Purple bear

I recently saw two green icebears on TV.. THeir pool had become alge-infested and it colored their skin green.. Quite extradionary... But fun to look at!

No ones pictures came up because your sites are down whoever posted a picture on the polar bear so i stepped in and well the pic is above as you can see. All you have to do is go to google and search for purple polar bear. The fur will go back to normal in a month but i dont know how long ago this happened so i cant say.

News Reports:
Don't adjust your computer screen, your eyes are not fooling you. And no, the images aren't a result of digital enhancement or a Photoshop trick.

A female polar bear named Pelusa turned purple after she was given a special treatment to clear up a skin condition.

The strange sight has attracted crowds of visitors at the Mendoza City Zoo in Argentina. Zoo officials said her fur will go back to her normal cream color in a few days.

The 14-year-old bear suffers from dermatitis./


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina � Paint the polar bear purple and the crowds will come.

That seems to be the lesson a zoo in Mendoza has learned, after its 23-year-old bear Pelusa was sprayed with an antiseptic spray that turned her normally white fur a dark shade of violet.

The unusual color � a temporary side effect of the treatment for dermatitis (search) � has turned the aging bear into a minor celebrity in Argentina and prompted thousands of schoolchildren and tourists to make their way to the Jardin Zoologico de Mendoza (search) in the western city beneath the snow-capped Andes.

"We never thought she would get all the attention she's now receiving," veterinarian Alberto Duarte told The Associated Press when reached by telephone in Mendoza, 640 miles west of Buenos Aires. "We've had calls from Spain and e-mails from around the world asking about the bear."

The newspaper Los Andes, of Mendoza, reported that Pelusa's new look has turned her into the zoo's most popular attraction, surpassing giraffes Tommy and Belen.

The spray applied to Pelusa is similar to one used by pediatricians to treat children's scraped knees or lab technicians to stain micro-organisms for examination under microscopes.

Pelusa, a 395-pound bear has been temporarily placed in a cage because of the treatment, and is separated from her mate, Arturo. She is also kept back a distance from the public.

The separation, Duarte said, was needed to keep Pelusa from taking her regular plunge into an icy pool of water at the polar bear compound. That would have washed away the medicine prematurely, he said.

The isolation has not seemed to bother Pelusa but it has left Arturo, a 16-year-old male almost double the weight of his mate, a bit grumpy, Duarte said.

After all, the two � who have been together for years � have been kept apart for 20 days.

"The only one a bit anxious is Arturo, but they'll be back together soon," Duarte said. "Pelusa's condition is improving and in one more week we will stop with the antiseptic and she'll again be able to take her normal baths."

He added that once Pelusa begins to swim again, "she will lose her violet color" quickly.

Until then, though, she'll have to endure the crowds peering into her pen and possibly even the occasional paparazzi looking to snap a shot or two.

Vets say the bear's fur will go back to its normal colour in about a month.

Good find on that polar bear too i never seen anything like it an no i dont want one either lets get banshee one

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[Edited on 5-4-2004 by ShadowMan]

Ok, if she gets a polar bear and ID gets monkey knife fights, I want a tiger. Any colour, preferably with up to date MOT, and it can't have eaten anyone.

Ooh ooh, and if it's possible, can you install one of those holes with the sharks underneath on my porch?

Thankyou.
Sorry for the off topic-ness.

(And on topic, it does look like dye though, doesn't it? And it's turned the WHOLE bear purple, surely they wouldn't have sprayed the poor thing everywhere, round the eyes etc.)

Purple bears are awesome. While we're on the topic of different colored bears, anyone heard anything on the grey alaskan bear? it's supposed to be pretty rare, and seen as a good sign in the inuit culture.

Originally posted by IKnowNothing
Purple bears are awesome. While we're on the topic of different colored bears, anyone heard anything on the grey alaskan bear? it's supposed to be pretty rare, and seen as a good sign in the inuit culture.

Probably has something to do with were they live? Mountains - Grey, ice - white...?

Psychedelic village with lots of weed - purple!

Originally posted by IKnowNothing
Purple bears are awesome. While we're on the topic of different colored bears, anyone heard anything on the grey alaskan bear? it's supposed to be pretty rare, and seen as a good sign in the inuit culture.

Any pics? Couldn't find any in my half-a**ed attempt on google.