The sun bears from Malaysia are smaller than other bears and look different but are the real thing, the Hangzhou Zoo said Monday on its social media account.
Todayonline.com shared a viral video of a black sun bear at the Hangzhou Zoo in China's Zhejiang province– A zoo in eastern China is denying suggestions some of its bears might be people in costumes after photos of the animals standing like humans and a viral video circulated online.
An employee who answered the phone at the zoo declined to talk about the bears but said visits were being arranged for reporters Monday to see them. “Because of the way they stand, some people online question whether they are ‘humans in disguise,’” the newspaper Hangzhou Daily said.
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