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.
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.
Are your second story windows at floor height?
Snapping out of your fantasy as you're being eaten alive is a bad move.
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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.
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And there was a time that humans with stone tools were like yep I can kill that
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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.
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Do not – and I really cannot stress this enough – give any of those bears cocaine
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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.
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Bear is black, fight back.
Bear is brown, turn around.
Bear is white, say good night.
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.
Also.
Some black bears are brown.
Some brown bears are black.
Good luck everyone.
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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.
Bear is Kodiak, you are trespassing and you will be shot.
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
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Here is a black bear, a grizzly, and a polar bear.
And Marcie.
Also, one of the few animals that will hunt humans for food
Can’t blame them. They’re running out of options.
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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.
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You mean there are single cougars in your local area ? I always thought these ads were lying
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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.
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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?
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