Well, I did always want to know what a bear's tail and butt look like without all the hair. The second photo answers this question quite well, and I thank you for that. Also, their claws look a whole lot scarier without all the padding around them.
November 13, 2009
Anonymous said...
Looks like someone already rubbed them bear.
November 13, 2009
Anonymous said...
The bear in that second picture looks like it has Isaac Asimov mutton-chops.
November 13, 2009
wobblerlorri said...
I swear, the first one looked like a Photoshopped image of a ferret head on an elephant... I did a double take!
Oh my, at least they are being taken care of. In the wild, they'd probably would have past on ..
November 19, 2009
Anonymous said...
Could the environmental change that these bears are experiencing in Europe be similar to the environmental change that caused early hominids in our ancestral line to shed their fur/hair for the final time?
If you're a bear, you get to hibernate. You do nothing for six months. I could deal with that.
Before you hibernate, you're supposed to eat until you can't eat any more. I could deal with that too.
If you're a bear, you birth your children (who are the size of walnuts) while you're sleeping and wake to partially grown, but cuddly cubs. I could definitely deal with that.
If you're a mama bear, everyone knows you mean business. You swat anyone who bothers your cubs. I could deal with that.
If you're a bear, your mate expects you to wake up growling. He expects that you will have hairy legs and excess body fat.
WO!!!!i was shocked! i thought it was a new species of wild animal, newly discovered..as i read tru,it is actually bald bear suffering from itchiness probably bkoz of climate change. well from my exp, i did have this same prob when i moved to a different town near the beach, i itched from my arms, belly, as well as below the waist..no ointments or any med can cured this problem..it took me 6 months for this itchiness to disapear on its own...
That resembles a condition that one of my cats had. It was treated with Advantage, a topical flea treatment - and the condition cleared up, and she had her fur back within about a month or so.
I think we've solved the whole Montauk monster debate, and similar such stories.
November 23, 2009
stephen begin said...
There's a similarly afflicted bear at the granby zoo near montreal. The keepers told me it was allergies, but they hadn't had any luck in controlling them. The poor guy was quite itchy too.
Holy crap, who knew that bald bears would look more terrifying that those with thick, healthy coats?
It reminds me of those creepy dog things from Willow...
December 01, 2009
Ever wonder what a bear looks like bald? Well, prepare to have your curiosity satisfied. The three female spectacled bears at the Leipzig Zoo are all in varying stages of baldness. No one's sure why these bears--which come from South America--and many other bears across Europe are losing their hair. They're also suffering from itchiness, so their keepers are rubbing them down with ointments to soothe their skin. How would you like that job? Rubbing down balding, cranky lady bears?
It's got to be something to do with climate or diet, and a task force of vets has been assembled to address the problem. I imagine the bear rubbers are looking forward to getting an answer and a solution sooner than later.
Thanks to Mary for the article, who got this submission past my rigorous screening process just like her little brothers, Joe and Luke. Additional thanks to Ida, Lee Ann, and Gail, all of whom sent in the same story. Great minds think alike.
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November 13, 2009
Well, I did always want to know what a bear's tail and butt look like without all the hair. The second photo answers this question quite well, and I thank you for that. Also, their claws look a whole lot scarier without all the padding around them.
November 13, 2009
Looks like someone already rubbed them bear.
November 13, 2009
The bear in that second picture looks like it has Isaac Asimov mutton-chops.
November 13, 2009
I swear, the first one looked like a Photoshopped image of a ferret head on an elephant... I did a double take!
November 14, 2009
looks like a rather bad case of mange. i hope they've tested the bears for it.
November 14, 2009
"Rubbed them bear." hahahahaha
Looks like the real chupacabra to me!
November 16, 2009
Awww, makes me want to knit them a sweater.
November 16, 2009
Fuzzy wuzzy WAS a bear
Fuzzy wuzzy had no hair
Fuzzy wuzzy wasn't fuzzy
Oh my gosh he wasn't, was he!!!
November 18, 2009
it looks like a werewolf.
