNA because nature is evolving and living things need constantly to adapt. I hope they will succeed in having enclosures as natural as possible. Sadly not all zoos do it well. Hybrids are something natural and an adaption to the environment, it’s happening all the time. Nature finds a way and will be fine in the end, humans less.

[@TenseSniper]

I wouldn’t worry too much. While it is sad ti see species become extinct. Scientists have collected thousands upon thousands of dna samples from teeth, bones, mitochondria, tissue and organs from each species of currently known animals that are in danger of becoming extinct.

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

I still have questions about panda tbh but I get for rhino.

[@mass.1710]

Very good point!

[@corujariousa]

@Urusovite The big problem is that Nature does not follow its normal cycles anymore given the huge impact of human activity for centuries. The imbalance is clear and the results will be unprecedented.

[@jim409]

I would have never known about evolution or any of this if it wasn't for the internet and content creators like you. Thank you. It's such a High quality content

[@Randomhandlename]

What do you mean by evolution? Like fish turning into another animal? That’s a fairytale this is hybridization not evolution

[@1370802]

Find out, the video was all about evolution. It even mentioned speciation. Polar bears and grizzly bears can hybridize because they evolved from a common ancestor 150,000 years ago, horses and donkeys can hybridize but only produce infertile offspring because they diverged 4 million years ago and have been evolving separately for 4 millions years. That’s what the video said, not sure how you missed that.

[@Randomhandlename]

@@1370802 there’s no such thing as evolution of you mean like fish turning into another animal

[@1370802]

@@Randomhandlename So you completely ignore what I said while at the same time misunderstanding the whole video. Okay. And that's not what evolution is.

[@t.b.cont.]

“Licensed poacher kills counterfeit bear”

[@jonathanbond8279]

Underrated comment!

[@StartRunning.]

ive touched the stars, and saw the glorious light of a thousand suns, now blinded by that elegance, how can my purpose be anything, but dark?

[@Dunkelvogel_]

@@StartRunning. chill i was watching polar bears smashing grizzlys

[@StartRunning.]

@@Dunkelvogel_ abomination, do i resemble you? is your form truly my destiny? you cant talk can you? shit.

[@Dunkelvogel_]

@@StartRunning. You lost the plot

[@Where_is_Waldo]

FYI: Most modern homo sapiens are descendants of hybrids

[@default5900]

Yeah this really isn't a bad thing. Just evolution and natural selection at work

[@Where_is_Waldo]

I actually wrote this comment before the video made the same point

[@amartyasv4007]

@@default5900 not really natural selection when it's mostly human driven though innit?

[@RollerDerbyHigh]

@@amartyasv4007 humans are part of nature. We're just the bad part

[@kosmique]

bah... earthlings.

[@squishytacos5344]

“ life, uh, finds a way” - Dr. Ian Malcolm

[@sNoLove-zl2vb]

Lol damn you beat me to it.

[@ejohnson3131]

A lot of prehistoric animals look like hybrids and the current wild animals we have roaming the planet look like isolated species that adapted and specialized to their geographic location.

[@yhwh9778]

Police officer: "you know why I pulled you son?" Grolar: *sweats profusely*

[@kennethfung3618]

Police officer: “So are you a grizzly or a polar bear?” Grolar: “i uh…. Both?” Police officer: “you can only choose one”

[@longwaydown6959]

As someone who is mixed (White, Native, and Hispanic Afro-Latino) this comment made me laugh. My sister and I have always had a hard time with those Ethnicity questions because they always play out as having "White (Not African or Hispanic) or Hispanic (Not white or African) and so I just always chose the "Other" Option as that seemed to be the easiest lol

[@HebrewHakaishin]

@@longwaydown6959 your white. As a black man I dont want hybrids in my race!

[@shlimey04]

@@longwaydown6959 just say you are white

[@Dogen70]

I was looking for someone who was going to make a joke

[@DrBeauHightower]

Fun fact polar bear population has increased 30% since 2005

[@rustyshackleford2022]

Thats not a fun fact chump, and actually not even fact!!

[@mandielou]

Polar bears weren't even going extinct, along with a lot of other animals they said we're going extinct and then they find out they've just haven't been seeing them. People are wondering if the ivory billed woodpecker is still around. I wouldn't be surprised if our government has their hand in these organizations asking for donations because of climate change, or Marxist are just trying to drain us of our money.. has nothing to do with actual animals going extinct. I really don't even know if it's a smart thing to do to keep animals from going extinct when maybe it was God's plan for them to go extinct. Now if there's something that we've directly done that impacted them, I can understand us doing something but if it's nature's cause, it needs to be left alone.

