Fiber _totally_ can be bent. I have several fiber cables that I can wrap around my pinky finger, no problem. However, it is true that you can't usually expect

Fiber _totally_ can be bent. I have several fiber cables that I can wrap around my pinky finger, no problem. However, it is true that you can't usually expect fiber to survive the "yank really hard on it until it untwists" method of kink removal.