Grolar Bear Hybrid! Megabear is Real!

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:33:23 -0500
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The Grolar Bear is a recent discovery of a Grizzly-Polar bear hybrid, for which confirmation of its natural occurrence was found in 2006 when a man shot and killed one while hunting.

Last year, another person shot one, bringing more attention to the natural hybrid mating of Polar bears and Brown bears (of which Grizzlies are considered to be a subspecies).

Here are the major links that discuss this:
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/aid/v4/n1/grolar-bear.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly%E2%80%93polar_bear_hybrid.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/bear-hybrid-photo.html.

If two animals can interbreed, wouldn't that indicate that they're the same kind of animal?

Is this an example of evolution or natural selection? Barring a distinction, is this the kind of evolution that can turn a fish into a mammal?

Is information gained or lost from the population by cross-breeding in this way?

Please consider these questions as you discuss and read the articles.