# Blue-Headed Bear !! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-headed-bear/730668 "2015-09-11T13:33:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-headed-bear/730668/21 "2015-09-11T18:22:40Z")
“I’ve become interested in Life,” said Dr. Manhatten. “I think I’ll create some.” His early experiments were not encouraging. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-headed-bear/730668/22 "2015-09-11T18:22:40Z")
I just took a look [at the video,](http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/09/10/Blue-headed-bear-baffles-beside-British-Columbia-road/9241441910873/) as opposed to the still picture. At one point she turns her head toward the sun, and it really does appear that the right ear and head have white fur instead of brown or black. What’s in that blue liquid they use in porta-potties? Would it bleach fur like that? I’d think anything that could bleach fur would also bleach out blue dye, but maybe strong peroxide? Do bears get into porta-potties? (Can’t imagine what the attraction would be.) Maybe the bear was born with a white head, and some kind soul tried to dye it black to prevent targeting from hunters/animals? I could see a dye bleaching back to that over time. . . Another (less likely) possibility: Occasionally when aquarium snails are born with a white shell and a black body, they come out looking blue. [Blue Mystery Snail](http://badmanstropicalfish.com/mb_pictures/debbs/apple/juvie_blue.jpg) Maybe this bear has a mutation which causes the follicle to place a black layer at the shaft of the hair and a white one in the sheath? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-headed-bear/730668/23 "2015-09-11T18:30:24Z")
Snail pic isn’t working, [here’s another.](http://s285.photobucket.com/user/kyryah/media/Pomacea%20bridgesii/KristinaspicturesDONOTDELETE19181.jpg.html) ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-headed-bear/730668/24 "2015-09-11T22:36:47Z")
Some idiot human thought they grabbed bear mace but it was actually spray paint. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-headed-bear/730668/25 "2015-09-11T22:53:42Z")
New Banksy project? ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-headed-bear/730668/26 "2015-09-12T00:17:13Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > 6.) It’s a really, really weird trick of the light With the right lighting, it’s clear the bear is actually white and gold. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-headed-bear/730668/27 "2015-09-12T00:19:12Z")
Am I the only one who sees a gold bear with a white head? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-headed-bear/730668/28 "2015-09-13T23:02:38Z")
Social Media [sent me this video today](https://video-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xfp1/v/t42.1790-2/11679699_10153526464277280_7060615_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjk4NiwicmxhIjo1NjJ9&oh=9b94bec543cfb449f48176e352e01e09&oe=55F612AF). Watch, and you’ll see the bear has the same white hair illusion when it’s head turns in the sun. So maybe that part is just normal - or perhaps a result of swimming in human’s chlorinated pools? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-headed-bear/730668.md?page=1)