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dafuqdidyoujustsee
· 10 years ago
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There's a special name for that
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· 10 years ago
Melanism.
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deleted
· 10 years ago
Polar bears skin is predominantly black. It's the light bouncing off of the snow and refracting through their hairs that makes them appear white.
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guest
· 10 years ago
Then it would've been a melanic polar bear.
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ns
· 10 years ago
Actually polar bears have black skin, so an albino polar bear IS possible.
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· 10 years ago
A polar bear's black skin is one of it's adaptations to the cold, it helps keep it warm, so a albino polar bear would likely freeze to death.
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