[@mandielou]

@@rustyshackleford2022 you're just hung up on climate change. When are you going to realize same tricks, with a different period of time and way it's executed? They're playing you with this global warming, now climate change crap. Now scientist are even telling us we're going to go into an ice age🤦‍♀️ when in fact we haven't even gotten out of the last ice age, of course we're warming up...we're still in the tail end of the ice age. Be careful who you're listening to as a trusted source. If they're asking you for money most likely they're just trying to pull on your heartstrings or trying to fear monger to get your money, to so called save your life. Come on. If God wants the world to end it's going to end regardless of what we do. should we take care of the Earth and appreciate it? Of course 100%, but we don't need to do anything more. God is in control, not you or these filthy elites.

[@mandielou]

I think it's the government doing these hybrid experiments, releasing them into the wild. Could it play a part in the gain of function research? 🤔 We have coywolves here in Michigan. How? I get it, upper peninsula has wolves, very few sightings after the bridge but what? Wolves and coyotes mating and then migrating bc they aren't your typical wolf or coyote? I don't know. Most species don't mate with other species so why all of a sudden we've been getting hybrids?( Suddenly is now years ago lol but still wtf is going on?)

[@Gruntguy55]

@@mandielou wow you are trying so hard to sound like you have any fucking clue what you are talking about. Tf u doin taking about gain of function research not even knowing tf it means

[@din0sauria323]

For those wondering: hybrids are named based on their parents. The father species (lion) & the mother species (tiger) is what results in the name like liger or narluga or pizzly bear. They're not just given silly names for no reason.

[@andychan3200]

Lion + tiger = Liger Narwhal + Beluga = Narluga Grizzly + Polar = Pizzly Am i the only one that saw the anomaly here...? P/S: you really don't think it should be Grizzlar...?

[@Lara-234]

@@andychan3200 the female is the polar bear so no, the larger animal is usually the female because its dangerous for the smaller one

[@andychan3200]

@@Lara-234 Male lion + female tiger = liger Male narwhal + female beluga = narluga Male grizzly + female polar = pizzly??!! Where do you get "pizz" from??!! Do you even know my question??!!

[@o.o9709]

@@andychan3200 tigons exist, in this case the father was probably a polar bear instead of a grizzly bear?

[@crackedemerald4930]

Wouldn't it be a Pozzly then?

[@trippytimesjosh355]

I rescued a cat 🐈 my grandmother took in as a pet. It kept Getting abnormaly large very fast. After taking it to the vet she found out it was half Bob cat.

[@CHIT0WNN1KKV]

we humans are all basically hyrbids of different humanoids

[@rahoriginal9098]

ya so

[@samsmith4242]

*Hominids

[@alexcontreras6103]

@@rahoriginal9098 soo, don't hate playa

[@funkydong5315]

No we're not Humans are the same species Hybrids are cross species the closest thing to Hybrid is the Neanderthal DNA in some peoplr

[@moo8866]

not really lol

[@sambrandner]

Can we talk about how the hunter shot what he thought was a polar bear?

[@processedpotato9378]

Pretty badass

[@caviramus0993]

He had a lawsuit later since he legally could shot only a polar bear. He would get a fine if it turned out to be a grizzly.

[@ScumfuckMcDoucheface]

@@processedpotato9378 bad ass? nah man, it's cowardly bullshit. go hunt bears with your knuckles and a jack knife, make it a fair contest, then I'll give the person a "that's bad ass" and totally mean it haha hiding in a tree and deading a beautiful, gorgeous beast like a bear with the break of a trigger is, and always will be, cowardly, disgraceful, bullshit. In my (oh so incredibly) humble opinion.... obviously.

[@onba7726]

I assume you think their endangered, but in reality Polar bears numbers are growing and have been for many years. The only reason they were even endangered to begin with was due to over hunting and after regulation their numbers have bounced back to vulnerable. Global warming has had no effect on them, the activist were just lying, which they do a lot, and then have the gall to complain about how some people won't believe in climate change. YOUR THE REASON DAMMIT! STOP LYING! YOU ARE KILLING YOUR OWN CAUSE! Polar bears are supper predators and, despite what video says, are having no visible trouble. It's the hybridization that is the real threat to them, and that IS climate changes fault because its letting grizzles into places they couldn't live in before. If you have trouble believing me, considered this; the pizzily in this video was found in polar bear territory, so the migratory parent was likely the grizzly parent not the polar bear one.

