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World’s First Bear Brain Surgery

Post by Erica Wills *Photo: Champa, an Asiatic Black Bear, just two hours after her surgery. Photograph courtesy of Matt Hunt, chief executive of Free the Bears. I’m taking a little break from my beloved polar bears this week, because this story is just too incredible to not share with you all. National Geographic recently

Is it bird? Is it a plane? Is it a… bear?

Is it bird? Is it a plane? Is it a… bear? With eight species walking the Earth, including the Panda and Brown or Grizzly Bears, the sixth species we explore is the Asiatic Bear. Asiatic Black Bear’s scientific name (selenarctos thibetanus) means “moon bear of Tibet” because of the large, white crescent-shaped mark appearing on