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The sunlight gets trapped in the fur and gives it luminescent properties, making the bear appear as if it has White fur.

The sunlight gets trapped in the fur and gives it luminescent properties, making the bear appear as if it has White fur.

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And it has black skin, go figure...

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Today I learned... https://pic8.co/sh/CIGWuQ.jpg

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Today I learned that OP is a faggot

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b...but isn't OP always a faggot?

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"Shaved Polar Bear" sounds familiar … Aha! It's not a mixed drink, it's a brand of flavored ice. Several brands, actually.

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Not black but light grey.

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Lol like "blacks" aren't almost always brown, even in Africa. Must be a mixed bear.

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There is a guy at the San Jose CA airport working Avis returns that is so black he's purple. Blackest mf I've ever seen, including caves and black holes.

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Polar bear skin is black, to absorb sunlight. If the fur was transparent it wouldn't look white.

It might be translucent to an extent but even the polar bear skin rugs look white.

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I want an invisibility cloak

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I watched a TED Talks decades ago on how DARPA researched polar bears skin. Under certain surveillance technology, polar bears are basically invisible. It was many years ago when I heard this so I don't remember the details but I think they were working on cloaking devices based on polar bear skin. Interesting/Profound.

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There was a guy in a town near where I live who apparently hunted all over the world and would often display his hunting trophies at his store. He had a polar bear hide and the fur looked white to me, although it kind of had a yellowish tinge to it.

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No I didn't. Looked it up and the fur captures traps the sunlight. I bet polar bear fur would make a great winter jacket.

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Not the same but similar type of occurrence in hummingbirds. The membranes between "feathers are not colored as thought but reflect light" (i believe is what i read) causing the different colors we see within the birds. Kinda like oil in water and the colors seen.