Can You Figure Out What Animal This Is?

On June 5, 2015 by Tim Newman

Bald Bare Bears Germany 1

I couldn’t work out what it was initially, it’s kind of like a dog, but there’s something not very dog-like about it. I’ll tell you: it’s a naked bear. Weird, huh?

These pictures are from 2009 when a zoo in Leipzig, Germany had some problems with balding bespectacled bears (yes, bare bears). All of the zoo’s female bears had the same beef and they didn’t know what was going on.

So, have a look at these. But no laughing. OK:

Bald Bare Bears Germany 3b Bald Bare Bears Germany 3a Bald Bare Bears Germany 3

And for reference, here’s what a bespectacled bear should look like:

Bald Bare Bears Germany 4

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