[@treering8228]

@@ScumfuckMcDoucheface yeah, I think we should put out a naked girl to bring them in and show them how it feels…

[@joshuahull9982]

My cousin has a hybrid snake. He took a male corn snake and mated it with a female black ratsnake. The resulting mixes were kind of strange looking and he kept 1 of them and sold the rest but he specifically sold them as hybrids. I don't know if they would be considered true hybrids though because a corn snake is technically a kind of ratsnake as well. Different ratsnakes and corn snakes have been known to mate in the wild occasionally as well.

[@mickeyshooter5298]

I have always wondered if you could create a mamba hybrid if you mated a green and a black. Despite my efforts I’ve never found a definitive answer. If you speak to your cousin, maybe you’d ask for me? Cheers

[@TheCycloneTrooper]

Even polar bears living in the arctic North are catching more action than some dudes living in downtown Manhattan - shits crazy

[@1370802]

I mean it’s cross-species….. you’re free to find yourself a chimpanzee….

[@SilentMingan]

Coywolves (Coyote x wolves) tend to pop up as well, especially along the geographical edges where the two populations intermingle. In fact, a decent portion of red and eastern wolves have coyote genetics. This makes Coywolves larger than coyotes, smaller than wolves, and they form more cohesive social units. I live in the Great Lakes region, so it strikes me as interesting just how many hybrids exist.

[@AngryMothNoises]

hybrids is what helps with evolution at times, I mean, look at humans. We mixed with Neanderthals, Denisovans, and two other unnamed hominids. The Pizzly is just a start of a new line of bear that will generically diverge into a new species. Honestly, I think hybridism is over looked ALOT of the history of evolution. So doesn't that mean Pizzly would have 'two' common ancestors Domesticated Arctic dogs have 1.4% taiymer wolf in their genetics, were other dogs dont. Wolfdogs are hybrids, some people try to argue they are the same and not a hybrid. It is, just like a Coydog. Not to mention the constant hybridization of plants. I have seen photos of a tarantula hybrid of p.Irminia and p.Cambridgei, though it was sterile. Actually, now that I remember, hybridization was a HUGE touchy subject in the tarantula hobby. lol

[@vesuvius115]

However. We got a bunch of issues due to neanderthals. Depression being more common, and a bunch of other messes in out genes.

[@garsayfsomali]

If Homo Sapiens and neanderthals and deniosovans could Interbreed. wouldn't that mean they are the same species and wouldn't this fact destroy the history of Taxonomy?

[@232mumboy]

@@garsayfsomali wow, you're right, cheesy. truly you have destroyed in one fell swoop the line of linnaeus with your towering wit. that's not how species work.

[@garsayfsomali]

@@232mumboy The implications already began my sarcastic friend . Science isn't as static as you deem it to be. Every generation tends to polish it up a bit more than the previous. They'll Pull a Pluto Move on the current taxonomy categorization mate give it time.

[@ricmorales3406]

@@garsayfsomali yep. Science changes. A few decades ago we used to drink cocaine with our coke. 😂

[@delaneyvandenbossche7913]

It is rare that a video such as this teaches me of a new type of animal as I have spent a lot of time time researching. Especially my favorites; cetaceans! So I was thrilled to hear about these hybrid Narwhal/Beluga. Thank you for the excellent video!

[@lmundiclan]

I saw a blond bear a few days ago in northeastern California, Portola. Here they are usually brown or black, but this one was a yellowish white and big about 700 pounds. I don’t think it was a grizzly mix not that big, but it could have been a young one. It walked just outside my back door. Grizzly’s are about 1000-1400 pounds really big, so are polar bears.

[@Dr.IanPlect]

grizzlies range from as little as 200lbs

[@lincolnyang6369]

The world of Avatar is slowly becoming reality

[@agentbaguette1519]

I believe the Lion Turtles will save the world.

