A video of the zoo’s 4-year-old sun bear — called Angela — has caused further doubt, showing the human-like bear waving to visitors who have flocked to see the mysterious mammal.

“Some people think I stand like a person. It seems you don’t understand me very well,” Hangzhou Zoo said in a statement pretending to be by now-viral sun bear Angela.

In the clip, several people are seen running frantically across a crosswalk. Witness captures scary video of bear chasing tourists through downtown area: 'First rule, don't run' first appeared on ...

A sun bear stands in its enclosure at Hangzhou Zoo in Hangzhou, China, on Aug. 1. The zoo has denied the animal in the social media video is a human in a costume. AFP - Getty Images ...

No, she's not a dog. Or a black bear. She's definitely not a person dressed in an animal costume. At least her caretakers say so. Her name is Angela, she's a Malayan Sun Bear at The Hangzhou Zoo ...

Sun bears are the smallest bears in the world. While grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) can weigh more than 700 pounds (320 kilograms), sun bears weigh between 60 and 150 pounds (30 to 70 kg ...

A woman and boy were killed by a polar bear that had been chasing residents in a tiny, ... Russia, and United States), which resulted in 20 human fatalities and 63 human injuries,” it found. ...

In a viral video shot last week, a black bear mother and her young seem to chase panicked tourists in Yellowstone National Park. But that's not what really happened.