I guess we can't blame Sarah Palin for this…

Three normally white polar bears at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in central Japan changed their color in July after swimming in a pond with an overgrowth of algae.

[read the whole story, complete with pictures]

I think I’m all out of polar bear news for a while, although I am reading (finally) His Dark Materials, Book 1 of Philip Pullman’s Golden Compass series, which has armoured bears.

4 thoughts on “I guess we can't blame Sarah Palin for this…”

sean September 7, 2008 at 6:42 pm

i’m not sure we can blame Palin for the greening of anything.
rebecca September 7, 2008 at 8:07 pm

very good point.
Eva September 8, 2008 at 8:30 pm

That *can’t* be healthy for the bears. Yet another reason I can’t stand zoos.
rebecca September 9, 2008 at 1:45 pm

My thoughts, too, Eva, although I guess we can be glad they didn’t try to bleach the bears or something. I don’t hate zoos, but I have a lot of issues with them, that’s for sure.

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