A remarkable 5-month-old black bear cub with cream-colored fur has been spotted in British Columbia with its commonly colored mother
Arthur De Jong, an environmental planner, spotted and photographed the unusual image.
The five-month-old bear played with its mother on Whistler-Blackcomb mountain – and scientists are now trying to ascertain why it has such a light coat
They believe it is either an albino bear or a spirit bear. Both of these outcomes relate to a genetic mutation affecting their pigmentation.
One theory is that the young bear is an albino but bear experts would first need to see if it has pink-blue colored eyes to confirm it
But until someone sees if its eyes are pink like an albino’s, or not, we cannot tell for sure.
Check out the video of them playing together:
