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Undertoad 11-07-2009 05:27 PM

Nov 8, 2009: Bald bears
 
http://cellar.org/2009/nakedbear0.jpg

At a zoo in Leipzig, all of the female bears have lost almost all their fur.

http://cellar.org/2009/nakedbear1.jpg

BBC:

Quote:

Zoo curator Gerd Noetzhold said he had discovered that zoos throughout Europe and further afield had encountered the same problem, but no-one knew why.

One expert suggested it could be caused by climate and the diet of the bears, whose native habitat is South America.

The bears come from the Andean mountains of Ecuador, Peru and northern Bolivia.

Cloud 11-07-2009 05:29 PM

oh, that's really disturbing!

ZenGum 11-07-2009 05:44 PM

Quote:

The bears come from the Andean mountains of Ecuador, Peru and northern Bolivia.
So, a South American bear got a Brazilian.

Elspode 11-07-2009 06:03 PM

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So much for these guys.

Undertoad 11-07-2009 06:10 PM

And there's no picture, but there's a video of a bald hedgehog here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...lk/8344733.stm

lumberjim 11-07-2009 06:16 PM

the lady bears are simply following the fashion trends...no one likes a big bush anymore.

WillieO 11-07-2009 06:28 PM

I think some Hollywood costume designer just found their next creature.

zippyt 11-07-2009 06:36 PM

Thats Night mare inducing !!!!!

Cloud 11-07-2009 06:37 PM

it seriously looks like a movie werewolf, doesn't it?

Nirvana 11-07-2009 06:40 PM

Quote:

no one likes a big bush
George W or the other one? :eyebrow:

ZenGum 11-07-2009 07:42 PM

Stick a long tail on that thing and it would look just like a giant rat. Seriously, go look again.

monster 11-07-2009 08:04 PM

It's a kangaliopottamus

lumberjim 11-07-2009 09:09 PM

I've always thought that bears were a cross between dogs and people. now i know i was right.

lumberjim 11-07-2009 09:10 PM

although,....there must be an elephant in the woodpile too.

Clodfobble 11-07-2009 09:37 PM

I showed Mr. Clod the picture without any captions... he guessed "a very sick lion, maybe?"


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