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Myth: Polar Bears Are Solar

Posted by W.A. Fisher on January 1, 2008

For decades, scientists believed that polar bear hairs function as fiber-optic conductors. They believed the hairs collect ultra-violet light and direct it to the black skin where it is somehow…

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