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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.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1225042/Bald-bears-baffle-vets-mystery-condition-German-zoo.html#ixzz0VynL1XMQ
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Full Version: Who's Taken My Fur Coat?
Wow, it's amazing how the fur makes them look all cuddly and how when they lose it, they look kind of, well, skeevy. 
That is NOT a bear. It's a Chupacabra.
QUOTE (area man @ Nov 5 2009, 08:42 AM) 
That is NOT a bear. It's a Chupacabra.
I see the resemblance!
QUOTE (area man @ Nov 5 2009, 08:42 AM)
That is NOT a bear. It's a Chupacabra.
That's what I was thinking, something out of a Stephen King novel turned movie. (the book is always better)
Put that picture on the evolution vs. creation thread. We look more related to bears without their fur.
QUOTE (Wonder @ Nov 5 2009, 01:34 PM)
Put that picture on the evolution vs. creation thread. We look more related to bears without their fur.
or my kids have posted what I look like before coffee!!!
QUOTE (Wonder @ Nov 5 2009, 01:34 PM)
Put that picture on the evolution vs. creation thread. We look more related to bears without their fur.
that's why I say...moisturize, moisturize, moisturize!
QUOTE (solitary @ Nov 5 2009, 12:13 PM)
That's what I was thinking, something out of a Stephen King novel turned movie. (the book is always better)
Ever see The Stand ? Now that's one hokey movie, but it is a great book. The movie needs to be re-made.
QUOTE (Wonder @ Nov 5 2009, 11:34 AM)
Put that picture on the evolution vs. creation thread. We look more related to bears without their fur.
I hope I never look like that!
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