Tibetan blue bears (Ursus arctos pruinosus)

As they say 'round the parts: that ain't no subspecies.

There are so cool! Thier enclosure is really bad though...

Are you basing your opinion simply on this one photo?

Here is what the bears enclosure looks like

http://www.zoochat.com/859/bear-pits-346613/

http://www.zoochat.com/859/bear-pits-346612/

Yes and cobra just proved my point as the photo above was of them in their original bad enclosure ( though the current one is quite good as it is very large and quite green).

Even a broken clock is right twice a day

Definitely interesting pelage, with the bluish ticking overall and the large blond collar and face. I do not believe I have seen this before. Do all the bears from that region have this appearance, or is it random?

I believe all the bears of this subspecies look like this.

~Thylo

A marvelous species! one of the animals I dream of seeing one day.