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[[File:Bergman's_BearOriginal.jpg|200px|left|link=Bergman's Bear]]
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[[Bergman's Bear]] could be a subspecies of the brown bear native to Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east of Russia. Not much is known about the species, other than that it is significantly larger than other bears in the region. It was first identified in 1855. In 1920 a hide was examined by Swedish zoologist Sten Bergman, giving the bear the name. He noted that the hide was far larger than other Kamchatkan Bears and had short hair instead of the usual long hair. In the 60s, native Kamchatkans reported sightings of another unusually large bear they nicknamed the "god bear". Unfortunately, for "military reasons" most of the Kamchatka Peninsula has been closed off since the cold war.


It is unclear whether the Bergman's Bear really exists, if it is a subspecies and if so, what of. A theory suggests they might be Alaskan Grizzlys or Kodiak Bears that found their way over the winter ice to Russia, as Alaska has also seen reports of unusually large bears. They could also be Ezo Brown Bears that found their way to Kamchatka, as they're larger than the native bears and can rarely reach unusual sizes.
Hi-no-Tori (literally "bird of fire", and usually rendered in English as "Phoenix") is the name of an unfinished manga series by Osamu Tezuka, consisting of 12 chapters published in between 1967 and 1988 (with Tezuka passing away in 1989), as well as a slew of adaptations to anime, film and live-action media.


Kemono Friends' Bergman's Bear
The manga functions like an anthology, with each chapter being a self-contained story with different characters and plots, as well as being set in different time periods. The series' overall premise concerns the overarching themes of reincarnation and searching for immortality; all of the chapters center around the blood of the eponymous Phoenix, which is said to grant eternal life and is sought after by one or more characters in each of the stories. The stories also share the common revelation of immortality being either unobtainable or a terrible curse, with the series presenting natural life and death ('the cycle of life') as the proper order of things.
Kemono Friends' Bergman's Bear appeared in the Nexon Game. She has long, grey-black hair bound to a ponytail by a large pink ribbon. She likes collecting large things and is part of the small group "Large Love" lead by Kodiak Bear, also consisting of Ezo Brown Bear.
 
The Hi-no-Tori character received a Kemono Friends-style design for an art exhibition honoring Tezuka's work at the Hankyu Umeda department store in April 2017; however, it did not feature in any franchise media of any kind, and was thus technically an unofficial friend until almost four years later, when she [[Hi-no-Tori/KF3|featured]] in Kemono Friends 3.

Latest revision as of 16:42, 9 May 2022

Hi-no-Tori (literally "bird of fire", and usually rendered in English as "Phoenix") is the name of an unfinished manga series by Osamu Tezuka, consisting of 12 chapters published in between 1967 and 1988 (with Tezuka passing away in 1989), as well as a slew of adaptations to anime, film and live-action media.

The manga functions like an anthology, with each chapter being a self-contained story with different characters and plots, as well as being set in different time periods. The series' overall premise concerns the overarching themes of reincarnation and searching for immortality; all of the chapters center around the blood of the eponymous Phoenix, which is said to grant eternal life and is sought after by one or more characters in each of the stories. The stories also share the common revelation of immortality being either unobtainable or a terrible curse, with the series presenting natural life and death ('the cycle of life') as the proper order of things.

The Hi-no-Tori character received a Kemono Friends-style design for an art exhibition honoring Tezuka's work at the Hankyu Umeda department store in April 2017; however, it did not feature in any franchise media of any kind, and was thus technically an unofficial friend until almost four years later, when she featured in Kemono Friends 3.

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