Comments on: Actually, I think the sun bear may have been the collie guy dressed in a bear suit

By: huxley

huxley — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 03:54:39 +0000

Really? Some think that’s a bear?
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The sun bear … is the smallest bear, standing nearly … 28 inches at the shoulder and weighing … 55–143 pounds.

–wiki
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We’re talking about a bear that weighs about as much as a smallish woman. That’s not what we see in the video.

By: BJ

BJ — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 03:42:56 +0000

Seriously, though, yes, that’s a real bear. Bears often look remarkably human like when they walk (as they sometimes do) on their hind legs. That’s where all the supposed sightings of “Bigfoot/Sasquatch” come from.

By: BJ

BJ — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 15:17:23 +0000

Damn it, Mr. Burns, are you forcing Homer Simpson to be your prank monkey again??!!

By: Snow on Pine

Snow on Pine — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 13:35:20 +0000

P.S. So why not another fake?

The Chinese and their governments have perpetrated a number of fakes –form over substance, the facade is all–things like whole new communities of fake, defective high rises–known as “Tofu-dreg” construction, buildings which look good on the surface, but which use such shoddy material that they start to crumble–for instance, large sheaths of facade sheeting falling off–in a matter of months.*

Then, there are the Chinese government’s efforts to present what they want to look like ecologically progressive results–covering bare hills with large sheets of green plastic netting which has fake green plants woven into it, spraying toxic green dyes on withered tress and bushes to make them look healthy, fields of metal stakes with some cotton-like balls on their tips to fool satellite cameras into thinking they are seeing successful agriculture, etc.**

I’ve also seen reports that some of China’s apparently impressive technological accomplishments are fake, too, images of things released to the media which are not actually working items, in production, or likely ever to be in production.

* See https://boingboing.net/2021/07/10/tofu-dreg-chinas-poorly-constructed-residential-towers.html
** See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvc7VymDa4c

By: richf

richf — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 13:10:32 +0000

Sun Bear stands like a human. As Yancey Ward noted, its neck is too long but that could be achieved with a clever costume.

However, it moves like a bear, because the fore and hind limbs are roughly the same length. That doesn’t usually happen with humans.

Conclusion : Bear.

By: Snow on Pine

Snow on Pine — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 12:57:39 +0000

Judging by the stance, my vote is far a man in a bear suit.

By: huxley

huxley — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 01:31:50 +0000

The sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) is a species in the family Ursidae (the only species in the genus Helarctos) occurring in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. It is the smallest bear, standing nearly 70 centimetres (28 inches) at the shoulder and weighing 25–65 kilograms (55–143 pounds).

https://en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Sun_bear

FAIL.

By: Philip Sells

Philip Sells — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 01:27:15 +0000

That wrinkling around the butt does look extremely suspicious.

The only theater role I’ve ever held in my life was as an animal.

By: John Guilfoyle

John Guilfoyle — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 22:27:52 +0000

I know an extremely long joke about a zoo that faked its gorilla….but that looks like a real sun bear to me.

By: AMartel

AMartel — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 22:27:21 +0000

Sun bear looks like a fat guy in skinny jeans.