[@tuahsakato17]

Ahh you best me to it

[@dentangaji6161]

I remember that episode in Ba Sing Se when the king holds a birthday party for his pet bear and then they guess if it's platypus bear, skunk bear or armadillo bear and it turns out the pet is only a bear. Knowing that they seem kinda confused as if normal animal is very rare and hybrid animals are a lot more common. Even toph comment that it is weird.

[@harperguo379]

there are no cross species in ba sing se

[@Tinyflower1]

There have been cases of mules having offspring, although it is quite rare and it seems to only be mares that can be fertile sometimes

[@beastmaster0934]

That’s seems to be the case with hybrids. Females are more often then not the fertile ones.

[@tdnpodcast5963]

Thank you - Great episode - Perfect examples of how during different times of existence it's important to be able to be flexible - becoming a generalist and able to take advantage of anything that exists, in order to survive, while at times becoming a specialist for the purpose of differentiation and survival. This is both at a macro level (over long periods of time as animals adapt within their species to survive) as well as micro-level (with the individual human having to redefine our own skills to become more specialized as we search to find a career that will span more than just a couple of years). Change is constant - Thank you Real Science

[@PANGEAEAST]

These videos are so awesome, I can’t even express how much I appreciate you 💕

[@illmuskyhunter3313]

Tiger Muskies, which are a mix of Musky and Northern Pike, are amazing naturally occurring fish that grow bigger faster, yet they don't live as long. They're the most beautiful fresh water fish

[@Bug_Bait]

They're also terrifying.

[@MrDDiRusso]

The COYWOLF is an interesting hybrid.

[@thenameless7810]

@PJ Rivera it have the strength of a wolf, and the sneakyness of a coyote, so because of it coyote and wolf have to be afraid of it.

[@thenameless7810]

@PJ Rivera it does not need since it have a strength to take down a whole cow.

[@kotarojujo2737]

They also adapted to urban areas so successfully

[@serafinmagic1634]

The denisovans were a fascinating off shoot. Biologists believe their genes give the Sherpa their endurance & great strength for their size. I always wanted to see a Sherpa train & compete in Olympic power lifting.

[@l.palacio9076]

"Hey that's racist, we are all equal with absolutely no differences 😡" (i̶r̶o̶n̶y̶). I wish that there wasn't this dumb false equity rethoric and we could explore the real human diversity more "openly"

[@magiv4205]

I think the Sherpa also have genes that allow then to absorb more oxygen from the air to deal with high altitudes, but I'm not sure if that's a Denisovan thing. Either way it's absolutely fascinating.

[@larryc1616]

Nah, you'll want Neanderthal genes for power lifting - dumb but strong as hell.

[@existencemystery]

[miracle, house, shelter]regular brown core, not black and white brown with blue= good brown with purple= good brown with gold= good brown with white= good All colors mixed Also the molested kids so there might not be like a most high Info from a bookmind smart smart kid** ** Green nature drink Ocean Power Strong container homes [safehouse, miracle]

[@malharjaggi]

@@larryc1616 neanderthals were never dumb. That's debunked

[@louiseb248]

Girl your voice sounds so nice, I listen to these to fall asleep, it’s so good!

[@willthelucky9582]

Nature is always evolving has been from the start of life on this planet

[@carolmiller5713]

Heck, the planet has been "evolving".

[@willthelucky9582]

Yea iv always considered that apart of nature, geological, animals or plants is nature but that me tho

[@MrFreakHeavy]

@@willthelucky9582 You can use Life. It's a better term that leads to no confusion (especially since some people consider humans, or anything related to humans, apart from nature).

[@willthelucky9582]

@@MrFreakHeavy I did in the main comment lol.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Nature doesn't evolve. Species evolve.

[@bhief473]

Can you imagine how mesmerized that grizzly dad was when he comes across a female that looks like no other he's seen! I bet he was head over heals in love 😍

[@crocodile4977]

"damn dat bish white" *Talking to polar bear* "Ay u so unique i bet u get all the boys" Polar:"no i dont infact i just Moved here" Grizzly:"let me show u my den" *"Their slightly imbred child is born"*

[@marthahawkinson-michau9611]

@@crocodile4977 actually this would be the complete opposite of inbreeding.

[@crocodile4977]

@@marthahawkinson-michau9611 i thought of it as inbreeding cuz they were both bears which is why i called it slightly imbred

[@MemerCat0]

@@crocodile4977 ...

[@donsolos]

@@crocodile4977 so what do you call 2 humans mating?

