As I explained below (or rather looked up)

The hollow transparent hairs reflect and scatter visible (i.e. white) light.

Posted By: yarmyyarmy on July 12th 2010 at 11:25:27

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Discussion (General Chat) - dionlovesit, Jul 12, 10:08:12
- 'stumbled' can you ask yourself if they're going to have message board awards again? (n/m) (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Jul 12, 10:48:32
- Ask them how come polar bears are left handed. (General Chat) - tudders, Jul 12, 10:45:18
  - Myth apparently (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 12, 10:49:47
    - Ambidextrous polar bears! (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 12, 11:23:33
      - They are the tits. Can't believe some cunt would go and shoot one. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jul 12, 11:33:35
    - Horseshit. No fucking way have polar bears written a website. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 12, 10:51:02
      - Polar bears' fur is actually clear, it appears white due to reflection off of snow, (General Chat) - Al NCFC4life, Jul 12, 10:54:02
        
        That is bollocks (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 12, 11:08:24
        
        actually same is true of the mahoosive polar bear skin that's displayed in the Scott Polar (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 12, 11:23:09
        
        As I explained below (or rather looked up) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 12, 11:25:27
        
        yeah, but QI got there before you (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 12, 11:38:42
        
        So they always look white then? (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 12, 11:33:28
        
        Objects don't really have an attribute called colour. (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 12, 11:48:27
        
        Exactly (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 12, 11:55:48
        
        Yes (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 12, 11:59:22
        
        The sea looks blue (sometimes), but it isn't though is it? (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Jul 12, 11:42:00
        
        I do hope dear old uncle Hugh didn't eat the bear's liver. (General Chat) - tudders, Jul 12, 11:11:45
        
        I do hope that some of the Git family got to try polar bear meat. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 12, 11:11:21
        
        Their thick undercoat and guard hairs are pigment-free and transparent with a hollow core (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 12, 10:59:36
        
        This ^^^ is why you'll never see a white polar bear in the zoo (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 12, 10:57:50
        
        So if you sat one on a tartan rug it'd look like a Bay City Roller? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 12, 10:57:41
  - No they just sit on their left so it feels like some other paw saps hand (n/m) (General Chat) - stringersrevenge, Jul 12, 10:49:35
  - i thought they had paws not hands? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 12, 10:47:30
- Wroth is the font of all knowledge (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jul 12, 10:43:39
- How do they explain the toothy grins? (n/m) (General Chat) - Buckscanary, Jul 12, 10:25:00
- I've got a question about the philosophical application of the concepts of wave-particle d (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 12, 10:11:27
  - These iphone apps are getting silly now (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Jul 12, 10:17:41
  - go on then (General Chat) - emmaroyds, Jul 12, 10:16:09
  - What is it then? (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 12, 10:13:31
    - I haven't really, I just made it up to look clever. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jul 12, 10:16:27
      - Shame (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Jul 12, 10:18:06

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