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Article: White bears in Tibet may be albinos
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- August 4, 2003
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LHASA: White animals reportedly identical in appearance to polar
bears have been spotted by local people in Southwest China's Tibet
Autonomous Region.
The sightings could be of great significance to the study of
evolution in Tibet, experts said.
Puce, an old herdsman from the village of Qomo in Gerze County in
Ngari Prefecture, was full of excitement when recalling his encounter
with the mysterious animal.
"I was herding the sheep when suddenly I saw a white creature in
the distance and thought it might be a snow leopard," said Puce, who
uses just one name. "After a careful study, I found it was a big
white bear quite identical to the polar bears."
White bears have also been reported ...