Polargrizz?
Okay, so this isn’t exactly a “new” species story but it’s interesting nonetheless.
The first Polar bear / Grizzly bear hybrid found in the wild has been genetically confirmed to be the offspring of a female polar bear and a male Grizzly bear. A man who paid somewhere around $50,000 to hunt Polar bears shot and killed the male bear back in April.
CNN has the story, Grizzly-polar bear hybrid found as well as Canada’s National Post, Name that bear.
Some names floating around are Polargrizz, Grolar bear, Nanaluk, Pizzly, or simply half-breed. What would you name this new hybrid species? And do you think this is a sign of things to come or just a fluke?
on May 16th, 2006 at 1:18 pm
how about a PRIZZLAR????
on June 15th, 2006 at 4:31 pm
[…] Here’s some interesting news considering the recent buzz surrounding the Polargrizz discovery. It seems that scientists may have mimicked evolution by breeding 2 species of butterflies to create a butterfly that almost exactly matches a 3rd butterfly species found in the wild. Heliconius cydno, has yellow bands across its forewings. (upper left of photo) Heliconius melpomene, has wings with bright red bands. (upper right of photo) Heliconius heurippa, has BOTH yellow and red bands. This caused biologists to theorize that it may be a hybrid of the two other species. (center of photo) […]
on June 19th, 2006 at 11:29 am
good
on December 31st, 2006 at 12:37 pm
I agree with Polargrizz ,it should be named from the hunter itself. Congratulations again John.
on January 12th, 2007 at 1:33 am
Congratulations again, meant to say Jim,sorry for the typo, and I still say it should be named from the hunter it’s self. take care and good luck in all your future hunts.