Yeti Bears Up Under Scrutiny

Rambo Tribble writes "Bryan Sykes of Oxford University has discovered that hairs, ostensibly from the Yeti creature of the Himalayas, were '... genetically identical to polar bear.' What the professor is suggesting is that a rare hybrid of brown and polar bear may be the actual, elusive creature of legend."

Comments

Re:How hard can it be?

[rally2xs]

What's hard about it is that its in the Hymalyas, and from the sound of things, people that see it in the clear would say, "Oh, that's a bear" and people that have it come out of a snowstorm and try to eat them think its the abominable snowman...

Re:How hard can it be?

[Anne_Nonymous]

We tried that, but the UFOs kept stealing the cameras.

Errr... wat?

[Slartibartfast]

If it's "genetically identical" to a polar bear, well... doesn't that mean it's a polar bear?

Re:Errr... wat?

[Anonymous Coward]

If it's "genetically identical" to a polar bear, well... doesn't that mean it's a polar bear?

Prof Sykes found that he had a 100% match with a sample from an ancient polar bear jawbone found in Svalbard, Norway, that dates back to between 40,000 and 120,000 years ago - a time when the polar bear and closely related brown bear were separating as different species.

So it is a polar bear, just not a modern polar bear.

Re:Errr... wat?

[Richy_T]

Maybe it is a bipolar bear.

Re:How hard can it be?

[SJHillman]

I think Mitch Hedberg summed it up best:

"I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large, out-of-focus monster roaming the countryside. Run, he's fuzzy, get out of here."

Re:Hmmmm ....

[Anonymous Coward]

Pizzly Bear