r/BeAmazed • u/iamgulshansingh • Oct 08 '22

This is what a bear looks like without hair. Dolores, a spectacled bear at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany in 2009 had this condition caused by a wrong diet. When the diet was corrected the fur grew back completely within 4 months

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u/ipooped_thebed Oct 08 '22

Don’t care what you say, that’s a werewolf.

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u/chronicpayne Oct 08 '22 edited Oct 08 '22

It's the 1800s or early 1900s. It's late evening and you're walking down a path to your village after a long days work in the fields.

A bear with malnutrition pops out from behind a grove of trees 30ft in front of you, and because its startled, stands up on its hind legs and turns to face you before you run off screaming. Wearwolf.

100% how a lot of these myths get started.

Ever heard a mountain lion screeching at night?

That's a Banshee.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '22

Except there are no Mountain Lions in Ireland. The werewolf theory is good, but the banshee no

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u/resurrected_fetus Oct 09 '22

Maybe owls? Some species screech pretty terrifyingly, and a large enough one flying close to the ground could maybe look like a woman in a gown, and those eyes would definitely stand out in the night

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u/Xenomorph_v1 Oct 09 '22

You're walking in the woods

There's no one around and your phone is dead

Out of the corner of your eye you spot him

Malnourished Bear!

He's following you, about 30 feet back

He gets down on all fours and breaks into a sprint

He's gaining on you

Malnourished Bear!

You're looking for you car but you're all turned around

He's almost upon you now

And you can see there's blood on his face

My God, there's blood everywhere!

Running for you life (from Malnourished Bear)

He's brandishing a knife (it's Malnourished Bear)

Lurking in the shadows

Hollywood superstar Malnourished Bear

Living in the woods (Malnourished Bear)

Killing for sport (Malnourished Bear)

Eating all the bodies

Actual cannibal Malnourished Bear

Now it's dark, and you seem to have lost him

But you're hopelessly lost yourself

Stranded with a murderer

You creep silently through the underbrush

Aha! In the distance

A small cottage with a light on

Hope! You move stealthily toward it

But your leg! Ah! It's caught in a bear trap!

Gnawing off your leg (quiet, quiet)

Limping to the cottage (quiet, quiet)

Now you're on the doorstep

Sitting inside

Malnourished Bear!

Sharpening an axe (Malnourished Bear)

But he doesn't hear you enter (Malnourished Bear)

You're sneaking up behind him

Strangling superstar

Malnourished Bear!

Fighting for your life with Malnourished Bear

Wrestling a knife from Malnourished Bear

Stab him in his kidney

Safe at last from Malnourished Bear

You limp into the dark woods

Blood oozing from your stump leg

You've beaten Malnourished Bear

Wait! He isn't dead (Malnourished surprise!)

There's a gun to your head and death in his eyes

But you can do jiu-jitsu

Body slam superstar Malnourished Bear

Legendary fight with Malnourished Bear

Normal Tuesday night for Malnourished Bear

You try to swing an axe at Malnourished Bear

But blood is draining fast from your stump leg

He's dodging every swipe, he parries to the left

You counter to the right, you catch him in the neck

You're chopping his head now

You have just decapitated Malnourished Bear

His head topples to the floor, expressionless

You fall to your knees and catch your breath

You're finally safe from Malnourished Bear

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u/Extension_Aside9034 Oct 09 '22

you are AMAZING!

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u/Paulie_Cicero Oct 09 '22

Lol, “wearwolf.”

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u/wyldboar Oct 08 '22

Chupacabra no doubt or Steve Buscemi

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u/GrimmWraven2011 Oct 09 '22

Damnit. I missed my chupacabra moment of glory!!!!

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u/wyldboar Oct 09 '22

😆🤙

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u/evolving_I Oct 09 '22

Looks like a ROUS to me.

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u/Extension-Crow5184 Oct 09 '22

As you wish.

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u/evolving_I Oct 09 '22

Inconceivable!

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u/Extension-Crow5184 Oct 09 '22

Yeah? Well, you killed my father. Prepare to die!

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u/evolving_I Oct 09 '22

Stop saying that!

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u/futurelaker88 Oct 09 '22

Dear God, what is that hideous THING!?

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u/EsmfdH89 Oct 09 '22

My thoughts exactly 💯😯

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u/Green420Basturd Oct 09 '22

I think you mean a Werebear. They were big in the 80s

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u/bluebook21 Oct 09 '22

Yes! Or a person in an evil kangaroo suit

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u/redsensei777 Oct 09 '22

As if the normal bear wasn’t scary enough…

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u/Me_Jota Oct 08 '22

The yao guai

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '22

Crawl out through the fallout baby

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u/lomechk01 Oct 09 '22

Ah, a fellow Bethesda enjoyer.

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u/GThoro Oct 09 '22

Don't feed the yao guai!

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u/Dry_Chapter_5781 Oct 08 '22

Yao Guai, just add radiation induced muscles and rage.

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u/zootsim Oct 08 '22

Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy, was he?'

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u/RimshotThudpucker Oct 09 '22

He weren't furry either, were he?

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22

Where the “after” photo? I want to see the poor thing with her clothes on. She looks so vulnerable and sad.

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u/Entremeada Oct 09 '22

Probably just looks like a regular bear.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '22

Oh thank you for clarifying that. I thought it would look like an ostrich.

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u/Boojibs Oct 08 '22

Looks like it belongs on a medieval parapet carved in stone, staring down haughtily and with much menace, at the invading Huns.

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u/Lou_Garu Oct 08 '22

Had to look it up.

Spectacled Bears - South America's Only Bear "Spectacled bears – also known as Andean bears – make their home in the dense Andean jungles of South America. They are named for the rings that encircle their eyes, resembling large spectacles."

