Why Are These Bears Losing Their Fur?
The Leipzig Zoo in Germany is facing a very bizarre problem - Their female bears, Dolores and Lolita are losing all their fur and nobody knows why it is happening.
The two bears that are native to South America, normally have fluffy dark brown hair, which grows even thicker, during the winter months, but instead these two have been left with just tufts of hair all over their body.
While the condition is not life threatening, the poor bears are developing nasty rashes and inflammation on their skin due to the lack of fur. The zoo officials have no idea what to do and are appealing to animal experts all over the world, for help.
The only bright side is, that the Zoo is attracting a lot more visitors, all flocking to see this unusual phenomenon.
Also known as Andean Bear, the Spectacled Bear is one of the smaller species of the animals, that are native to South America. They get their name from the distinctive lighter coloring around their eyes which often resemble 'spectacles'. The primarily vegetarian animals are pretty docile, attacking only if they perceive a threat to their young ones. They are very proficient climbers and are often found nestling on trees in the Andes Mountains .
sources:telegraph.co.uk,bbcnew.co.uk, latimesblog.com
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Poor bear that is sorta odd
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weird i wonder whats wrong?
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PPPPPPPPPOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRR BEAR I GO EGANST GLOBLE WARMING
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That is so discusting duds?
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dermatisis, exema, mites, stress, or poison put into water
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That's really weird. I feel bad for them.
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i dont care how it looks i love animals so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
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this really sad not fair to bears thier gonna be cold durin da winter
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patty person your awsome!
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Poor bears. I hope they don't get cold.
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poor bears i wish i could help them
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I love animals!
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poor bears i feel so bad
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Awwwwww. Poor bear! None soft and furless!
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uh oh!!! i hope that this doesn't get worse! EEK! EEK! EEK!
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AWWWWWWWWWW i feel sooo bad for her!
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that iz soo friz man! like TOTTALLY dude!
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oh nooo! no no no no NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!
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I feel so bad for the bears :-( I wish somebody could know what is wrong. maybe their fur will come back before Winter... :[ :[ :[
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awwwwwwww i feel bad for the bear
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! YOU ARE SCAING ME!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
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I feel so bad for the bears :-( I wish somebody knew what was wrong with them. I hope their fur comes back before Winter... :[ :[ :[
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THAT REALLY STINKS IT LOOKS DEAD LOL.....
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Dude thats sooo messed ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
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this was cool to see the bald bears
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awwwe poor bear it looks like a rinkly old person i feel bad for it :(
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Who could make this happen?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? I am mad now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And beat that madness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Oh!Poor
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Man!
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that was really weird and sad.
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awesome
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Nice to know this news. This is a comment from Her Majesty Queen Elisibeth.
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so yea and i was like oh no u didnt so then i got the brush and swooped a big guy in his tedy and u know what i mean. Its right below u, u know so dont give me that face popm pomp
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who ever got this current event than dont bother to take i areldy got this currnet event so yea buzz off people and i fell bad for the bears too
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Ya, this is a really weird thing to have happened, I hope it is resolved shortly.
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THOS POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR BEEEEEEEARRRRRRRRRRRS
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This site has alot of cool info on the hairless bears
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awesome! I used this for my current events at school.
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that's weird how can that happen?! write back and give me an answer!
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yuck! they look nasty without any fur- yuck again!!!!!!!!!! my teacher love this
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i have current events at sundown just like yogo cool ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I feel very bad for the bears I do hope they get better
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SOOO! SAAAD!
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poor bears. I feel so sorry. :(
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that bear is ugly
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thats sad
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that is so sad but they sure r ugly i would be scared if they were near me
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Awww. So sad.... I wish they still had hair. Well.... I just saw a tick get smashed.... eww! I almost threw up but i gagged
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and the time is.... 9:16p.m. Tuesday night
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I feel so bad for those bears. They look so creepy!
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wow! some ugly bears but it is sad
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I will never eat bear again.
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awwwwww so ahhhhhhhhh cuddly aw poor poor poor bears wwho would do that 2 them who ever did this will have carma real badly and i will laugh no bear desurves this they should be ashamed of them selfs i am so MAD!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhh awwwww the r probablly laughing bout this
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awww i feel soooo bad 4 them pooooorrrrrrrr bears how ashemed they should they should b of them selfs thts worse than animal abuse these ppl have no lifes
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awwwwwwwww those poor bears loosing their furr i feel so sad
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fun
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not how rude of ppl
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I think bears look so bad with no fur, maybe penguins will look better I supppose.
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how dare
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i feel soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad
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POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LITTLE BEAR
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POOOOOORRRR BEAR ,I FEEL SORRY FOR HER
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I DON'T NO WHAT TO WRITE?8)
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tHATS SO SAD!!!!:( I hope they find out why. then they can find a cure.Give them some blankets. help them stay warm.:):)
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That is nasty!
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OMG this bears are freaking me out!!!! hey justin bierber<3 poor poorr bearssss.... they eat werid!
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i need to find out what happened! these poor bearsss!!!! <3 AWW
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MY HUSBAND is working on the case!
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that is sad
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sad
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that is disgusto
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oh my

