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Some Green Polar Bears and Long Necked Geese,Some Humpty Backed Camels and

A small article in The Japan Times newspaper September 24 page 3 caught my attention.Apparently visitors to Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens here in Nagoya are "shocked by the colour" of the polar bears.The polar bears are no longer white after... ...full story at Porcelain Monkey

from Porcelain Monkey on Mon, Oct 06 2008

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12 Sep 08 visit Polar Bears Turn Green  »  Japan Visitor 北極グマMaking the news in the UK were the green polar bears of Higashiyama Zoo in Nagoya.The bears' normally white fur has turned green due to the growth of an algae in their pond.When the hot weather in Nagoya ends, the algae will disappear and t...
20 Apr 08 visit World › Canada's polar bears in dire straits: WWF  »  Japan Today Some of Canada's polar bear populations risk being wiped out within four decades because of climate change and human activity including hunting, the World Wide…
14 Mar 08 visit The lowdown on Hokkaido bears  »  Japan Times Let's talk about bears, big Hokkaido bears called higuma in Japanese. Bears can be dangerous in Hokkaido, where hikers may encounter them in the mountains. There have been 86 attacks and 33 deaths from bears since 1962 when the government started keeping...
19 Aug 08 visit Picture of the Day › Polar bear  »  Japan Today A polar bear gets a summer treat -- apples encased in a block of ice -- at Osaka's Tennoji Zoo.
14 May 07 visit Bears' Johnson released from jail  »  Japan Times CHICAGO (AP) Bears defensive tackle Tank Johnson was released from jail Sunday after spending two months behind bars for violating parole in a 2005 weapons case. Wearing a red baseball cap and white... Read more . . .

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