Headline: Rare silver-coloured bear cub captured on camera in Alaska
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WORDS BYLINE: Hayley Chamberlain
A rare silver-coloured bear cub has been captured on camera at a national park in Alaska.
The striking youngster looks almost like a tiny polar bear thanks to its unusually pale coat.
The six-month-old cub was spotted at Katmai National Park and Preserve, where cameras follow the lives of the area's famous brown bears.
Its silvery appearance immediately set it apart from the darker bears surrounding it.
The cub has been filmed sitting in the grass, yawning, following its mother through the water and attempting to climb trees.
Its unusual colouring even prompted speculation among wildlife watchers that it could be a "pizzly" - a hybrid between a polar bear and a grizzly.
But park experts have poured cold water on the theory.
They believe the youngster is an ordinary brown bear with an extraordinarily pale coat caused by genetics.
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