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First Ever Wild Grizzly/Polar Hybrid Shot

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-one-tell-stephen-colbert dept.

tavilach writes "Jim Martell has a license to hunt polar bears, but when his latest kill had "white fur [that] was spotted brown and it had the long claws and slightly humped back of a grizzly," officials seized the body in order to conduct DNA tests. These tests confirm that the dead bear had a polar bear mother and grizzly father, the first documented grizzly-polar hybrid in the wild. This was lucky for Jim, who was facing a fine and jail time for possibly killing a grizzly. Scientists who would have liked to study the bear are not so lucky."

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  1. Good job... by facelessnumber · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now we'll never know what kind of mystical skills and powers it had.

    1. Re:Good job... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Cold Damage Resist +30 and Grizzly Maul lvl 8.

    2. Re:Good job... by reddalek · · Score: 5, Funny

      Apparently being able to avoid or dodge bullets isn't one of the skills.

    3. Re:Good job... by Thalin · · Score: 3, Funny

      Apparently it couldn't stop bullets.

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    4. Re:Good job... by dgatwood · · Score: 3, Funny
      Dunno, but as the old pun says... the easiest way to catch a polar bear is to cut a hole in the ice, then wait and hide. When the bear goes to the hole to catch some fish, sneak up from behind and kick him in the ice hole.

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    5. Re:Good job... by stebe · · Score: 3, Funny

      > True. Does a hybrid bear shit in the woods, or on the ice flows? Inquiring minds want to know!

      I do not know where it poops, but I imagine the hybrid bear would have lower emissions than conventional bears.

      Ursus maritimus + ursus horriblis= ursus prius

    6. Re:Good job... by SEWilco · · Score: 5, Funny
      Apparently it couldn't stop bullets.

      It did stop bullets.

  2. Lovely for science... by pdes · · Score: 4, Funny

    But how does it taste?

  3. So typical! by CODiNE · · Score: 3, Funny

    genetic tests showed the bear had a polar bear for a mother and a grizzly bear for a father.

    Those grizzlys... always going after the blondes.

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    1. Re:So typical! by Supurcell · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah. As soon as they become the least bit successful, they turn their backs on their own kind and go find themselves a white bear.

  4. Must be a really rare spawn by Winlin · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder what it drops? And if it's something good, when does it pop next?
    Note to self...really gotta take a break from MMORPGs

  5. Re:Pathetic that this animal was shot... by Dachannien · · Score: 5, Funny

    But they're adorable and they like Coca-Cola. How could they possibly be vicious?

  6. Re:oblig by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's a Polizzly Bizzle fo' shizzle, my nizzle.

  7. Re:Pathetic that this animal was shot... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But they're adorable and they like Coca-Cola. How could they possibly be vicious?

    Let me introduce you to my ex-girlfriend...

  8. I can explain it by greg1104 · · Score: 3, Funny

    That might explain how a grizzly got to the region, but few can explain how it managed to get along with a polar bear long enough to mate.

    Clearly none of the people speculating spend much time drinking. You can mate anything with enough Tequila.

  9. Sounds like a job for Animal Of The Week by Bertie · · Score: 3, Funny

    Who needs Wikipedia when you've got this sort of expertise?

    " animal of the week today is the polar bear which is pretty much the king of the animal kingdom because it is a cross of the best bits of a tiger, a shark and a Hulk Hogan. if you think that you can imagine how strong a polar bear is then think again because you are wrong. it is stronger than that and it is probably stronger than your next guess. we are talking about an animal that can leg press over 500kg and curl 200kg with ease. pretty much the only thing that it cant do is squat thrusts but they are gay anyway. polar bears have a furry bellend to protect it from the cold."

    Animal Of The Week