A zoo in China says its sun bear is real and not a person dressed in costume after a viral video ignited internet debate. NBC News’ Janis Mackey Frayer has more on what experts are saying about the video showing the bear standing on its hind legs and waving.
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What an amazing animal! Americans don’t know what a sun bear looks like. They actually appear human like 😊
I don’t necessarily think it was Americans, the debate started on Chinese social media. I think it’s in general that people are very misinformed of what these animals look and behave like.
The real cruelty is they probably tortured him to make that posture.
No need to speculate, plenty of videos of sun bears on youtube. They all walk/stand like humans.
If china says one thing then its def the opposite.
I’m a top and i still think it would be great to sit in the sun and be thrown snacks all day.
Bears will stand in their hind legs and can learn certian things that gain them food. There is a grizzly who waves too. They’re a lot more like dogs than people think.
Sun bears don’t just stand though, they literally walk like humans.
Western people- especially the white ones, have too much time in their hands. Who care if this is a bear or not? How your life is, even remotely, impacted with that
People are really dumb to believe that to be a human
How cute!!
Could be real bear skin lol
China doing shady china things🎉
A real bear, albeit odd-looking relative to the ones we see in the U.S.
😂 IMAGINE HE SPOKE BACK TO HER IN ENGLISH
Maybe the Chinese found a way to make a manbear hybrid 😂
Barking Tiger 🐶 🐅
Blood 🩸
Barking 🐶🦁 lion combination together with tiger make barking liger 🐶🦁🐅
Big bears be doin weird thangs sometimes.
Dang! The whole report was one big pun!
I have been to Disneyland enough times to know what a person in a bear costume looks like.
Clearly not
Everyone: Why are you wearing that stupid bear suit?
The Bear: Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?
So they allow people to feed the bears at that zoo?
Wonder how this policy would make the other animals act…
Why are we talking about this? How stupid are we going to get?
I don’t think people have seen how well bears can climb up trees.
Can you trust China who literally taped shut residents apartments so they could not leave and took all their dogs in bags alive to be killed?
“Me? I know who I am! I’m a bear, playing the bear, disguised as another bear!”
“Not a lot of other bears stand on there back legs as often”. Really? And she has a Phd. ALL bears stand on there back legs. And they do it all the time!
Imagine one at your bedroom window during a midnight thunderstorm 😂
It’s a sun bear. Look it up.
This is news worthy?? 😓😓
The only way to find out is, open it up
Only in China even a bear have knockoff.😅
Bears do this in the wild and people think it’s Bigfoot 😅🎉
Is this the best we have for news? Geez
Clearly the bear transitioned into a human then de-transitioned.
It’s man bear pig….
This is what happens when children are raised on phones with 0 critical thinking skills
I am going on a limb here a grizzly bear standing on its hind legs is nothing more than a man in a suit
Its a robot
1:15 holy s*** how did these guys put a dog and pretended it was a freaking lion😂😂
The puns in this video💀. I can’t bear this laughter😹. at least news reporters have humour too 🤣.
It’s clearly a real bear. China has many bears in captivity.
Visitors to Bear witness!! No pun intended 😂
Literally the next article i scroll to after this…”Man who spent $14K to transform himself into collie” DUDE WHAT?!?!?! What a bizarre world we live in
Before I knew anything about Sun Bears and knew how they looked and behaved, I initially thought this was a man in a costume. Then, at closer glance, after a quick look up of information, I am convinced this is an authentic Sun Bear. Now, that’s not to say the zoo doesn’t use costumes for drills and certain scenarios, but I don’t think this is one of them.
I think Angela here was begging for food. A picture doesn’t tell the whole story. Watch a video of her mannerisms or better yet, go in person. Then you will understand. Humans cannot imitate the same demeanor and mannerisms. A highly skilled actor, maybe, not some teenager working a summer job wearing a bearsuit!
