thedailywhat: Sad, Hairless Bear Is Sad of the Day: Leipzig Zoo vets have been unable to determine what caused Dolores (above) and all other female Spectacled Bears in captivity to suddenly go bald. From the Daily Mail: 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.

thedailywhat:

Sad, Hairless Bear Is Sad of the Day: Leipzig Zoo vets have been unable to determine what caused Dolores (above) and all other female Spectacled Bears in captivity to suddenly go bald.

From the Daily Mail:

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.

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  1. pootitootsrootskaulootz reblogged this from thedailywhat
  2. sendchocolate reblogged this from pie0 and added:
    This looks like one of those things from the movie Underworld… those werewolf things.
  3. blitherypoop reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    (thedailywhat) …like something out...a low-budget ’60s horror movie.
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  7. tumblrone reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    are going bald? This can’t be good… I’m pretty sure humans are responsible...some way for...
  8. xiuzhu reblogged this from thedailywhat
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  10. phoenixcantfly reblogged this from sawcebox and added:
    Omg.. this is sew sad. I never knew bears had such saddening eyes. Picture this with the Bear from the Big Blue House :(
  11. bee204existant reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    awe juss adorable :P thedailywhat:
  12. menwithven reblogged this from thedailywhat
  13. husaria reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Y_Y omg shes so ugly..
  14. thelatestbuzz reblogged this from pie0
  15. caitlinj reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Why are bears sooooo creepy with no hair??
  16. allision reblogged this from thedailywhat
  17. make-shop-live reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    I think I should add this...my crusades… we need...help...
  18. dementedbanana reblogged this from maggiehatesyou and added:
    D: That makes me want to cry and knit the poor thing a sweater.
  19. aureacherub reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    wow. hairless bears are creepy as fuck.
  20. ashleebeezy reblogged this from seachelle and added:
    Omg, the poor thing. He’s probably so cold!
  21. ripenessisall reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    BEARS NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
  22. minhagalera reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Oh no, poor bears!!!
  23. sugarcooks reblogged this from ariannatastic and added:
    oh my goodness this makes me so sad!! Why did they lose their furs??
  24. cestunbeaujour reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    look much better with fur
  25. cococarinamo reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    IT’S LIKE A FUCKING HUGE RAT.
  26. lumber reblogged this from mama-bear
  27. mama-bear reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    This breaks my heart!
  28. zaiga reblogged this from thedailywhat
  29. lesamantssauvages reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    OH GOD WHAT THE HECK, GET IT A WIG!
  30. purplesquirrels reblogged this from kellencorkill and added:
    fuzzy wuzzy was a bear fuzzy wuzzy had no hair fuzzy wuzzy wasn’t a bear was he?
  31. cathandy reblogged this from thedailywhat
  32. gemasstampofapproval reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    That’s a fucking bald bear!!!!!!
  33. prekprek reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    it’s global warming i tell you!! EVOLUTION!!!
  34. andtheboat reblogged this from thedailywhat
  35. bliu reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    OMG, naked bears look sad.
  36. stereospeaker reblogged this from studentloansforbeermoney
  37. heybooboo987 reblogged this from kellencorkill and added:
    just a little thing called global warming….perhaps?
  38. serraturaromanticismo reblogged this from thedailywhat
  39. stsaranchin reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Лысый медведь.
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  42. silkpanties reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    hahahaha I’m so torn over whether I find this bear scary or cute… I’m leaning more towards cute for some reason. :’D...
  43. saltwatersound reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT.
  44. kindafunnystory reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Bears have become less scary.
  45. portraitofamind reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    this makes me sad.
  46. sawcebox reblogged this from thedailywhat
  47. rabes reblogged this from dogearthispage
  48. worldofbarbee reblogged this from thedailywhat
  49. brazilianandthefullbush reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    THAT’s what they look like undearneath?
  50. takeeverything reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    this is like a giant peruvian dog
  51. tristanjao reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    This only makes me want...mammals hairless.
  52. k80kat reblogged this from thedailywhat
  53. itscontagious reblogged this from soy
  54. jarlangohard reblogged this from thedailywhat
  55. michellemblass reblogged this from chantellepaige and added:
    Leipzig is in Germany if you dunno(: Anyway, this is so sad. Poor bears ):
