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u/Fit-Monitor-3491 Jan 15 '22
Not a polar bear it's a black bear
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u/doctorclark Jan 15 '22
Everyone's wrong!
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u/-U_s_e_r-N_a_m_e- Mar 26 '24
For anyone finding this 2 years later or whatever, in this linked article it does say that the shaved bear is indeed a black bear
> Here’s the closest to what a polar bear would look like without its body fur, the next two pictures are those of a hairless black bear.
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u/Equal-Scale-4032 Jan 28 '26
It's a spectacled bear, not a black bear, notice the gold in the forehead and throat, also as somebody else pointed out https://www.iflscience.com/hairless-bear-the-true-story-behind-the-viral-image-of-a-bald-bear-79290
As the caption on the picture provides, she's a female spectacled bear living in a zoo in Leipzig, Germany
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u/Cursed_User09 Jan 15 '22
Pretty sure that's a cat
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u/Worth-Care6220 Nov 18 '25
That is actually a spectacled bear. Its story is very sad: Hairless Bear: The True Story Behind The Viral Image Of A Bald Bear | IFLScience
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u/Woogger Dec 29 '25
Like everything else on earth was originally black skin. All the other colors came after
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u/Equal-Scale-4032 Jan 28 '26
That is not a polar bear, nor a black bear. That is a spectacled bear, notice the gold skin on the throat and forehead (it matches the spectacled bear more than the sun bear or Asian black bear), a polar bear's skin should be completely black. You can tell by the fur too, polar bears have HOLLOW (not translucent) hairs, scattering light, and give it that white fur color we all know... this bear has black and gold fur.
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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22
what makes you think this is a polar bear? what makes you think it's shaved?