Video from Chinese zoo fuels speculations over 'man dressed in bear costume', authorities insist they're real
India TV NewsIn an unusual development, a video has gone viral on social media showing a sun bear in a Chinese Zoo standing up on its hind legs, resembling a human standing in a human costume. We Malayan bears are petite, the smallest bear in the world," said the Hangzhou zoo, from the perspective of Angela, a Malaysian sun bear. The videos triggered online speculations after people noticed the slender legs and folds of fur in the body that made the animal seem like it was a human in disguise of a bear costume. The animal in the video is "definitely real", says Dr Ashleigh Marshall, an expert from Chester Zoo, adding that the folds help protect the bears from predators, as it allows the bear to turn around in their skin and fight back if they are attacked by a large animal.
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