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Related: About this forumNew pictures show how brown bears turn white 'due to inbreeding' on remote island
https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/new-pictures-show-how-brown-bears-turn-white-due-to-inbreeding-on-remote-island/Professor emeritus Noriyuki Ohtaishi, of Hokkaido University in Japan, has also suggested that the change of colouring is likely the result of isolation and mutation. The colour range is wider - from almost black to silver as if the species cannot decide what is right for them. It tends to be the upper part of the bear body that turns while or silver, more than the lower parts.
Igor Bobyr, a state inspector at reserve, said researchers from mainland Russia have concluded the white bears are a lot less aggressive than other populations of the animals. The Kuril bears have a ready supply of salmon in island rivers and no predators apart from poachers. It is believed that the Japanese - who earlier controlled these islands - may have introduced brown bears to the Kurils. The popular is isolated from Russias other brown bear populations.
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New pictures show how brown bears turn white 'due to inbreeding' on remote island (Original Post)
Beringia
Nov 2019
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JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)1. K n R
Timewas
(2,195 posts)2. British Columbia
The Kermode bear (Ursus americanus kermodei), also known as the spirit bear (particularly in British Columbia), is a rare subspecies of the
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermode_bear
Called the "spirit Bear" Has been around and known for a long time, actually a movie out about them.
Beringia
(4,316 posts)3. I have heard about them
Just browsing their wiki page, I wonder why they haven't spread to Alaska, Katmai and such. They have an advantage in catching salmon.