Our bears are actual, a Chinese zoo says, denying they’re ‘humans in disguise’

By Associated Press: A zoo in jap China is denying strategies a few of its bears may be folks in costumes after images of the animals standing like people circulated on-line.

The solar bears from Malaysia are smaller than different bears and look totally different however are the true factor, the Hangzhou Zoo stated Monday on its social media account.

“Some people think I stand like a person,” stated the posting, written from the bear’s viewpoint. “It seems you don’t understand me very well.”

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An worker who answered the telephone on the zoo declined to speak concerning the bears however stated visits had been being organized for reporters Monday to see them.

Internet customers questioned whether or not the zoo’s bears had been actual after images circulated displaying one standing upright on slender hind legs.

“Because of the way they stand, some people online question whether they are ‘humans in disguise,’” the newspaper Hangzhou Daily stated.

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Sun bears are the dimensions of huge canines, standing at most 1.3 meters (50 inches) tall on their hind legs, in contrast with as much as 2.8 meters (9 toes) for grizzlies and different species, in keeping with the zoo.

Other Chinese zoos have been accused of attempting to cross off canines dyed to appear to be wolves or African cats, and donkeys painted to appear to be zebras.