Man spots a strange animal in the polar region,later discovers the reason behind its unusual origin

Several Names

These hybrids go by different names like pizzly bears, grolar bears, or nanulak. And because this species is very rare, it’s almost impossible to see one in the wild. And this species was the first that was actually found and was later researched for other information. They can also have their own babies. But the question of why was grizzlies and polar bears were mating was something scientists wanted to know. And they found some really interesting answers.

Bear 10960

In 2017, a team of scientists found out that the origin of pizzly bears can be traced back to one female polar bear whose name was Bear 10960. After months of research, the team was able to dig out some lost information about the species. As it was thought that polar bears and grizzlies were mating more often, turns out that it wasn’t happening that frequently.

Mated Twice

The female polar bear mated with not one but with two individual grizzly bears. She gave birth to three litters, which are as small as the newborn cubs. Out of three two were twins. But the question that made the scientists scratch their head was why did she mate with the two grizzly bears?

The Preference

Maybe she mated with grizzly bears based on her choice or maybe there were no polar bears around when the mating period started for the bears. When a female polar bear is ready to mate, she would give off a strong scent from her feet which she leaves on the tracks for the males who in turn place their own paws on her footprints.

Three Times

And maybe because of the smelly tracks the grizzly bears might have followed her. But the strange part was she didn’t do it once but three times. According to scientists, Bear 10960 maybe had a preference for grizzly males. Later the scientists discovered more shocking information about the whole story and discovery.

Looks All Fiction

The story takes a little twist from here because scientists found out that all the hybrids belong to one family. the scientists also found out that the Bear 10960 passed her preference of mating with grizzly bears to her hybrid daughter. Because the daughter later mated with the same two male grizzly bears her mom mated with, in the past.