Log in to social media, and you will find numerous viral videos. Some are true, some are false. As they say, eyes can deceive too; there are many videos that do look like something, but the real story behind them is completely different. Something similar happened with a viral bear video from Hangzhou Zoo in China, and netizens questioned the authorities about whether the bear was a human or not. Here is what the authorities said!
Hangzhou Zoo In China Explains About The Viral Video
Hangzhou Zoo, in Zhejiang, Hangzhou, China had to release a statement to convince people that this bear, a Sun Bear, is an actual Bear and not a human with a costume. pic.twitter.com/oct4oTxBIY
— Levandov (@Levandov_1) July 31, 2023
Bears frequently stand on their hind legs to get a better perspective of their environment. Pictures and videos of one of the sun bears at the Hangzhou Zoo, a species of bear found in southeast Asia, standing at the edge of its enclosure with its fur hanging above its legs sparked claims that the bear might actually be a zoo employee hiding in plain sight.
A zoo representative claimed the animal was real and that a state-run facility would never try to mislead the public in an audio clip that has been making the rounds on WeChat. The representative added that a person wearing a bear suit would not survive more than a few minutes in temperatures that could reach 40 °C (104 °F) in the summer.
According to a zoo employee, visits for the media to observe the sun bears up close were being planned. (As per Independent)
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Tourists Flock To The Zoo
A zoo in china says its bears are real and not humans in disguise pic.twitter.com/4wOOGirMR3
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) July 31, 2023
A video of one of the zoo’s bears went viral, prompting some netizens to speculate that the bear might actually be a staff member dressed as a bear. As a result, visitors are pouring into the zoo in Zhejiang province, eastern China, local media said on Tuesday.
Since a video of the Malayan or Sun bear named Angela became a popular topic on Chinese social media over the weekend, the number of visitors to the Hangzhou Zoo has increased by 30% to about 20,000 per day, according to the Zhejiang province-based Chao News.
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