>>4909523
>OP is paleoschizo
Unlikely. You have no idea who anyone in this thread is. You’ve accused me of being OP, paleoschizo and a janny none of which are correct. Not everyone who thinks you’re a retard is one of your online nemeses
>>4909533
>being bigger isn't an advantage, in fact it's a disadvantage (Gould on sexual selection and handicap)
This has already been mentioned
>it proves his fitness to other bears both male and female. Even though it costs him to prove his fitness (handicap principle)
So has this. You bring nothing new to this discussion that’s relevant
>>4909529
>>4909531
>>4909532
>>4909533
None of these are relevant, also:
>this would indicate that bears should become less dimorphic in size as we move south
This is incorrect in the case of brown bears. Sexual dimorphism is not so much related to climate as it is the availability of abundant marine-based protein like salmon. Male Alaskan peninsula brown bears are on average 1.7 times the size of females, whereas in northern Canada male barren ground grizzlies are on average only 1.2 times the size of females
>this is easy to test and in fact has already been tested
(lol)
>finally we have Bergmann's Rule and Dolo's Law as it pertains to animals living in the arctic
Your suggestion that they’re bigger in the Arctic and everybody else is too uneducated to know about it is also incorrect in the case of brown bears. The barren ground grizzly bears which live at the highest latitudes are the smallest of all the North American brown bears, being about the same size on average as a lion or tiger and around half the size of the Kodiak bears or Alaskan peninsula brown bears who live further south. Bergmann’s rule is something anyone who’s ever watched pop sci videos on youtube would know about, stop acting like it’s some insider information you have
>but all of this is way above /an/'s ability to digest at a 3rd grade reading level and an (at best) 8th grade bio level
That didn’t age well

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