Zoo denies bears are people in costume

A zoo in China told visitors its sun bears are real, after videos of the animal standing like a person went viral on Chinese social media, prompting rumors that it was a human in disguise.

[outlawbillionairez]

In America we have politicians dressed up as humans, so anything's possible.

[leeln-tdmx]

Even the zoo asked the bear and the bear himself said he wasn't human.

[Fragile-s-junktube]

Sunbears and bears in general are believed to account for a majority of sasquatch and dogman sightings because they tend to stand on their hind legs and do random crap.

[erikbouma]

His posture is too good to be a modern human.

[MickeyMousOfficial]

I didn't know humans had a copyright on bipedalism

[RandomTaemate]

The one person successfully dodging the IRS

[MrGreen]

Once the zoo closes. This bear goes home to their wife and tells her that he was accused of being a human

[johno]

Apparently the zoo has repeatedly asked the bears to stop pretending to be human and act more bear-like.

[bricenstewart]

If that was a human in a costume, they wouldn’t be standing up like a human, they would try to be acting like a bear.

[BigPanda]

The bears watch creatures every day, thousands of them walk by, standing like that, and waving at them. A few are eventually gonna catch on and start doing that, especially if it gets them snacks.

[blackmagician]

Bear:"No, I'm a human. It's cool peep. Come into my enclosure. Bring your small snacks...I mean children".

[littleskaploovey]

Sun Bears are known for their oddly humanlike movement and shape.

[rachelcookie]

If I had been hired to act like I bear and was given a super realistic bear costume, I’m not going to just walk around like a regular person and wave at people.

[nolimitmoto]

For those who are unaware, a bears similarities with humans is just scary. A skinned bear standing on its 2 legs looks like a human… they are the humans of the woods..

[wisestein]

My first time seeing a bear was when one ran past me while I was driving a tractor in a hay field we were raking. The bear’s build and its gait even running on four legs had left me feeling kinda weird about it. Every time I described the event to others I’d say “it didn’t look like I expected, it looked more like a man in a bear suit”.

Edit: this was a black bear in Ontario Canada.

[TheUrbanAlien]

Bruh really stood up straight & waved like he was a famous person 😮😅

[nannerslnger]

When you wave at people for help but they just wave back 🤦

[maeveszy]

So for anyone who doesn’t know, bears are semi-bipedal. Sun bears have a very unique body shape that makes them look sort of empty.

[Dracose]

Its not the standing up like a human, its the waving 😂

[owlintrenchcoat]

People just don't realize how weird sun bears actually are. They look funny. They move funny. They're my favorite animal.