A Cream-Colored Bear Cub Spotted Playing With Its Black Bear Mother

A remarkable 5-month-old black bear cub with cream-colored fur has been spotted in British Columbia with its commonly colored mother

 

The rare sight was seen and photographed by Arthur De Jong, who is an environmental planning manager.

The cub was spotted playing with its mother on the Whistler-Blackcomb mountain and has scientists scratching their heads.

They believe it is either an albino bear or a spirit bear. Both of these outcomes relate to a genetic mutation affecting their pigmentation.

 

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:

‘It’s not white, it’s got a caramel, light, sort of brownish sheen to its fur,’ De Jong told CBC.

‘I’ve repeatedly heard from various bear experts that its (fur) colour is the result of recessive genes from both parents. The mom is very much a black bear,’ he added.

According to Michael Allen, who is an expert in whistler bears, this is the first time he has seen a white bear cub in this area in 23 years.

“I have seen cubs ranging [from] black, reddish-brown, chocolate-brown to blonde (after summer bleaching of coat) but never have [I] seen in this population a cub with pelage this light to almost white”

 

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