- lynn
November 18, 2009
Very sad. But Fuzzy Wuzzy song seems eerily prophetic now.
November 19, 2009
they remind me of a character from the neverending story or something like that
November 19, 2009
eeek. scary!
November 19, 2009
Kind of as ugly as us humans with fur. A living gargoyle? That was my first thought. Cool find. Poor creatures.
November 19, 2009
Your blog is so original : )
Those poor bears (and the poor people who have to rub on the medicine ... it's like "Dirty Jobs" to the extreme)
November 19, 2009
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November 19, 2009
Poor bears :-( It does look like mange. Surely they have tested for such a common condition.
November 19, 2009
Oh my, at least they are being taken care of. In the wild, they'd probably would have past on ..
November 19, 2009
Could the environmental change that these bears are experiencing in Europe be similar to the environmental change that caused early hominids in our ancestral line to shed their fur/hair for the final time?
November 19, 2009
wow, that's just out of expectation.
cool pictures. what happen with that bear anyway?
November 19, 2009
I think I wanna be a bear...
If you're a bear, you get to hibernate. You do nothing for six months. I could deal with that.
Before you hibernate, you're supposed to eat until you can't eat any more. I could deal with that too.
If you're a bear, you birth your children (who are the size of walnuts) while you're sleeping and wake to partially grown, but cuddly cubs. I could definitely deal with that.
If you're a mama bear, everyone knows you mean business. You swat anyone who bothers your cubs. I could deal with that.
If you're a bear, your mate expects you to wake up growling. He expects that you will have hairy legs and excess body fat.
Yup, I wanna be a bear.
November 19, 2009
WO!!!!i was shocked! i thought it was a new species of wild animal, newly discovered..as i read tru,it is actually bald bear suffering from itchiness probably bkoz of climate change.
well from my exp, i did have this same prob when i moved to a different town near the beach, i itched from my arms, belly, as well as below the waist..no ointments or any med can cured this problem..it took me 6 months for this itchiness to disapear on its own...
November 19, 2009
Wow......
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November 19, 2009
naked bears= socially awkward
November 19, 2009
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November 19, 2009
Poor little things - they are gorgeous!
November 19, 2009
Awwwwww...poor bears!
November 19, 2009
Love love love this blog!
Congrats on Blog of Note :)
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November 20, 2009
Looks scary..
Like those chupacabra photos that recently got popular because of another weird-looking dead animal found.
November 20, 2009
disgusting
November 20, 2009
Ewww.. lol~ xDD
November 20, 2009
looks like alien to me.. poor bear
November 21, 2009
Wow! Now that is ugly.
I thought I was a looking at genetic engineering gone way wrong.
I feel bad for the little guys.
November 21, 2009
oh my god! that looks crazy! and kind of scary.. or maybe like a malformed chihuahua? ;)
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November 21, 2009
That resembles a condition that one of my cats had. It was treated with Advantage, a topical flea treatment - and the condition cleared up, and she had her fur back within about a month or so.
November 21, 2009
nice pictures......
November 22, 2009
Aww hope they get better soon.
November 22, 2009
that is so scary
November 23, 2009
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November 23, 2009
Oh great, ever since I got to England ...I've been dry and itchy,my hair has turned orange...
I say ...it's the water.
WTH should I do before I look like those poor bears?
November 23, 2009
I think we've solved the whole Montauk monster debate, and similar such stories.
November 23, 2009
There's a similarly afflicted bear at the granby zoo near montreal. The keepers told me it was allergies, but they hadn't had any luck in controlling them.
The poor guy was quite itchy too.
November 23, 2009
I don't think it is funny or cool. Those bears are really pooooooor! I am very sorry for them. Nothing to laugh at.
November 24, 2009
weird...
November 24, 2009
This is terribly sad, but I must admit my first thought was "it rubs the lotion on its body".
November 26, 2009
Holy crap, who knew that bald bears would look more terrifying that those with thick, healthy coats?
It reminds me of those creepy dog things from Willow...
December 01, 2009