Climate change has forced polar bears and grizzly bears to mate and create large hybrids dubbed pizzly bears.
The first one of its kind was spotted in 2006 and at the time it was considered to be a rare occurrence. However, due to climate change, they're becoming a lot more common.?
Reported first by Thred, according to researchers, rising global temperatures has forced the two species to congregate together and this frequency has now risen considerably, resulting in more interbreeding.
The hybrids retain features from both the species -- pizzly¡¯s are short-furred bears that are more capable of dealing with warmer temperatures compared to a grizzly. Moreover, it¡¯s also more adept at foraging for food that involves a varied diet.?
Researchers hint this could be occurring since with the sea ice thinning, more polar bears are making their journey towards the south, looking for food, whereas with temperatures in the south rising, more grizzly bears are moving towards the north, looking for colder climates.?
This is causing them to spend more time together, only increasing their chances of interbreeding. What¡¯s more astonishing is that scientists don¡¯t really know if this is a good thing.?
Regardless of its pros and cons, the truth remains that the change in climate due to human intervention is affecting the lives of the flora and fauna in a paradigm-shifting way. The interbreeding is resulting in the birth of an entirely new species of bears, that could one day even replace polar or grizzly bears entirely.?
Pizzlies, at the end are a result of a massive climatic instability and this surely isn¡¯t the acceptable way to go ahead.
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