Japanese artist Masahiro Minami created wooden rocking polar bear and grizzly toys for his daughter but with a serious message included. The toy, Bears on Melting Ice, is a poignant look at the union of the two great bear species caused by climate change.
“The ice in the North Pole is getting small and the polar bears are losing the place where they live because of global warming. This wooden polar bear is falteringly walking on the melting ice,” explains the artist of his design. “On the other hand, global warming has caused the grizzlies to come to the North Pole to live and hybrid bears created by polar bear and grizzly are confirmed there. The black one is a grizzly and it implies the change of habitat environment by global warming.”
Visit: http://www.masahiro-minami.com
Via: Inhabitat
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