[@thelordnaevis4946]

I’d like to see the biology of a cockroach and how it lives for so long It’s my biggest fear but there’s a reason why it is

[@aaronseet2738]

because they aren't picky over what they eat.

[@jennaywilliams1024]

They can survive through extreme temperatures and radiation.

[@richardgranati7188]

They’ll live for months after being fully decapatated. They eventually starve to death.

[@MrPlenty1]

I remember watching a documentary maybe 10 years ago called “alien ice bear”. Great watch for anyone interested

[@Rope_Adope]

“Life…uh…finds a way” We’re hybrids ourselves

[@InsaneCitizenErased]

came looking for this comment

[@Rope_Adope]

@@InsaneCitizenErased I’m glad I could oblige :)

[@alexone-420]

I mean, those few neanderthal dna percentages in our dna must have came from somewhere

[@Rope_Adope]

@@alexone-420 at least it wasn’t from a microwaved cantaloupe

[@viktorreznov1548]

Since we can breed and produce healthy offspring with each other..

[@chrisvanbuggenum871]

That was the smoothest transition to an ad I've ever heard. I didn't even know it was happening at first.

[@dispatcher2243]

i found this video very eye opening because my understanding of how species come about, is simply that it could only happen after thousands if not millsions of years.

[@wildsideofthings7733]

While it generally does. Hybridization is one of the many ways new species form and just part of evolution. Look up the story of big bird. A hybrid between 2 Galapagos finch species. It’s actually a really interesting story. Btw I also make educational animals videos. Try watching one :)

[@dasstigma]

"Space Flight Measuring Contest" I am surprised no one applauded you/your writer for this gem.

[@fraserhenderson7839]

"Pizzly" is an unfortunate appellation. Perhaps a name more characteristic of this hybrid will suggest itself.

[@pewpewdragon4483]

Someone commented Grizzlar which sounds way better

[@lincolnlu9869]

I thought they were prizzlies

[@fraserhenderson7839]

@@scapegoatmiller9110 True enough and in that respect, grolar is a less unattractive name but both are sketchy. Time will sort it out.

[@V.U.4six]

@@scapegoatmiller9110 then why is it a “mule”

[@raf25985]

Some alphabet person named it

[@TazawaTanks]

I love science, and this was a fascinating video. When you got to the African cichlid portion and the diversity in the Rift lakes of East Africa, I was hooked!

[@carolmiller5713]

As Africa goes, so goes the planet...

[@EgnachHelton]

My inner Russian: Bears look so cute and huggable... Me: 😨

[@MotivateMoments2023]

Nice

[@Fulltimedragon]

Wow that ad transition was incredible

[@profile_01]

Our concept of fixed species is all in our minds really . All 'species' are temporary forms either going extinct or evolving into another 'species'. Life is one interwoven constantly mutating phenomenon that is better viewed as a whole/ collective in my unqualified opinion.

[@kingkazuma2239]

Life finds a way

[@lilyfhonazhel2675]

Indeed They represent evolution as a tree, but most people only look straight instead of exploring the branches

[@Lamoan_]

Nice, was just now looking for something interesting to watch!

[@curby110392]

Diverse geography: diverging biology (aka speciation) Shrinking geography: converging biology (aka "hybridization")

[@MrFreakHeavy]

It's still diverging. The new species is a new different kind of species, with different traits. Speciation through hybridization can occur on the boundaries between two different environments, and the resulting species finds a niche it can occupy that wasn't by the former parental species (diverse geography leading to hybridization). Although it does happen a lot easier in smaller regions or environments, like recently in the Galapagos, we found a new species that came through hybridization (why is it a new species? its population is maintained stable by the hybrids reproducing with each other.)

[@stayathomecichlidmom3579]

A brown bear and a Polar Bear are a Species in the same Genus. Many Species in the same Genus are very capable of mating and producing fertile offspring. African Cichlids have an "order" in which they will cross. If you have a tank with breeding group from the same Genus, your chances of crossing rise, so does the aggression. If every group if from a different Genus that chance goes down drastically. They are all from the same Family though, so one genus may have species that are closely related to each other. The hybrid brown/polar bear has siblings and at least one is unrecognizable as a hybrid by sight. Just as hybrid fish. The mother will have fry from the same clutch, some will look exactly like mom, some dad and some a mix. Hybrids exist everywhere, just because humans can't differentiate by sight, doesn't mean they don't exist.

