- Thread Author
- #1
Fam. It’s beautiful!
Scientists in Canada have made a historic discovery: A polar bear named X33991 has been spotted giving birth to a second cub. She originally had just one cub, but now she suddenly has two cubs — both the same size. It’s driving researchers crazy.
Polar Bears International says they fitted her with a GPS collar and determined that she was the mother of one cub. But when they recently re-checked her, they found that she was carrying two cubs. This type of adoption is extremely rare — think about it: It’s only been seen 13 times out of 4,600 polar bears studied so far.
Why would a mother raise another cub? These polar bear mothers are truly mothers, and they have compassionate hearts, says Owen Richardson. When they hear a cub crying for its mother, they instinctively find a way to care for it and protect it. This is a true maternal instinct.
The two cubs are healthy, well-fed, and rely on their mother for protection. They stay with her for about a year and a half, learning arctic survival skills. But life is not easy for polar bears; half of the cubs never reach adulthood.
Although very few cubs have survived historically, experts say that adopting this polar bear gives the cub a better chance of survival. Still, it is an encouraging story that proves that polar bears do care for their own kind. In other words, nature has a sense of family and nurturing.
source: theguardian
Scientists in Canada have made a historic discovery: A polar bear named X33991 has been spotted giving birth to a second cub. She originally had just one cub, but now she suddenly has two cubs — both the same size. It’s driving researchers crazy.
Polar Bears International says they fitted her with a GPS collar and determined that she was the mother of one cub. But when they recently re-checked her, they found that she was carrying two cubs. This type of adoption is extremely rare — think about it: It’s only been seen 13 times out of 4,600 polar bears studied so far.
Why would a mother raise another cub? These polar bear mothers are truly mothers, and they have compassionate hearts, says Owen Richardson. When they hear a cub crying for its mother, they instinctively find a way to care for it and protect it. This is a true maternal instinct.
The two cubs are healthy, well-fed, and rely on their mother for protection. They stay with her for about a year and a half, learning arctic survival skills. But life is not easy for polar bears; half of the cubs never reach adulthood.
Although very few cubs have survived historically, experts say that adopting this polar bear gives the cub a better chance of survival. Still, it is an encouraging story that proves that polar bears do care for their own kind. In other words, nature has a sense of family and nurturing.
source: theguardian
