Earlier this week, a zoo in China denied rumors that one of its bears was a human in a suit. Now, more human-like bears are circulating online.
Bears behaving like people are continuing to capture the attention of the internet after a zoo in China denied that one of its sun bears was actually a human in a suit. The Chinese newspaper Hangzhou Daily reported that some internet users questioned whether the bear was real or a human wearing a costume, according to the Associated Press. Now, more bears looking bizarrely human-like are circulating and going viral. The park said in the post's caption that they can "Confirm" the animal in the clip is a real sun bear, but a number of commenters said they still felt its stance was oddly human-like. "It's a Sus Bear not a Sun Bear," one user wrote, using the slang term to indicate they were jokingly suspicious. "We can confirm that Rotana IS a sun bear 👀💛," a caption on the post, which received 4,142 likes, read. Sun bears, the smallest species of bear which are native to tropical forests in Southeast Asia, sometimes stand on their hind legs as part of their natural behavior, according to a post on the Paradise Wildlife Park website. Doing this can help the bears "Smell far-off objects," or have a "Greater view of their surroundings," according to the Park's post.