[@JM-un6mk]

It’s different when hybrids mate naturally that of a captive mating.

[@neotower420]

I've seen Coyote-Wolves in South West Florida, near a sizeable reserve. Three of them ran out of the reserve chasing a smaller animal, they registered to me as coyotes but were massive.

[@aidanwhite5631]

they are called coywolves

[@maxsu1796]

You know what they say: “Once you go Grizzly, you don’t go Back”.

[@timothymiddleton6651]

Not for the satisfaction from grizzlies, but from the rejection of polars with dignity.

[@sour-vampire]

They can't even go back the ice melted

[@HebrewHakaishin]

Triggered. Black men rule!

[@olayemichayah466]

@@HebrewHakaishin Baboons?

[@jackbrown7341]

Humanity has been crossing those lines for decades now, what has it done for Humanity?.

[@wraithwrecker_]

"A web of life." Dang... Deleuze might be right about metaphysics.

[@CuriousDoc]

I wonder what other weird hybrids are out there that we don't know about 🤔

[@James-sr9vr]

Dogman 😂

[@youraveragemexorican]

Do NOT call them “Pizzly’s” it sounds like “Pissly’s” ;-; either Grolars or Grozzly’s

[@blobbertmcblob4888]

Call them Bill.

[@gerryhouska2859]

Half of them do have a pizzle.

[@micshaz]

thiis pokemon way of naming things was tilting me too, just call it a polar grizzly like a normal human being

[@hr473]

Gross Lee? Whu? o-o And why Grol-arse?

[@Kurominos1]

@@micshaz in German we call them somehow Cappuccino-Bears cause theyr brown/white like Cappuccino

[@nickmartin3647]

Life finds a way

[@chrisbaxter63]

I feel like this video summed up my conversations about life in general to anyone who would listen. Thanks Real Science. I literally just put numbers together and find a lot of laughs in the beauty of evolution.

[@Llama_Dhali_G]

The beauty of evolution? What is so appealing about eating a lie as your spittle drips it out as truth? o.O'

[@jamiebailey1638]

I love it when scientists say we are entering a new era after a few years of observing a ecosystem millions of years old.. Go Forth and Survive what these same scientists said was impossible 20 years ago!! Hybrids are awesome!!

[@shawncouch2243]

Says Liger shows a Tigon.

[@shawncouch2243]

Whoever liked my comment, thank you for noticing the same thing I noticed.

[@HaleyBunker-r8l]

Wow, they are all beautiful gorgeous animals.

[@trixrabbit8792]

I have a dog that I adopted from Kuwait. The vet that found her said that she seems to be a mix between the general Saluki mutt of the desert and a desert Fox. Most people believe that dogs and foxes can’t breed. Breeders in Europe have been cross breeding doxes for a couple hundred years. Mine just happens to be an example of it happening in the wild.

[@rdizzy1]

Go get it genetically tested to check it out, there has never been a verified genetically proven hybrid of a true fox and a dog. Not once. Generally, only animals within the same genus can make hybrids (IE- polar bears and grizzly bears, or wolves and coyotes, same genus) True foxes and dogs are in totally different genus.

[@trixrabbit8792]

@@rdizzy1 I’ve read a few papers regarding the interbreeding in Europe over the past few hundred years. Dogs and foxes can breed. Most result in non viable embryos. But enough do live to prove it possible. I can’t afford to have her genotyped. But as the saying goes. If it walks like a duck. And it talks like a duck…

[@ravendragonsong5842]

Evolution, polar bear grizzly hybrid would be able to survive outside the polar regions of the polar bear. Kind of common sense, no basically common sense.

[@phileas007]

Can we just admire how cute all these animals are

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Was thinking the same thing🙂

[@jaydubbs8277]

I think its sad to see species disappearing but if you really think abt it its a natural process thats been happening since the beginning of time. Were literally witnessing evolution happen right in front of us.

[@Namelocms]

I’m on team Grolar for the name of the hybrid

[@quidam_surprise]

Who in the right mind can glimpse a couple of unsual bears and genuinely think "Ah yes ... pizzlies" ¯\🤨/¯ ?

