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Where's the White Bear
We're having a 'discussion' at work about the existence of white non-albino animals and we're now wondering if, aside from polar bears, is there a breed of bear that is white?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.There are 8 breeds of bear apparently (excluding Koala bear which is not really a bear):
Asiatic Black Bears, American Black Bears, Brown Bears, Giant Panda, Polar Bears, Sloth Bears, Spectacled Bears and Sun Bears.
The American black bear can be found in many color phases from black, chocolate brown, cinnamon brown, pale blue (known as glacier bears) to white (known as Kermode bears).
Brown Bears (Grizzly) are usually dark brown in color but can vary from a light cream color to almost black.
Brown bears are occasionally born with white fur as can be seen on good old snopes
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/whitecub.asp
As for any pedant alert, polar bear fur is not white. It is the fact that it is translucent with a hollow core, it scatters visible light in a similar way to snow and ice thus appearing white.