Experts in Germany are baffled as to why three bears at the Leipzig Zoo have lost all of their hair.
“We were very scared, because it was the first time we had seen this,” Castellano said.
Keepers in Ecuador put that bear, which had previously been fed human food—including Coca-Cola—on its natural diet of fruits and bamboo, and added enrichment items, such as toys and exotic foods, into the bear’s enclosure. Four months later the fur grew back.
It’s unknown whether a lack of nutrition is the culprit in the Leipzig bears’ situation.
Until a cure is found, keepers have been applying medical ointment to the bears’ skin, which becomes itchy without its protective fur.
Something about that mention of Coca-Cola swilling bears triggers my Spider-Sense.
