Polar Bear Vs Grizzly Bear

helimachoptor

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8531647.stm
So with this encroachment onto Polar bear territory, who'd win in a fight?ink

Me I think it'd be the Polar bear!

That_Guy

The hunter always wins.

FunkZ

Women like stubble, so I'd say the grizzly gets more. He wins.

That_Guy

LazyFingers wrote: »

Women like stubble, so I'd say the grizzly gets more. He wins.

Borderline beastiality.

m@cc@

Same has been happening with the Grizzly and the Black Bear for years with both of their natural habitats being imposed on.

Mahatma coat

what are the stats on that one??

helimachoptor

From Wikipedia Polar bears seem to have on average a 100-200kg weight advantage, thats gotta count for something!

Mahatma coat

what is the correct term for a grizzly and Polar bear Hybrid????

That_Guy

Mahatma coat wrote: »

what are the stats on that one??

Our tale of the tape for this heavywight fight.......

I'd love some MMA with bears.

IvySlayer

Polar bear defintley. Unless it was Kodiak brown bears.

biko

They gonna get it on bear-style:
"As grizzly bears move into areas usually populated only by polar bears, hybrids between the two become more likely. "

m@cc@

Polar bears are bigger and heavier but that wouldn't be it. Grizzly has bigger claws and a stronger paw swipe, as well as a more tenacious temperament and stronger build. It's like comparing say Joe Calzaghe to some big fat 270 pound fella in a pub fight.

bonerm

Ask Harry Hill.

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Mahatma coat wrote: »

what is the correct term for a grizzly and Polar bear Hybrid????

? + ? = !

James.

Mahatma coat wrote: »

what is the correct term for a grizzly and Polar bear Hybrid????

from the bbc link above :
known as pizzly, prizzly or grolar bears

Wazdakka

Which would win??

The one with the gun..

bonerm

Callum Moldy Smorgasbord wrote: »

? + ? = !

Also known by its latin name "Ursus Illegitimus".

antodeco

James. wrote: »

from the bbc link above :
known as pizzly, prizzly or grolar bears

I like a bare growler

Dancor

Mahatma coat wrote: »

what is the correct term for a grizzly and Polar bear Hybrid????

Gri-Polar

WindSock

The Pole would. By taking Grizzly's job.

billymitchell

I prefer Polar bears music, much more melodic. But saying that Grizzly bear have a few good tunes as well!!

stovelid

A proposed showdown between inter-ursine species don't offer a sufficiently staisfying scenario for me to ponder at work here.

Not like, say, an environment-neutral face-off between a tiger and polar bear where both were female and had been slyly led to believe that the other contestant was intending to munch on their babies.

IvySlayer

stovelid wrote: »

A proposed showdown between inter-ursine species don't offer a sufficiently staisfying scenario for me to ponder at work here.

Not like, say, an environment-neutral face-off between a tiger and polar bear where both were female and had been slyly led to believe that the other contestant was intending to munch on their babies.

A Siberian Tiger? Love tigers, may be biased here, but if it can be agile enough, it'll win. Brown bears and Siberian Tigers do exist in each others habitat in Siberia.

stovelid

IvySlayer wrote: »

A Siberian Tiger? Love tigers, may be biased here, but if it can be agile enough, it'll win. Brown bears and Siberian Tigers do exist in each others habitat in Siberia.

The bear would have more power; the tiger agility.

The bear would be better face-on, whereas the tiger would suffer for losing the element of surprise.

I also think the bear's paws are a bonus, being a better weapon than those of the tiger who would have to rely on bite alone.

IvySlayer

stovelid wrote: »

The bear would have more power; the tiger agility.

The bear would be better face-on, whereas the tiger would suffer for losing the element of surprise.

I also think the bear's paws are a bonus, being a better weapon than those of the tiger who would have to rely on bite alone.

A tiger has retractable claws, bears non and blunt. Advantage tiger. However bears have thick skin/fur so damage would be reduced.

If the tiger jumped on its back, the bear is ****ed. One swift bite. Tigers tend to use their weight by throwing it around, even on prey that's bigger that itself. The tiger won't fight it head on.

stovelid

IvySlayer wrote: »

A tiger has retractable claws, bears non and blunt. Advantage tiger.

Think about the power of a bears paws for swatting though, not just the claws.

I wish I was a roman citizen with a Colosseum season-ticket.

IvySlayer

stovelid wrote: »

Think about the power of a bears paws for swatting though, not just the claws.

I wish I was a roman citizen with a Colosseum season-ticket.

Tigers too agile to get swiped imo.

Did they even have bears in the Colosseum? :eek:

I know Russell Crowe stabbed a tiger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi7tN2rjQcc

Cat wins

3qsmavrod5twfe

Chuck Norris wins.

Everytime.

IvySlayer

Raul Vast Bassoon wrote: »

Chuck Norris wins.

Everytime.

Or Trent. He can kill a lion with his hands. Not an elephant though.

yimrsg

Loss of habitat for polar bears (artic) and increasing habitat (tundra) for grizzlies would suggest the grizzlies by numbers as the polar bear niche declines.

Though polar bears could have traits of brown bears to even the odds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear#Taxonomy_and_evolution

Bloody college making me remember stuff.

WindSock

stovelid wrote: »

tiger would suffer for losing the element of surprise.

Would it lose to the elephant of surprise though?


Bear can give bear hug to tiger and squish it.

SV

IvySlayer wrote: »

Or Trent. He can kill a lion with his hands. Not an elephant though.

yeah lets not be silly..but he can chop hard

MisterMonkey

IvySlayer wrote: »

A tiger has retractable claws, bears non and blunt. Advantage tiger. However bears have thick skin/fur so damage would be reduced.

If the tiger jumped on its back, the bear is ****ed. One swift bite. Tigers tend to use their weight by throwing it around, even on prey that's bigger that itself. The tiger won't fight it head on.

tiger jumps on bears back...bear lies down on back...end of tiger

WindSock

MisterMonkey wrote: »

tiger jumps on bears back...bear lies down on back...end of tiger

Bearback riding?

stovelid

WindSock wrote: »

Bearback riding?

Easy, tiger.

Or indeed, easy tiger when you think of it.

marko91

Whoever wins, we lose

del88

chuck Norris v anything ???
chuck norris would win.......against anything

I for one welcome our new Grizzly-Polar bear hybrid overlords.

del88

so do i .....

Fago!

Bear Grylls would kick both their asses...........

.....Then skin them, make a two story fort out of the carcasses, eat the rest, wash it down with his own pee and tell a story of "A guy he knew" who died by eating a bear.