A zoo in China received criticism for allegedly dressing a human as a Malayan sun bear after a video of it standing on its hind legs went viral.
“Some people think I stand like a human, and it seems that you don’t understand me that much,” Hangzhou Zoo wrote on its social media account on Sunday. Speaking from the perspective of the bear, Angela, the post continued, “Previously, some tourists thought that I was too tiny to be a bear.
I have to emphasize again: I am a Malayan sun bear! Not a black bear! Not a dog! A sun bear!”It is not unusual for Malayan sun bears to stand on their hind legs as the height allows them to reach higher ground and better observe their surroundings.
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