So. The polar bear fur? Didn't look like polar bear fur to me, and I've been around polar bear hides quite often. It's not that fluffy.

We could just be logical and say something along the lines of 'Where are they going to get real polar bear fur? It's just a prop.'

Or we could have fun with it.

My kinda-sorta-theory:
The Hydra station is used for animals, right? But for exactly what purpose? Could it be to see if they could make hybrid animals? If so, maybe they breeded (either artificially or naturally) a polar bear with another bear (grizzly, perhaps) to get some sort of hybrid.

The PB/Griz hybrid is actually possible; I've seen it on National Geographic.

Maybe that's why the fur consistancy was different.

Also, when we got a look at the polar bear, it didn't look... right to me. Maybe that's just because the visual effects aren't quite up to par with the Star Wars animations, but still... could there be more to it?

Maybe the polar bear looked strange because it was some sort of hybrid. That would explain it a bit.

Like I said, the fur and the not-so-hot CGI bear may not mean anything, but it is always fun to wonder, hmm?

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