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.
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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.
Are your second story windows at floor height?
Where's that "imma fight a gorilla" guy when you need him?
180 seconds (3 minutes) is a hilarious overestimation of any fighter's ability. Unless you're counting the time it takes to bleed out.
Or total time it takes to be consumed
Maybe that's counting the time taken by the polar bear to catch up to the ~~runner~~ fighter from the farthest distance they are capable to lock-onto a target.
10 seconds of fighting, 170 seconds of screaming while being ripped apart.
1 swipe from those giant claws will end you in less than 10 seconds.
Snapping out of your fantasy as you're being eaten alive is a bad move.
I feel like the other option is a Jacob’s Ladder experience
Yikes.
For the uninitiated, that's like having your life flash before your eyes but all you remember is every vivid detail from Evangelion.
Or an isekai
They may kill SEAL with a slap but how many polar bear slaps does it take to kill members of other special forces?
I don't know...Ask Mr. Owl.
Another reference, this time in 3D:
Me, 6'4" 235lb, that's a full grown and a cub 1:1 statue
That cub will fuck me up
It would.
Off on a tangent, but relevant, I recently watched a video from a big cat trainer, and he stated that lion and tiger cubs are absolutely lethal at the age of 6 months. They can literally play with you to death.
And there was a time that humans with stone tools were like yep I can kill that
Do not – and I really cannot stress this enough – give any of those bears cocaine
Here is a black bear, a grizzly, and a polar bear.
And Marcie.
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.
Bear is black, fight back.
Bear is brown, turn around.
Bear is white, say good night.
Bear is Kodiak, you are trespassing and you will be shot.
Also.
Some black bears are brown.
Some brown bears are black.
Good luck everyone.
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.
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.
That’s a myth perpetuated by the polar bears, they’re just perverts
Also, one of the few animals that will hunt humans for food
Can’t blame them. They’re running out of options.
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
This is what a bear would say to lull us into a false sense of security.
woah woah, bear with me here…
woah woah, bear with me here…
Is it holding you at gunpoint?
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.
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.
You mean there are single cougars in your local area ? I always thought these ads were lying