Q: "lanechtskipt"

W Brewer brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Tue Nov 12 14:45:54 UTC 2013


JB:  <<"bare" ... If it's singular, I can only imagine that the polar bear
of this list was seen as having some brown in its hair.>>
WB: Context requires white bear = polar. (Or maybe it's bipolar? No, that's
not funny.) How about albino? But evidently there are "brown, cinnamon,
blond, blue-gray, or white" black bears. Blond(e)s are in Minnesota,
incidentally.
http://www.bear.org/website/bear-pages/black-bear/basic-bear-facts/16-black-bear-color-phases.html

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