full screen The Malayan bear is the smallest of all bears. Archive image. Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst/AP/TT
A video clip showing a bear standing upright on its hind legs has the internet speculating. Are the Chinese Zoo’s Malayan Bears Really Humans in Suits?
Absolutely not, Hangzhou Zoo said in a statement on social media. The Malay bears are smaller than other bears and look different, but they are the real thing, the zoo further assures. Malayan bears are about the size of dogs.
In the past, other zoos in China have been accused of trying to display dogs painted as wolves or donkeys disguised as zebras.