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  1. Jul 19th, 2003 10:05 PM #1
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    It's a purple polar bear



    Fourteen-year-old female polar bear, named "Pelusa" in her cage in the Mendoza Zoo. [1100 kilometers northwest of Buenos Aires]

    Pelusa turned violet after veterinarians administered a medicine to treat her for a skin condition. Her veterinarians said her coat should turn normal again within a month.
    i think i've reached that point...
    where giving up and going on...
    are both the same dead end to me both the same old song
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  2. Jul 19th, 2003 10:42 PM #2
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    This is the first time I saw a purple bear! This is a site to see.
    http://www.xanga.com/sltse
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  3. Jul 20th, 2003 04:06 PM #3
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    Hmmmm ! Not to sure about this one ...looks like a hoax to me

    The bars of the cage are purple too
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  4. Jul 20th, 2003 05:03 PM #4
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    I smell a fake too but it is very amusing
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  5. Jul 20th, 2003 07:42 PM #5
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    they dyed the bear's hairs!
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  6. Jul 20th, 2003 08:52 PM #6
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    Well I’‚’‚…‚’‚…¾‚d say the bear needs a new hair dresser then because a good dye job should be **bearly** noticeable
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  7. Jul 21st, 2003 03:07 AM #7
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    The more I look at the photo the more it looks fake.

    but then theres this


    http://www.cuyonoticias.com.ar/
    you might want to translate it so...

    translated
    i think i've reached that point...
    where giving up and going on...
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  8. Jul 31st, 2003 11:11 AM #8
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    I love color...

    Even in bears. We have them in our local zoo and they turn a greenish-blue from the treated water.

    As to the translation page -

    "The Rural Tourism in Mendoza is an innovating activity that conjugates many and rich aspects...."

    These must be the same people who write for the Olympus website (lol).
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  9. Aug 3rd, 2003 10:10 PM #9
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    If it is a fake, then they duped a lot of us. Here's a LINK to a CNN story.

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  10. Aug 4th, 2003 02:14 PM #10
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    i thought it was real... but the purple bars had me fooled

    see i was right it is real
    Last edited by Mortal-God; Aug 16th, 2003 at 04:48 PM.
    i think i've reached that point...
    where giving up and going on...
    are both the same dead end to me both the same old song
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  11. Aug 4th, 2003 09:03 PM #11
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    A fake for sure, but still amusing.

    People used to say that "Pictures dont lie" or "A picture is worth a thousand words" but with technology and a little imagination you just dont know anymore.
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  12. Aug 11th, 2003 10:04 PM #12
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    More legit news sources on this one [In addition to the cnn.com link above]

    If its a fake it sure fooled alot of news services.

    http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,92805,00.html

    http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/co...name_page.html

    http://www.ctnow.com/news/custom/new...dlines-newsat3

    http://www.newsday.com/news/nationwo...news-headlines

    http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm...=news.quirkies

    Yahoo has a slideshow with many pics and the AP had some video of the bear-- cant seem find that right now however.
    javascript:

    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?g=e...sa&tmpl=sl&e=1

    Cheers,
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    THIS IS REAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I saw it on 2 different News Centers. This bear had a sickness ( I believe Skin sickness ) and they had to put medicine on him that turned the hair purple for a few days. THIS IS REAL....
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  14. Aug 12th, 2003 11:17 PM #14
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    What a unique picture! I bet he's real self-conscious. Thanks for sharing.
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  15. Aug 16th, 2003 09:44 PM #15
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    so is it fake or not??
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