That cub will fuck me up
pineapplelover 72 points a year ago
pineapplelover 2 points a year ago
Is that polar bear turd?
potjandorie 5 points a year ago
You have to use your 3D monocle for this one
Flocklesscrow 17 points a year ago
I could take the one on the fake boulder
taxiiiii 2 points a year ago
Thats how we made it this far. Some absolute morons charge ahead and get themselves killed, while everyone else shakes their head. With some animals it works, surprisingly. Others we learn to keep away from- until the next moron feels like " hey, lets try that thing again!".
taxiiiii 2 points a year ago
I mean, we likely also hunted every animal on the planet unsuccessfully and got killed by them.
did any society ever rely on polar bears as a major food source? because to me, that would seem like the absolute last resort. Not an everyday-type activity, more something for the desperate or someone crazy. Then again, I'm not into stone age history.
StaticFalconar 6 points a year ago
I need a gummy bear for scale.
FundMECFSResearch 119 points a year ago
Fun fact: Grizzlies and Polar Bears are the same species according to the Biological Species Concept.
Meaning they interbreed in the wild (somewhat rare), and produce viable offspring that can have babies as well.
We’re actually noticing this happening more and more with climate change. As Grizzly populations move further and further north, they’re encountering polar bears more often and are more likely to mate. Some scientists actually think within the next couple centuries due to arctic sea ice pretty much disappearing polar bears will either go extinct, or interbreed with grizzlies so much that there isn’t a “pure” polar bear left. Most likely a mix of both.
HappySkullsplitter 54 points a year ago
AngryishHumanoid 21 points a year ago
Hey, Mac! You still have that Halloween costume?
cRazi_man 25 points a year ago
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FourGreenFields 57 points a year ago
The number of confirmed hybrids has since risen to eight, all of them descending from the same female polar bear
She has a type.
chellomere 20 points a year ago
She likes them brown boys
humanspiral 2 points a year ago
Scary... Polar bears comming to my house! Slightly larger whiter Grizzlys still a problem.
LibertyLizard 7 points a year ago
There are tons and tons and tons of species that can do this. It’s not clear to me what the prevailing species concept is nowadays, if we’re even still following one.
xwolpertinger 6 points a year ago
Fun fact: Grizzlies and Polar Bears are the same species according to the Biological Species Concept.
Calling it that gives it too much credit, it is something thought up in the 17th/18th century without any concept of genetics and evolution.
Which might explain why it breaks down almost instantly under any amount of scrutiny.
barsoap 3 points a year ago
It's a category. All lines are arbitrary to a degree and "interbreeds and produces viable offspring" is not exceedingly arbitrary. You can have arguments around populations which could and would interbreed if they weren't geographically distinct, you can argue about whether offspring needs to be viable no matter which way around the sexes of the parents are, or how large the percentage of viable offspring needs to be, but in the end, yep it makes sense to have a distinction somewhere around that bunch of criteria.
House cats and European wild cats are considered distinct species not because they're genetically incompatible, but because they don't interbreed to any significant degree -- too many behavioural differences, and we're not speaking about culture, here. So even if they could intermingle in theory in practice they don't, so they stay separate, so they're different species.
It's kind of... a behavioural view on the genome? If you have a better idea, field it, there has to be some dividing line because taxa for the taxonomy god.
steal_your_face 5 points a year ago
So are Neanderthals and homo sapiens the same species then?
bluewing 7 points a year ago
Close enough that we probably helped bred them out of existence. Neanderthal genetic markers show up with some regularity in certain modern human populations.
Edit to add: While humans didn't breed them out of existence, we certainly did intermix with them. And that does help to maintain their existence yet today.
UnawareOfAnything 11 points a year ago
Thanks for reminding me about this https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tFUvmZWf4hI
TimewornTraveler 4 points a year ago
good memories thanks for the link
dejected_warp_core 2 points a year ago
Yikes.
For the uninitiated, that's like having your life flash before your eyes but all you remember is every vivid detail from Evangelion.
loudWaterEnjoyer 11 points a year ago
One
musubibreakfast 5 points a year ago
That depends on the bear's tactical training, if the bear went through bootcamp then it's one slap, if the bear is also a SEAL then it's half a slap.
SOB_Van_Owen 2 points a year ago
I don't know...Ask Mr. Owl.
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Flocklesscrow 19 points a year ago
Polar bears have black skin. Polar bears are black bears.
lobut 18 points a year ago
I remember somewhere they were saying you should remove your clothes (slowly piece by piece) with a polar bear. The bear will get distracted and start sniffing your clothes.
I think it was a QI episode and then David Mitchell said something like that Polar Bear being happier in the fact that the human would be better to eat this time because it didn't have a wrapper.