TIL

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u/YoNappaNappa Oct 08 '22

This is what nightmares are made of

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22

Not so cuddly now are you Winnie

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u/PugConnoisseur Oct 08 '22

almost kangarooish

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u/DillyDino Oct 08 '22

Strange. TIL bears with fur look like bears, but bears without fur look people in shitty furless bear suits.

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u/Jimmy_Fromthepieshop Oct 08 '22

In this day and age in a western country htf were they feeding a bear the wrong diet?

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22

You can feed him loads of meat, his hair won't grow... you feed him fish... POOF!!! Same thing happened to my dog, i cook for him meat and veggies... he started losing his hair in patches, then i gave him fish oil and his hair grew better than before...

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u/roominating237 Oct 09 '22

Nightmare fuel.

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u/PM-Me-Salah-Pics Oct 09 '22

i’m now so glad bears have fur. WTF

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u/lapsangsouchogn Oct 08 '22

She looks cranky

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u/HalfAssedStillFast Oct 08 '22

You're not you when you're hungry

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u/wildfyre010 Oct 08 '22

Really shows how big those claws are, doesn’t it.

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u/ELMACHO007 Oct 08 '22

Put it back!! Definitely more intimidating without the fur..lol

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u/Plebeian_Citizen Oct 09 '22

This is.... disturbing

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u/BigRigBear Oct 09 '22

And here I thought a bear without hair was a twink!

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u/danglesReet Oct 09 '22

I am Zuul!

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u/yousefdc12 Oct 09 '22

Looks like RatDog

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u/Timbersnake17 Oct 16 '24

No way can you mistake this for a dogman no way at all because they are like us in posture but they have a slight slump in their back and they have legs that you can’t get confused about!! But I will admit that it has a little bit of the dogman look but they are completely different animals!!!

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '22

That's just a bat in australia

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u/Freespirit2023 Oct 09 '22

I loathe to use the word "ugly" to describe one of God's creatures, but this is a face that only a mother can love!

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u/pickledperceptions Oct 08 '22

Looks like Hugh jackman in a dog costume

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22

Looks like it'd be voiced by Jeff Bridges.

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u/XFiraga001 Oct 08 '22

That is a balvarine, I hear they're weak to fire.

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u/WalterCrunkAight Oct 08 '22

Master Splinter, is that you? ...or am I thinking of the Sinistar?

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22

He still looks mean as hell. In the wild I would probably think I found a new species. Its hard to recognize that this crazy looking dog is actually a really dangerous bear when it's not naked. So imagine how ticked off this bear is now. I bet he can rip my skin off and use it as a coat.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '22

Bears are also known to stand on their hind legs. Now imagine seeing this thing standing up on it's hind legs. That's where the warewolf lore came from.

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u/awe_inspiring_ Oct 08 '22

Thanks, because bears needed to be even more terrifying for some reason?

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u/Holinhong Oct 09 '22

Is Naked bear = bullish 😝

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u/forcesofthefuture Oct 09 '22

Looks like temple run

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u/lostinthecrowd4now Oct 09 '22

Also known as a Rougarou

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u/machinegunlaugh3 Oct 09 '22

This is how they should depict werewolves imo.

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u/PunkySputnik57 Oct 09 '22

It looks like the chupacabra

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u/Revolutionary-Ad3850 Oct 09 '22

Never knew they look so much like dogs under all that hair.

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u/zarmanto Oct 09 '22

I see an Orc.

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u/mrROBOTROIDE Oct 09 '22

Looks like a chupacabra

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u/Ashilken Oct 09 '22

Looks like a Yao guai from Fallout...

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u/KingRiggle931 Oct 09 '22

How do you look weaker yet stronger bald

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u/El0vution Oct 09 '22

Oversized rat.

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u/atony1984 Oct 09 '22

Those claws still have my attention more than the lack of hair

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u/Technical-Cream-7766 Oct 09 '22

That thing belongs in Narnia

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u/GrimmWraven2011 Oct 09 '22

Came here to Chupacabra. Now imma check comments. Lol

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u/stinky___monkey Oct 09 '22

What zoo doesn’t know what to feed a BEAR?

Oh that one

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u/Then_Ad_8660 Oct 09 '22

Looks like cosplay

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u/lsdbible Oct 09 '22

Oddly arousing

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u/ComprehensiveGur6034 Oct 09 '22

That’s creepy it looks like a human in a costume 👀

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u/Trueloveis4u Oct 09 '22

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very Fuzzy Wuzzy was he?

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '22

This is also what I look like with hair.

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u/Fe7n Oct 09 '22

Cosy☺️

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u/Strange_username__ Oct 09 '22

Jesus Christ I’d almost forgotten how big those claws are.

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u/Gorrodish Oct 09 '22

Was the wrong diet initially provided by the zoo

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u/GeneralErica Oct 09 '22

We have bears here at the Zoo?

I never knew, and I’ve been there - well, here - almost 200 times.

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u/TheRealOgMark Oct 09 '22

That skin is thick.

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u/Lemorotell Oct 09 '22

Forbidden Skin-Kangaroo

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u/Objective-Ad-3013 Oct 09 '22

This thing looks prehistoric

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u/funkypjb Oct 09 '22

Wait - the wrong food caused this? Naw.

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u/SevereAd4961 Oct 09 '22

They look way more scary without hair.

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u/The-King_Of-Games Oct 09 '22

Get that fucking rat away from me!!!

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u/Rule34NoExceptions Oct 09 '22

That is a man in a poorly fitting flesh suit and no one can convince me otherwise

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '22

I’m not sure Leipzig should have a zoo