Still Waters Posted September 14, 2020 #1 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Spirit bears are white-coated black bears that inherit their pale fur from a rare recessive gene. Known as moksgm’ol, meaning “white bear”, spirit bears are sacred to the Indigenous people who live in the Great Bear Rainforest, a 6.4m-hectare swath of land in central and northern British Columbia. Despite growing public interest in the bruins, scientific understanding of them is still nascent. But a recent collaborative study by the Kitasoo/Xai’xais and Gitga’at First Nations and academic researchers has revealed that the white bear is rarer and more vulnerable than previously thought. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/14/canada-indigenous-people-protect-spirit-bears 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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