TheGiantKorean 4 points a year ago path: 0 16939615 16942424 16948920, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0
FooBarrington 18 points a year ago
Bear is white, say good night, and tuck it in and tell it a story. Once the bear has fallen asleep snuggle up to it, so it has a fresh morning snack.
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VividNight 2 points a year ago
Black bears are pretty skittish, so usually acting big & loud is enough to make them jog away, but I'm not sure someone could take them in a fight if the black bear was cornered.
Speaking of which, bears are extremely protective of their cubs, so if you ever see any cubs, running away from them at full speed is probably the best choice.
RizzRustbolt 2 points a year ago
Bear is Kodiak, you are trespassing and you will be shot.
MintyFresh 43 points a year ago
It will keep you warm and cozy for the rest of your life!
Tar_alcaran 28 points a year ago
Only once
Event_Horizon 6 points a year ago
10 seconds of fighting, 170 seconds of screaming while being ripped apart.
BleatingZombie 5 points a year ago
Or total time it takes to be consumed
LovableSidekick 28 points a year ago
Here is a black bear, a grizzly, and a polar bear.
And Marcie.
Donebrach 24 points a year ago
Fighting bears isn’t that common of an encounter. I’d be more worried about deer and coyotes or even a single cougar than the off chance of encountering a bear. They will definitely fuck you up but it’s not like they are starting their day to be like “Imma go murder a human” in the same way other urban-adjacent animals are—I think they just wanna get that sweet sweet pick-a-nic basket.
dies from turkey assault
lennivelkant 4 points a year ago
Maybe the targeted advertising got your location wrong?
FordBeeblebrox 9 points a year ago
Moose are not to be trifled with either. If you accidentally put yourself between mama and baby, you’re gonna have a real bad time
Holyhandgrenade 9 points a year ago
Polar bears will absolutely try to hunt you. They'll eat anything that moves. The only way to deal with a polar bear is a gun.
kaklerbitmap 5 points a year ago
The ancient drawing was by a caveman trying to convince his caveman bros that he could totally take a polar bear.
djsoren19 2 points a year ago
Tbh, even if you have a gun, your odds are not 100%. You're firing at essentially a biological tank, small caliber fire might cause pain and eventually kill a polar bear with non-vital shots, but it's not going to stop one barreling down on you.
Realistically, you need to be a decent enough marksmen to aim for a vital point, all while making your will saves because a giant monster is charging you. I'm pretty sure most humans are still fucked.
Holyhandgrenade 1 point a year ago
Yup they're dangerous as fuck. My mom (kindergarten director) once visited a kindergarten in Svalbard, Norway where there's a rifle hanging on the wall above where the kids get dressed.
The idea being that if a polar bear wanders towards the village, it's essential to be able to fight it off and protect the children.
myotheraccount 5 points a year ago
And the cocaine. Some of them also want that sweet cocaine.
captain_oni 2 points a year ago
This is what a bear would say to lull us into a false sense of security.
captain_oni 1 point a year ago
woah woah, bear with me here…
Is it holding you at gunpoint?
Case 17 points a year ago
Worked in Yellowstone for a summer.
Spent some time with the rangers. They got all sorts of questions...
Like which handgun caliber would be best to defend oneself from a bear.
Essentially, the ranger broke it down stating there was a weakness in the skull about the size of a bullet that you had to hit directly to have a chance of dropping a bear with a handgun. While its coming at you and pissed/hungry.
So essentially, you've just pissed off the bear before it gets it claws on you.
Well placed slugs from shotguns, rifle rounds, and preferably (according to the ranger in question) a tranquilizer to re-home the bear away from people. That being said, the bears are tracked to an extent and bears who show repeated behavior endangering themselves/tourists tend to be exterminated, sadly.
Hand to claw combat? Human is going down.
This is why in the past, when bears were hunted, they were hunted in their dens during hibernation - at the end of spears to keep that hungry bear as far away as possible from your soft easily rent flesh.
bathing_in_bismuth 4 points a year ago
Seriously emptying an entire .357 revolver or .44 wouldn't help? What about hollow point bullets?
That's insaaaaneee
ricecake 5 points a year ago
It entirely depends on the bear species, but in general guns are a last resort defense against bears.
Primary defense is avoidance and making it so they can avoid you. A bear will eat you, but is unlikely to hunt you. For most bears we're an unknown quantity so they'll avoid us, since other food is reasonably available with less risk.
A bear has heavy fur, thick skin for storing winter fat deposits, and dense bones. While bullets will injure the bear and perhaps even kill it, it won't be enough to save you.
Much like how hitting someone on the head with a glass bottle will hurt them, almost certainly injure them, and potentially kill them, the type of injury is likely to be a fractured skull or brain bleed. Extremely serious and deadly, but they have minutes of functionality and hours of bewildered stumbling before they black out.
