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Lifestyle => Train of Thought => Topic started by: Bigg AGizzle on July 27, 2003, 07:51:53 PM
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (July 24) - Paint the polar bear purple and the crowds will come.
That seems to be the lesson a zoo in Mendoza has learned, after its 23-year-old bear Pelusa was sprayed with an antiseptic spray that turned her normally white fur a dark shade of violet.
The unusual color - a temporary side effect of the treatment for dermatitis - has turned the aging bear into a minor celebrity in Argentina and prompted thousands of schoolchildren and tourists to make their way to the Jardin Zoologico de Mendoza in the western city beneath the snow-capped Andes.
``We never thought she would get all the attention she's now receiving,'' veterinarian Alberto Duarte told The Associated Press when reached by telephone in Mendoza, 640 miles west of Buenos Aires. ``We've had calls from Spain and e-mails from around the world asking about the bear.''
The newspaper Los Andes, of Mendoza, reported that Pelusa's new look has turned her into the zoo's most popular attraction, surpassing giraffes Tommy and Belen.
The spray applied to Pelusa is similar to one used by pediatricians to treat children's scraped knees or lab technicians to stain micro-organisms for examination under microscopes.
Pelusa, a 395-pound bear has been temporarily placed in a cage because of the treatment, and is separated from her mate, Arturo. She is also kept back a distance from the public.
The separation, Duarte said, was needed to keep Pelusa from taking her regular plunge into an icy pool of water at the polar bear compound. That would have washed away the medicine prematurely, he said.
The isolation has not seemed to bother Pelusa but it has left Arturo, a 16-year-old male almost double the weight of his mate, a bit grumpy, Duarte said.
After all, the two - who have been together for years - have been kept apart for 20 days.
``The only one a bit anxious is Arturo, but they'll be back together soon,'' Duarte said. ``Pelusa's condition is improving and in one more week we will stop with the antiseptic and she'll again be able to take her normal baths.''
He added that once Pelusa begins to swim again, ``she will lose her violet color'' quickly.
Until then, though, she'll have to endure the crowds peering into her pen and possibly even the occasional paparazzi looking to snap a shot or two.
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LMFAO...can someone post a pic of that shit?
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^^ YEAH SOME PAPPARRAZZI SHIT might have got a pic of it by now....
and comin to think of the poor bear .. I bet she might have died of real fright if she saw her reflection in the pool...
^^ one good reason why they didn't allow her to take bath!! ;D
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:-*i think that is adorible.... :-*
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(http://www.vg.no/bilder/bildarkiv/1059381658.jpg)
Pic: Vg.no
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(http://www.vg.no/bilder/bildarkiv/1059381658.jpg)
Pic: Vg.no
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ROFLMFAO thats great.
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yo benjamin rodriguez why do u call urself pink if ur purple?
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yo benjamin rodriguez why do u call urself pink if ur purple?
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That sure does look like a "BHORE" (bear + whore)!!! ;D
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yo benjamin rodriguez why do u call urself pink if ur purple?
I thought she was that sperm whale
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yo benjamin rodriguez why do u call urself pink if ur purple?
I thought she was that sperm whale
yea ur rite man.
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That sure does look like a "BHORE" (bear + whore)!!! ;D
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that looks fucked up. Be funny if they sprayed that type of shit on all animals and they all turned different colors that would be cool.
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that looks fucked up. Be funny if they sprayed that type of shit on all animals and they all turned different colors that would be cool.
that'd be like some crazy wizard of oz shit...remember the horse of a thousand colors? lol