Yeaaahhh…Sun bears are weird like that
The fact this is even a debate is sad
She identify as a Human so whats the problem? Respect and support is what she needs.
All the people who think it’s fake… Why don’t yall go in and find out 😂😂😂😂😂
You dont believe that this is a bear when there are actual eyewitnesses, but you believe that the apollo 11 crew landed on the moon, no actual eyewitness only a video to prove it happened
Humans:
I don’t know who or what you are…
Bear:
I know who I am! I’m a bear, playing a bear, disguised as another bear!
If doubt it , you can walk in and ask the bear your self.
It’s obviously a sun bear. Looks like a sun bear and behaves like a sun bear, because it’s a sun bear. The fact itself some people could doubt that (and on top of that, people who are supposed “experts” like that zoo woman interviewed in this video) shows how stupid people become when using youtube and social media
Sun bears always look like a human in a bear suit
Counterfeit like all chinese products 🙂
It’s clearly a bear unless your just too ignorant to tell. Here in the United States though, if you want to identify as a bear, a stupid percentage of our population thinks it’s OK (bear suit optional)😂
AI? Deepfake?
Get a human in there to ask him the tough questions and well know for sure.
It’s Paddington Bear
this china bear eliminate the idea of a bigfoot, bear can stand? omg, i thought it’s a bigfoot, now I know bear can stand upright.
That is not a real live bear, that is a person in a suite, personating a bear! Come off of that crap bc people will believe this crap!
There is no debate, China lies about everything.
I’m glad we are not seeing “important” news issues like the Uighur or Ukrainian genocides. Boring!
This must be April fool in august lol
Q: “Dude, what are you going to be for Halloween”?
A: “I don’t know, maybe… Sun Bear??”
The bear clearly identifies as a human in a bear suit. How dare you question whether it’s a bear or not!
And that’s important “news”? Whole YT blabbering about this nonsense…It looks like a giraffe to me!
Who cares
In China, even bears are fishy 😅
As a Chinese, I would like to say to the US mainstream media: “Keep Calm and Carry On.”
everything from China is fake,
the GDP growth, navy, cities, and also the panda is fake. It is a giant dog in B&W costume. Let’s chill 😘
Well I don’t trust or believe anything China says and I don’t really care. But I love the bear
this is the probably the dumbest reporting I have ever seen in the MSM cycle, good god.
Is this The Onion? Are you guys… is this a joke?
The loose skin on it’s back makes it looks like it’s a person wearing pijamas. But it’s a real bear.
“That bear is wearing people clothes”
Yeah that’s a person. Not even hard
That’s a person.
It’s a Man in a suit
100% a real bear. American blacks bears can look like human as well, especially when they stand upright. That’s where all the Bigfoot/Sasquatch sightings come from.
Sun bears, in particular, do naturally have a very human appearance.
The head/neck reminds me of a mascot costume. It looks out of proportion. 🧐
Where’s his tail? 🫢
As a sun bear, I can say this is %100 real
That’s a Malayan Sun Bear. Looks like a dude in a suit but they are real bears. Non-aggressive and have a mild temperment.
When will people realize sun bears don’t exist, smh
Sun beer will be the next humans
She’s just built different that’s all
People are stupid.
Thats one anorexic bear 💀☠️
Idk what sun bear looks like but looks faked to me
I dunno, all I see is a blue and black dress
Hello, it’s YOGI!
Sun bears are actually just that weird.
Pandas aren’t real either.
I’ll settle this debate, as a biologist with over 20 years of experience studying larger mammals, I can confidently say that is a real whole @ss dude in a bear costume. Settled.
On all fours, it looks like a bear. Standing on 2 legs, it looks like a man in a costume. The center of gravity and way it uses is legs when backing up is very human like. I honestly wouldn’t put anything past this zoo…sketchy history.
This looks like a UFO video. We need more footage. 🔥
Its really just the skin in the back that threw me off but obviously its a real bear.
Oh please. That’s a person wearing a bear costume.