[Animal] Isn't it a polar bear, but a bear with white hair?

[Animal] Isn't it a polar bear, but a bear with white hair?

After posting about white lions and white tigers, I keep getting interested in white animals.

This time, we will look at white bears and Kermod bears.

In British Columbia, Canada, there are white bears that are not polar bears.

It's a guy named Kermod Bear. This is a species of American black bear, but an unusual white-haired bear.

Therefore, it is said that the bear is completely different from the polar bear.

Because of the white fur color, the name was also called'soul bear' or'ghost bear'.

Like the white lion or the white tiger, it was not white by Albino,

It is a bear in which homologous chromosomes express a white gene that is enthusiastic.

It is said to be the probability that about one out of every 10 American black bears will be born.

Since ancient times, Indian ravens from heaven made the present green earth,

Don't forget that there was an ice age when people were covered in snow and ice

It was believed that the hair color of the bear was white.

Currently, it is most prominent on Prince Royal Island and Gribel Island, west of British Columbia, Canada.

It is geographically isolated from the island, so it is isolated from other black bears

It is said that as the recessive genes continue to be passed down, there are many white objects.

It is said that the population is about 1,300.

Normally, white color is very unfavorable in the survival competition of animals.

Because the white color itself is a recessive gene, the probability of being born is very low, and if it is a predator, it is very noticeable.

This is because hunting is unsuccessful and, on the contrary, herbivores are less likely to survive because they are too prey to predators.

It is for this reason that white animals are rare, except for those in snowy areas.

However, in the case of the Kermod bear, it is said that the white hair color is advantageous in the survival competition.

Because stock salmon are less threatened with white than with black objects on the water

It is said that when a big black bear hunts, it does not run better than when a normal black bear goes hunting.

Meanwhile, the name Kermod comes from the name of Canadian scholar Francis Kermod, who studied the bear.

He is said to be so gentle that he will not attack a person if the little bear is in danger or if he is not hungry to die.