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Aren't polar bears supposed to be white?

 
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 10:50 pm    Post subject: Aren't polar bears supposed to be white? Reply with quote

I found this picture on Newsday.com today:



"Pelusa, a 14-year-old female polar bear, at Mendoza's Zoo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, turned violet after veterinarians administered a drug to treat a skin infection. Veterinarians said she should turn to her normal color -- white -- within a month."

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 11:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

that was definitly done in photoshop : )
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 11:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've heard of feeling blue, but that's taking it a bit far.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 11:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Actually, it's entirely believable that the polar bear turned violet. Most people don't realize that their fur isn't white - it's clear. The fur is these little tubes, and they allow color to come through. There have been cases of algae getting inside their fur, and turning them green. No harm to the critter, but it's green. Obviously, this drug they administered turned the bear's skin violet.

Now, how's that for proving that I know too damned much useless trivia? Laughing

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 12:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shocked Funky! Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 12:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hikaru wrote:
I've heard of feeling blue, but that's taking it a bit far.


Should we ask the DJ on KWKAT to play "Love is Blue"?

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 1:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Didn't Eiffel 65 make a number called "Blue"?
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 10:50 am    Post subject: Blue Reply with quote

Ive spotted that bear a couple times in print, one was definitely Fortean Times, I think the other was News of the World or similar..

Wow, being a colorful character certainly gets your name spread round Cool

It claimed the result was due to the bear being injected with some compound for some infection. I know there is a couple dyes that are toxic, and are also used for microscope slide staining, so theres a possibility of it being true Cool

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 12:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

:rainbowafro: pimp-tastic!
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 10:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I do believe that typ of posts constitutes as spam...


Please cary on! Twisted Evil

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