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Video posted of Whistler’s mysterious white bear cub

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ABOVE: A video posted to Vimeo shows Whistler's rare white bear cub playfully wrestling with its mother. It is still not known if the cub is a Kermode bear or an albino bear – Jul 6, 2016

Some new video has been posted online of Whistler’s rare and adorable white bear cub.

The video shows the cub playfully wrestling with its mother – a black bear that is well-known in the area.

The white cub’s appearance has sparked debate over whether it is a Kermode bear or an albino bear.

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READ MORE: Mysterious white bear cub spotted in Whistler

“We keep very careful records within the ski area and never have we seen a cub of such colour before,” Arthur De Jong, planning and resource manager for Whistler-Blackcomb Mountain, said in early June.

“It’s an off-white colour, a very, very healthy cub. With a known mother, a female that we’ve had in the ski area for four to five years.”

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Experts warn that people should steer clear of the bear and not just because of the mother’s presence – there’s a danger of the cub becoming too comfortable with humans.

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