Videos of a Malayan sun bear standing on its hind legs – and looking uncannily human – went viral.
A zoo in eastern China has denied suggestions that some of its bears were people dressed in costume after videos of a Malayan sun bear standing on its hind legs – and looking uncannily human – went viral, fueling rumors and conspiracy theories on Chinese social media.
“Let me reiterate again to everyone that I am a sun bear – not a black bear, not a dog – a sun bear!” It might sound like an implausible gambit. But zoos in China have courted public ridicule in the past for trying to pass off pets like dogs as wild animals.
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