The Cellar - Nov 8, 2009: Bald bears

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Undertoad

11-07-2009 04:27 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 04:29 PM

oh, that's really disturbing!

ZenGum

11-07-2009 04:44 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 05:03 PM

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So much for these guys.

Undertoad

11-07-2009 05:10 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 05:16 PM

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

WillieO

11-07-2009 05:28 PM

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

zippyt

11-07-2009 05:36 PM

Thats Night mare inducing !!!!!

Cloud

11-07-2009 05:37 PM

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

Nirvana

11-07-2009 05:40 PM

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no one likes a big bush

George W or the other one? :eyebrow:

ZenGum

11-07-2009 06:42 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 07:04 PM

It's a kangaliopottamus

lumberjim

11-07-2009 08:09 PM

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

lumberjim

11-07-2009 08:10 PM

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

Clodfobble

11-07-2009 08:37 PM

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

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