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Genetic manipulation
Theory 1: The Polar Bears were genetically manipulated to survive in the tropical temperature of the Island
Evidence:
- Polar bears could not survive the temperatures on the island unless they were somehow modified, otherwise they overheat at 50 degrees Fahrenheit [1]
- The Blast Door reads: STATED GOAL, REPATRIATION ACCELERATED DE-TERRITORIALIZATION OF URSUS MARITIMUS THROUGH GENE THERAPY AND EXTREME CLIMATE CHANGE. This may mean that the polar bears were being changed physically so that they could live in the warm climate of the island, which ties the bears into the larger picture of the DHARMA Initiative.
- In "A Tale of Two Cities" Sawyer, Kate, and Karl are caged in what are likely bear enclosures. Tom, the other, refers to the amount of time it took "the bears" to receive food in the form of a fish biscuit from what Sawyer refers to as "the gizmo."
- The Valenzetti Equation was supposed to predict the end of mankind. One of the factors it considered was the effect of climate change on life, which could, at least in theory, cause the end of mankind. The DHARMA Initiative seeks to alter the Valenzetti Equation by changing one of its factors. If the DHARMA Initiative can enable life (in this case, polar bears, who normally overheat and die in temperatures above 50 degrees F., since they do not shed their coat in the summer) to adapt to warmer climates than it is used to, that means they (DHARMA) have possibly altered one of the variables in the equation, thereby fulfilling one of the goals of the DHARMA Initiative. The bear research could then be used to enable humans to adapt to similar changes.
- The blast door map has "Polar bear testing facility" written on it. Suggesting that DHARMA was testing polar bears and they subsequently escaped to roam the Island.
Counter-evidence:
- Actually reading that blast door text it looks to me not like they were trying to make polar bears survive extreme climates, but it was the extreme climate (as well as gene therapy) that was used to modify the bears. The goal of this would be that the polar bears would behave less aggressive and territorial.
- Counter-theory: In the Sri Lanka Video, Mittelwerk stated the DHARMA Initiative failed, and the factors had not been changed.
- What Dharma Initiative wanted was to change one of Valenzetti Equation's factors. Maybe these factors on the island differ, so what they were studying was actually the island itself.
Polar Bears and the Frozen Donkey Wheel
- The polar bears are there only to move The Frozen Donkey Wheel. They trained them on the smaller island to solve complicated puzzles, so it is feasible that they could train them to push the wheel as well.
Ben said that whoever moves the island can never come back, so the polar bears are there so that no one has to be banished if the island moves. When organic matter moves the wheel it gets transported to Tunisia, where both Ben and a dharma polar bear were moved.
- This is the most viable justification for the polar bears. They are also able to withstand the cold temperatures and are strong enough to move the wheel.
- This would propose that the Island has been moved multiple times with Ben at the helm. "Whoever moves the Island is not allowed to come back" seems to reference a person.
