Pizzly? Grolar Bear?
A wild polar bear/grizzly hybrid was recently shot dead in the north by Jim Martell, Idahoan hunter. This is the first time such a hybrid has been found in the wild, although apparently zoo animals have sometimes interbred.
Ian Stirling
In other words, the mating between the polar bear and grizzly was more than a chance encounter. "That's what makes it quite interesting," he added.
This comes on the heels of Polar Bear being officially listed as endangered (but not by us or the US). The US Fish and Wildlife service has confirmed at least four polar bears have drowned trying to swim the increasingly large distances between ice and land due to global warming. These were found apparently trying to swim 260km.
Terry Root
"We are so strongly affecting [polar bears'] habitat, their way of life, that they are going to have to basically become very similar to raccoons [which rely heavily on humans for survival], in the sense they are not going to be able to feed the way they have fed before, on seals and off the ice."