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Green polar bears in Nagoya

September 8th, 2008 by James

Weirdness in Nagoya:

Three normally white polar bears at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in central Japan changed their color in July after swimming in a pond with an overgrowth of algae.

[via FG]



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Comment by Colin
2008-09-08 09:23:51

You can’t really clean that, can you?
Well, you can’t clean it on POLAR BEARS is what i mean.

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Comment by sillygolem
2008-09-08 10:08:43

This bear supports the green movement, hoping that climate change will be halted before his brethren lose their icy homes to global warming. :)

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Comment by Xylo
2008-09-08 11:31:54

The same thing happened in Singapore a few years back, and before that in San Diego.
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/02/25/singapore.green.bears.ap/

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Comment by dave alex
2008-09-08 12:11:04

you can clean that with clorine :D

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Comment by Takeshi
2008-09-08 14:10:33

lol? its look like a spray or somethink

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