So it'll likely die... Later. For now you have a scared, confused and pissed off bear.
I believe hollow points have less penetration power, so it might not even get through the hide. Other bullets will get through fine, but are unlikely to stop the bear dead.
bathing_in_bismuth 1 point a year ago
Woah. I must ask further in my quest to understand last resort bear encounter gun tips. What about an .45 calibred pistol with an magazine alternating between normal and hollow points? I get the skull take, even some fighting dogs are immune to 9mm skull shots. I don't live in America, don't own a gun but know a lot about guns, just very interested in this topic
sus 2 points a year ago
.44 magnum is barely on par with an intermediate rifle round like 5.56 against large game. And that's before considering the massively lower felt recoil or the fact that a rifle is much easier to aim
frostysauce 2 points a year ago
Dude, you're not killing a bear with a handgun before it eats you.
madcaesar 1 point a year ago
Your question is 100% valid.
All these people piling on you claiming a bear will just shrug off having a hand gun emptied into it. That just sounds like bullshit to me, they aren't robots... Bullets aren't pellets that shit will penetrate and any species with a survival instinct will back up.
I simply cannot believe what people are saying? Is there any proof or is it all just made up speculation people make by extrapolating size and injuries caused by bullets?
dejected_warp_core 3 points a year ago
That reminds me of a dirty joke.
Tourist: So, which would you recommend for self-defense against a grizzly: a hunting rifle, or a large-caliber pistol?
Ranger: The pistol.
Tourist: Really? Why's that?
Ranger: Because it'll hurt less when the bear shoves it up your ass.
Ilovethebomb 16 points a year ago
Your survival time would depend on how far apart you and the bear are, how's fast you can run, and how angry or hungry the bear is.
idiomaddict 15 points a year ago
Polar bears hunt even when not hungry because of the general scarcity of food in their environment
100_kg_90_de_belin 9 points a year ago
Polar bears can reach 25 mph, I don't see myself outrunning that.
ohulancutash 1 point a year ago
Which is why gun ownership and carry is mandatory in some areas where Polar Bears are a risk.
NigelFrobisher 1 point a year ago
Or “Zeroth Floor”.
GoodLuckToFriends -2 points a year ago
Just like we have a zeroth century, aye guys?
TimewornTraveler 1 point a year ago
2층인데
ohwhatfollyisman 7 points a year ago
is the fear of this bear why we're so intent in melting the icecaps?
bluewing 1 point a year ago
This is truer than you know. Well, the killing a polar bear part.
When Eskimos really got modern metallic cartridge firearms post WW2, they for some reason decided that the .223 Remington cartridge, (precursor of the 5.56 NATO round), was the best thing ever to hunt with. And you can be positive more than one polar bear got itself killed by the mommy of the the 5.56 NATO. And a bolt action rifle in .223 remains popular with them to this day.
ThatGuy46475 5 points a year ago
Polar bears are very curious animals, so if you back away while slowly undressing they will stop to inspect each piece of clothing, giving you time to get away.
Prethoryn 3 points a year ago
They are also one of the few, next to tigers, land predators that actually have a taste for human blood. The nature of a polar bear thinks it can eat it then it will certainly try. You also absolutely cannot out run them.
dejected_warp_core 3 points a year ago
Where's that "imma fight a gorilla" guy when you need him?
multifariace 2 points a year ago
The bear in the mural does not look tall enough to look in a second story window. Is that a young one?
Fenrisulfir 1 point a year ago
Are your second story windows at floor height?
CheeseToastie 0 points a year ago
Eeeep!
ryannathans -2 points a year ago
Be good if the other bears were standing up straight too
samus12345 3 points a year ago
They are, their arms just aren't raised.
ryannathans 2 points a year ago
Idk they look slouchy, let's get em in the same pose
Rachelhazideas 7 points a year ago
If you see a bear off trail, that's normal.
If you see a man off trail, you are being followed.
How hard is it to understand?
It's not about which one women would rather fight, is about which one they would rather encounter when they expect to be alone.
Also, the worst bears can do is maul you to death on the spot. The worst men can do is rape, torture, and maim you for weeks before killing you.
GoodLuckToFriends 2 points a year ago
Also, the worst bears can do is maul you to death on the spot. The worst men can do is rape, torture, and maim you for weeks before killing you.
Damn, all that fanfiction I read from brother bear is just crumbling...
SaharaMaleikuhm 5 points a year ago
Still mad about that one? xD
ThatGuy46475 5 points a year ago
In the woods. You don’t see polar bears in the woods.
100_kg_90_de_belin 2 points a year ago
Yes, you are. At least bears aren't neckbeard incels.
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