Polar Bear Triplets Are A Thing Of The Past

2007 : Dr Stirling says that the phenomenon of a female giving birth to triplets is now part of history with usually only single cubs recorded. Soon, he says, the species may be extinct.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

2010 : sightings from guides this summer included surprisingly “frequent sightings of polar bear mothers with triplets,” “In a recent blog post, Selden predicts “prodigious numbers of bears” this year based on unusually high summer sightings.”

http://eon.businesswire.com/

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9 Responses to Polar Bear Triplets Are A Thing Of The Past

  1. OT, but congrats on the link from Forbes.

  2. Marian says:

    Is that James ‘Homer’ Hansen on the ice.?

    Those bears are ready for their Homer snack. 😉

  3. Bill Pounder says:

    A “deeply regretful” Prof. Tim Flannery reminds Australians that we cannot control nature:
    “At the time of the first two coronial inquests I was a doctoral student in the biology department of a major Australian university, and my biases were such that I accepted Lindy Chamberlain’s guilt uncritically. Her religion was one factor…inferences of child sacrifice that did not strike me as beyond belief. At the time I was one of many Australian scientists fighting to keep creationism out of the classroom, and fundamentalist beliefs were seen as the enemy.”
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/13/dingoes-azaria-chamberlain-autstralia-judgment

  4. Brian says:

    All I can muster is a laugh.

  5. Rosco says:

    Stopping indiscriminate shooting of wildlife can cause population increases.

  6. Jimbo says:

    Is that soot in the ice I see?

  7. Jan v J says:

    O/T
    @Bill Pounder
    But Tim Flannery *always* makes decisions according to his biases at the time.
    And I guess the A$180,000 p.a. for 3 days a week helps.

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