  56. copypasterepeat reblogged this from thedailywhat
  57. maggiehatesyou reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    That’s either the scariest or saddest thing I’ve ever seen.
  58. senna reblogged this from thedailywhat
  59. somebodysaycheeba reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    saddest things I
  60. kulap reblogged this from daisyrosario and added:
    Poor thing! Somebody make him a sweater or those pjs with the butt flap!! STAT!!!
  61. breeawnuhh reblogged this from likewtffff and added:
    I awe’d at this. :(
  62. ardyiey reblogged this from thedailywhat
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  65. arachnophobia reblogged this from annacannabis and added:
    haha this is great
  66. cretin reblogged this from phatlip and added:
    So this is what your cute fluffy Teddy Bears look like underneathphatlip:
  67. annacannabis reblogged this from studentloansforbeermoney and added:
    it looks like a huge fucking rat
  68. albanydia reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Yes, that’s a bear. Poor Dolores… I hope they find what’s wrong with her...Bears are much...
  69. phatlip reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    WEIRD. Maybe it’s because… they’re in captivity.
  70. tangerinetrees reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    possibly.. zombie bears?!?!
  71. chantellepaige reblogged this from thedailywhat
  72. venividiveatchy reblogged this from kipin and added:
    MAYBE STOP PUTTING ANIMALS IN FUCKING CAPTIVITY.
  73. slippy reblogged this from imemilya and added:
    That bear has talons!
  74. sixbucks reblogged this from ghosthost and added:
    Well, at least they are in the best of all possible places to be a bare bear. I mean that they will, at least, have...
  75. neesyweesy reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Some experts believe it could be due to a genetic defect though the animals do not seem to be suffering from any other...
  76. joshtalo reblogged this from thedailywhat
  77. kellencorkill reblogged this from gelfling and added:
    oh hai, BAEREZ WIHT NOUOO HAREZ
  78. imemilya reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Ehhh. Gross. I mean, sorry. But yuck.
  79. kriziaflores reblogged this from thedailywhat
  80. chellolol reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    WTF! THAT’S WEIRD ;[
  81. lizzwestman reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    i want to knit her a coat.
  82. owlcrusher reblogged this from pie0 and added:
    EWWW this is the creepiest bear suit ever made!
  83. thesweetestnoise reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Oh no. How sad. I think I’d become a hermit if I ever lost my hair that way…
  84. jhockey reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    毛無し熊、マジかよ
  85. iloveyoursoul reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    OMG, that’s a naked bear.
  86. friedchickenandvocalharmonies reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    this is terrifying, and sad, but terrifying.
  87. melancolil reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    that’s so sad :( you can barely tell is a bear :’(
  88. iragray reblogged this from thedailywhat
  89. thebees-knees reblogged this from thedailywhat
  90. mrsdepp reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    I initally thought this was just a hairless dog . HAHA.
  91. jenniferjoy678 reblogged this from sevennation
  92. onelanebridget reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Seeing this bear without it’s fur is like seeing Dolly Parton without...make-up. It’s sad...
  93. littlechins reblogged this from soy
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  95. giudit reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    sono disperata!!!! fate qualcosa!!!!! :(
  96. mrsemilla reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Ve calentamiento global !!!!!
  97. alleysun reblogged this from soy and added:
    Bears have feelings too Sam! This is really sad because now they aren’t cute :(
  98. kissingstars reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    This is so sad and quite gross.
  99. daisyrosario reblogged this from healywu and added:
    thedailywhat: OH MY GOSH! Bald...look like Elephants without trunks!!! Elephants are my...
  100. balletrobot reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    This made me sad. I’m sorry miss bear.
  101. withoutjazz reblogged this from thedailywhat
  102. laurenashleybishop reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    EVOLUTION YOU BASTARD! dammit! GET HIM PETA!
  103. quixotekid reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Bear?!? I think not! I know a Chupacabra when I see one!
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  107. omegawm reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Yes it looks sad but it’s quite interesting - suddenly I can see just how much bear is similar to… many other four...
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  109. snapalicious reblogged this from baxterp2 and added:
    Montauk Monster…..SOLVED.
  110. evilnebula reblogged this from thedailywhat
  111. baxterp2 reblogged this from mikehudack and added:
    Who is going to care for this bare bear?
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  114. formillionsofyears reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    a problem with zoo’s as long as they are humane, but obviously, if “all the...bald, they...
