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Spirit bears become 'invisible' [Video]

On a few islands in western Canada, white 'spirit bears' walk the woods. Being invisible to fish is what helps a rare white morph of black bear, known as a spirit bear, survive, scientists discover. ...full story at digg

from digg on Sat, Nov 07 2009

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