[@jacob__villasenor]

First off I want to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed your videos including this one. However, I have heard that Polar bear populations have been steadily increasing. I quickly googled "polar bear population graph" and the couple links I clicked on supported what I have heard. I am not a climate change denier but have heard that connection between warming oceans hasn't negatively affected polar bears the same across their ranges. I did find that in less than half of their sub-ranges the numbers are declining while over half have stable or increasing populations. If you could do some research on this and get back to me I would appreciate it. Again great work!

[@Delvaist]

The population might have been steady over the last few years but the environment to which they’re adapt continues to be destroyed, forcing migration and eventual encounter with grizzly

[@unwase]

@@Delvaist your comment has literally nothing to do with op’s original post except for re-iterating that polar bear populations haven’t been negatively effected by climate change

[@forrestpugh7575]

I hate that term 'Climate Change Denier' almost as much as 'Believe the Science' - those are both dogmatic ontological terms used by liars and charlatans to push things that don't actually connect to doing better for the earth. Unless funneling $$$ through their pockets is somehow helping. Let's not forget that there is no belief in science - it is nothing more than a method for scientists to methodically go about disagreeing with each other and ripping each other's ideas to shreds in order to arrive at undeniable facts and connections... even then it changes over time as we discover more about it. There are more 'inconvenient truths' that go against the typical climate change narrative (i.e. that you and I should feel excessive guilt for hurting mother earth) than support it. This is one of them. It was disgusting to watch David Attenborough narrating the tragedy of Polar Bears in the Planet Earth series, knowing that they were selectively filming old bears who were starving due to their age (and lack of teeth), as well as knowing that the Walrus that were flinging themselves off the cliffs were actually fleeing his film crew. Go look for that and then think again about the horseshit we're being fed. I would LOVE for us to be more better - but until people wise up and realize how much of this is pure grift - I'm afraid we won't get 'real science' out of it. Take recycling for example - we've been taught since young that it was good for the planet; but what really happens with it? Quite a large amount of the plastic you think you are doing good by recycling goes right to the dump - your locality might just use a river or ocean for that - because you don't fastidiously clean and separate out the plastics you use. Of the material that IS recoverable quite a bit gets shipped overseas (in large fuel-inefficient diesel spewing cargo vessels) to China or similar where it is remanufactured and shipped back. HOW MUCH OF THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE OCEAN POLLUTION?! And why are the scum-bags pushing this kind of thing the same ones that feel they need to fly over 200 CO2 spewing private jets to some 'Global Climate Crisis' summit, when most of them could - you know - use public transportation or a bicycle to at the very least to travel too and share an airliner like the rest of us poor plebs - OR USE SKYPE FOR FUCKS SAKE! People pushing Climate Crisis crap are as morally destitute as TV Preachers and kid-fiddling priests... They're the same collection of assholes that think we should all give up our money and live in public housing and state pensions too. Look at the lifestyles of the prominent climate activists - the Bill Gates, and Al Gores of the world - They billionaires and each live lifestyles that put out more 'carbon footprint' than the next hundred every-day folks combined... yet they're going to lecture us on it?!

[@HkFinn83]

You say you’re not a climate change denier but you’re definitely parroting climate change denial type bs. Either that or this is what happens when non experts try to parse out general points from totally decontextualised factoids.

[@jacob__villasenor]

@@HkFinn83 You’re right I’m not an expert, however from the little investigation I’ve done it’s not hard to see that polar bear populations as a whole aren’t effected the same way by climate change. I’m not saying climate change doesn’t exist but I think you can’t look at everything as negatively impacted by climate change if it isn’t. For example more southern polar bear ranges seem to be the ranges in decline. Climate change may very likely be a variable in this. But the overall health of the total existence of polar bears doesn’t seem to be threatened at the moment. That’s all I’m saying.

[@czar21k]

I’ve been learning a lot of this in my evolution and ecology class, very interesting to see other examples of hybridization!

[@Llama_Dhali_G]

Ask your teacher why we have "Chimpanzee" and "Human" but no living in-betweens . . . Get back to me . . .

[@soulsteela01]

Humbleness.

[@jayone7437]

Just look at the auto industry. Hybridization is occurring at an alarming rate.

[@Llama_Dhali_G]

@@jayone7437 Funny . . . But auto-mobiles are not lifeforms . . .

[@odst2247]

@@Llama_Dhali_G because they’re extinct. Also, humans chimapanze share ancestors, we didn’t come from chimpanzees tho lol