Elusive WHITE black bear - known as the 'spirit bear' - seen frolicking on Michigan trail camera

Not your average bear! Elusive WHITE black bear - known to Native Americans as a "spirit bear" - seen frolicking on Michigan trail camera The bear's appearance was the only common thing about sighting Distinct from polar bears or albinos, white-furred black bears occur when both parents of the bear have bred and produced a recessive gene for white fur. Spotting one of the colorless bears is an extremely rare feat anywhere - however, in America , the sighting is particularly unusual Bear genetics spread across the vastness of the North American continent offer a much lower chance of white or blonde colorations Currently, the phenomenon is almost exclusively confined to western Canada, home to sometimes a certain species of black bear born with blond colorations | Update: 10:19 PM BST, 20 Sep 2022

A white-furred "one in a million" black bear was spotted earlier traversing the wilderness of the Michigan this month in a sighting that wildlife officials have since hailed as one of the rarest in recent history.

The 100-pound bear - which looks like something straight out of a fairy tale - was spotted in the western Upper Peninsula, an area of ​​the Great Lakes State where bears are in abundance.

That said, the bear's appearance was about the only common thing about the sighting.

Distinct from polar bears or albinos, white-furred black bears are the result of a one-in-a-million chance where the bear's male and female relatives meet. are bred and produced a recessive gene for white fur.

Spotting one of the colorless bears is a rare feat anywhere - however, in America the si Fights are particularly unusual, due to the fact that bear genetics spread across the North American continent offers a much lower chance of white or blonde colorations.

Currently, the phenomenon is...