  115. feliciaaaaaaa reblogged this from soy and added:
    LOLOLOLOLOL. /laughing at Sam’s insensitivity
  116. niftynonsense reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    saddest creature I
  117. lifeiscalling reblogged this from studentloansforbeermoney
  118. martzart reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    This is just a guess but COULD IT POSSIBLY RESULT FROM BEING IN CAPTIVITY?????? :( poor bear.
  119. zygomaticus reblogged this from thedailywhat
  120. iamafanofleanne reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    This makes me uncomfortable and sad.
  121. anotheraveragejoe reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    It’s kinda like how captive Killer Whales’ dorsal fins are bent over.
  122. vanessasix reblogged this from thedailywhat
  123. ashleyyyyp reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    OMG HAIRLESS BEAR
  124. sevennation reblogged this from dontcookbilly and added:
    Maybe it’s because they’re in captivity. HHMMMMMMM.
  125. objectified reblogged this from thedailywhat
  126. studentloansforbeermoney reblogged this from dontcookbilly
  127. dontcookbilly reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    this. is. freaky.
  128. soy reblogged this from thedailywhat
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  131. linzo reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    HORROR thedailywhat:
  132. dogearthispage reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    i want to cry. i feel so bad for them.
  133. keepthechange reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    This is really sad, but, also, I feel like this when I forget my phone. So I totalllllly feel this bear’s pain.
  134. coreybrown reblogged this from healywu and added:
    Or because we would finally realize that they are Mystics from “The Dark Crystal”
  135. findthebadsmell reblogged this from thedailywhat
  136. gravyholocaust reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    El Chupacabra Disease, it’s spreading...species. Be Afraid.
  137. shelovesyounot reblogged this from panda-is-smitten and added:
    Aww, DEY IS UGLY MO FO’S WITHOUT HURR.
  138. revealmecanvas reblogged this from thedailywhat
  139. kipin reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    this is so terrifying. maybe they can get them some snuggies.
  140. ashleybrodeur reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    aww. bears are just as cute bald,...they are covered with fur.. she’s adorable.
  141. stoneandglass reblogged this from -staycold
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  145. zenparty reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    First thought: MONTAUK MONSTER.
  146. healywu reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Wow. No wonder bears...grow fur. THEY LOOK LIKE BITCHES WITH OUT IT. YEAH THAT’S RIGHT I...
  147. bringmethathorizon reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    well, that creeps me out.
  148. speciallyi reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Omg this is hella weird
  149. humdrumepoch reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Is this really a bear?
  150. ohsonixie reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    OMG BALD BEAR :(( Kawawa.
  151. lashlee reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Awful! So sad. Poor things!
  152. 5minutebreak reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    this thing is going to haunt my dreams.
  153. ajwl reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    fact that they’re being held against their will...a man-made home? And it’s finally...
  154. ariannatastic reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    I love hairless animals. I can’t wait to get AriannaCat (its hairless).
  155. pie0 reblogged this from thedailywhat
  156. seachelle reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Bears are pretty hideous naked
  157. randombabbleofaboy reblogged this from thedailywhat
  158. nosauce reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    It’s because these creatures are NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN CAPTIVITY!
  159. agossipofmermaids reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    will probably haunt me...rest of my life. It reminds me of that stupid “hybrid dog” that...
  160. penultimateclinch reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    this srsly depresses me. it just doesn’t seem right!
  161. naughtybookworm reblogged this from thedailywhat
  162. runbarbierun reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Awww. :( (so this is how bears actually look like!)
  163. inorbitalways reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    I wonder does she realise she’s walking around naked? Porn star bear…
  164. amilniazi reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Ungh. This BEAR has lost
  165. noodlesformorgan reblogged this from thedailywhat
  166. thechillipeppers reblogged this from thedailymika and added:
    it looks like what would happen if an armadillo and a fucking hyena got together
  167. coffeeandaknife reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    say this, but bears are freaky w/out fur!!!!
  168. thedailymika reblogged this from thedailywhat
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  170. panda-is-smitten reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Hairless bear :(
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