Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Environment & Energy
Related: About this forumA Promiscuous Brown Bear May Be Castrated For Sleeping Around Too Much
http://www.businessinsider.com/brown-bear-faces-castration-for-limiting-genetic-diversity-2014-6Pyros (not pictured) needs no wingman.
While most brown bears quit the mating game at age 19, one 26-year-old male named Pyros is still going strong.
Scientists worry that Pyros' friskiness is threatening the survival of his colony by limiting genetic diversity. Environmental officials said the bear may need to be sterilized or removed from the wild to prevent further inbreeding.
Pyros is one of 30 brown bears in a colony that lives in the Pyrenees mountains on the border between Spain and France.
Pyros has fathered so many offspring that he "is the father, grandfather or great-grandfather of nearly all of the cubs born in the Pyrenees over the past two decades," Ashifa Kassam wrote in the Guardian.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/brown-bear-faces-castration-for-limiting-genetic-diversity-2014-6#ixzz34EYMRUbw
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
8 replies, 982 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (6)
ReplyReply to this post
8 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
A Promiscuous Brown Bear May Be Castrated For Sleeping Around Too Much (Original Post)
xchrom
Jun 2014
OP
shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. What will this do to traditional bear marriage?
liberal N proud
(60,351 posts)2. Sure - blame the male bear
It's never the females fault.
Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)3. #notallbears
valerief
(53,235 posts)4. Is this what Colbert fears? nt
Blue Owl
(50,547 posts)5. Joni Ernst and Sarah Palin finally have a useful task to do
n/t
eppur_se_muova
(36,317 posts)6. Article says sterilized, not castrated -- there is a difference.
NOTE: I *am* aware that reporters write articles, editors write headlines.
The2ndWheel
(7,947 posts)7. It's just sad
We seem to have to try and control everything. Let the bears do what the bears do. Not enough that we push them from habitats, now we're trying to make their genetic choices for them.
Nihil
(13,508 posts)8. If only they'd apply the same rules to humans.
Cue the indignant "But We're Special!" and "It's Their Right To Breed Like Yeast!" protesters in 3 .. 2 ..