A zoo in eastern China has denied claims that their sun bears on display are actually humans dressed in costume!
Last week videos from the zoo went viral after a bear stood up on its hind legs and started acting “uncannily human.” Viewers also made not of the unusual-looking rolls in the bear’s fur.
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Per CNN, in a statement written from the perspective of the bear, whose named “Angela, officials from Hangzhou zoo said people “didn’t understand” the species.
The statement read, “I’m Angela the sun bear – I got a call after work yesterday from the head of the zoo asking if I was being lazy and skipped work today and found a human to take my place.
“Let me reiterate again to everyone that I am a sun bear – not a black bear, not a dog – a sun bear!”
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