Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig youpokedthebear.com. NS
Answer
youpokedthebear.com. 5 NS ns2.youpokedthebear.com.
youpokedthebear.com. 5 NS ns1.youpokedthebear.com.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
ns1.youpokedthebear.com. 5 A 62.210.75.198
ns2.youpokedthebear.com. 5 A 212.83.153.54
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0