Polar bears dyed green at Japanese zoo - protest?
If you happen to visit the Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Japan, you might notice something kind of funky about the polar bears: they're green. Apparently, the unusual coloration has visitors raising lots of questions and concerns with the zoo's officials. Are the bears sick? Are they encouraging us to go green? Or, are they actually protesting the extremely low levels of sea ice in the Arctic this year?Well, the polar bears' green coloration does have to do with environmental awareness, but the green fur is more of an unintended by-product. You see, the zoo actually instituted a water conservation policy over the summer that called for less-frequent water circulation in the polar bears' safety pools. As a result, algae grew in the ponds and dyed some of the bears' fur green.
While green polar bears may not be what you're expecting when you head to the zoo, it's the result of a green-minded water conservation effort. I think that makes up for it. Officials say the bears should be back to normal again by November.
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