Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Aug 2, 2023 17:04:27 GMT
I have been enjoying this story about the sun bear who some people have said is a human dressed up as a bear. Ilike the video where she appears to wave at the visitors.
“ A bear that went viral after visitors to a Chinese zoo claimed it looked like a “human in disguise” has been filmed appearing to wave.
Footage shows the bear, named Angela, standing on its hind legs and waving its right paw to people gathered around its enclosure.
Another bear, apparently startled by the attention, can be seen on the ground of the enclosure lifting its paw to imitate its companion.
Angela gained international attention after a visitor shared footage of her standing in a human-like manner. Wrinkly skin around her lower back gave some spectators the impression that it was in fact a human wearing a badly-fitting costume.
The claim was dismissed by the Hangzhou Zoo in eastern China, which said it would be impossible for a human to wear a thick bear suit in China’s sweltering summer heat.
Around 20,000 people are visiting the zoo every day - an increase of almost a third - since Angela went viral.
One visitor to the zoo said: “After we saw the video on the internet, we specially took the high-speed train from Suzhou to come over to see the bear. We travelled overnight last night to get here. The bears are so cute.”
Sun bears are the size of large dogs, standing at almost 1.3 metres tall on their hind legs, compared with up to 2.8 meters for grizzlies and other species, according to the zoo.
The animals’ skin is loose, meaning it sometimes forms wrinkles on their foreheads and folds in their lower back when they are standing.”
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/08/02/bear-zoo-china-human-disguise-waves-crowd/
