A no hair bear

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You’d have thought a fur coat would have been the ultimate bear necessity. But not for the unfortunate Dolores who has lost all her body hair and has just been left with a few tufts around her head. Vets have been left baffled by the condition of the bespectacled bear, who lives at a zoo in Leipzig. And Dolores isn’t the only one. The sudden hair loss has affected all female bears at the zoo. Some experts believe it could be due to a genetic defect though the animals do not seem to be suffering from any other affliction. The bears, which originate from South America, normally have fluffy dark brown fur and would now be growing a thicker fur coat to keep warm during the winter. But instead they have developed nasty rashes and inflammations on their skin. Unfortunately for the bears, their lack of hair has been pulling in the crowds who want to see want to see the wrinkly animals.

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  2. Here in Florida were having the same problem. I’ve seen naked bears in the woods when I go on photo shoots. The cause is mange which they’ve picked up from wild dogs.

  3. So THAT’s Fuzzy Wuzzy!

    For those who may be confused: Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, was he?

  10. Ah, I didn’t know why my posts weren’t posting. Sorry for so many, just thought it was GOLD. Obviously Mick Nash did too, but I beat him to it! Jonco, you could delete my later posts (as they are the same, or similar to my original post).

    That bear looks pathetic, but it would tear us to peices none-the-less….

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