Ever Seen A Real Live Purple Bear?

wow! what a striking color! it looks like a purple jelly bean! how pretty, but the color makes the bear not look as cuddly (not that polar bears ARE cuddly - but that they generally look it when soft and white fluff covers their body)

wow.it looks so cute..Just like a fur teddy toy...hope it gets well soon...am just amazed with these facts...and my love for mother nature grows manyfold!!!How beautiful and gifted ..the world is.. :)

oh that poor thing! lol it is rather pretty though isnt it? a very vivid shade of purple too. well at least they say it will wash out quickly once her infection has cleared up and she is able to swim in her pool again! i wonder what her mate would think if he saw her like that?

Oh my, that is freaky LOL

That's a first for me. If it was permanent, they should let him out for Easter and call him the "Easter Bear." He could help kids find easter eggs!

That is an amazing photo. It's not the skin that turned purple but the fur of the polar bear. It does look strangely beautiful. Did you know that all polar bears have black skin underneath their fur? The fur is not really white but made up of transparent hollow hairs. If the bears are kept in warmer climates they can get algae growing inside the hollow hairs, which gives them a green tint.