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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (841)9/6/2011 12:50:21 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 85487
 
Yes, the bears may be adaptable. There are white "spirit bears" (so named by the indigenous natives) in the forests of British Columbia that may be remnants of adapted polar bears--though I don't know what scientists say about this (they look like ghost grizzlies)

Polar bears evolved from brown bears (grizzlies). Their genetics are very similar and Ursus maritimus broke off from Ursus arctos (brown bear) only about 150,000 years ago. Polar bears and brown bears can and do mate and produce fertile offspring.

I wonder if Al Gore knows the scientific name of the Polar Bear

Although most polar bears are born on land, they spend most of their time at sea. Their scientific name means " maritime bear", and derives from this fact. Polar bears can hunt their preferred food of seals from the edge of sea ice, often living off fat reserves when no sea ice is present.

en.wikipedia.org
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