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I had no idea polar bears are so huge.
Oct 2, 2024 9:20 AM
bendaresall
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I had no idea polar bears are so huge.
EternalStudent07
Oh that's why they're death on the ice. Ok... And I guess more local bears aren't that much safer to be around. This is something that VR (heck even AR) could be neat for. Correctly dimensioned virtual things, like a zoo visit where the animals can appear close to you. No, I will never interact with anything virtual... stop pretending I will.
dorenavant
Now I see the “brown: lay down, black: fight back, white: good night”.
RuBisCO1
If it is black fight back, if it is brown lay down, if it is white good night.
CgnCalling
Can’t even see hers
justplainvanilla
Rijtjeshuis
... and they're the only ones that'll actively stalk and hunt you.
HemmyC
As someone who's encountered several of the left hand ones, they're big but most black and brown bears are much smaller than that, roughly 60-75% of what's shown there. Good for informing people about potential dangers though!
oldradios19772000
Like it matters. A 250 pound bear could still kill a person easily.
TyhSpaceJunkie
I was always taught about Bears that if it's black fight back if it's brown lie down if it's white goodnight.
WhiskyBravo
On a recent trip to Alaska, our tour guide told us a little rhyme they use about bears. If it's brown, get down (get down, be still). If it's black, attack (wave your arms, make yourself look bigger, yell at it). If it's white, good night (cause you're dead).
memesis
Last time I was in the Kodiak airport, they had a life sized Kodiak bear in the terminal, up on its hind legs. Just to set expectations
SavageDrums
No Kodiak?
rbudrick
Awww, imagine the cuddles from those cute babies.
ThisGuyHere
"I could probably hold my own" -Some redneck
Bunnies007
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if a polar bear decided that you would make a good lunch. Wildlife photographer, Gordon Buchanan did. The encounter lasted 45 mins, sadly, I can only find 2 min clips, but it's enough to scare the pants off you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO1grYvfk5g
CapitalNick
If it's black, fight back. If it's brown, lay down. If it's white, goodnight.
hohohoooo
LychFinderGeneral
If not friend, why friend shaped?
BlueDsc
An animal that could maul me to death with zero effort has no business looking so huggable.
duktayp
They wave like fren and look like fren! Imma jump fence and selfie w/ fren ☠️
CgnCalling
MeanWinchester
I know they can seem terrifying, but the truth is if you have the courage to approach one, and speak to them respectfully and kindly, women are usually very nice. Make no mistake though, they will defend themselves with deadly force if you mean them harm
Johwin
Not much fur on the one in the middle, are you sure its a bear?
servingmytimeinusersub
That's a hairless beach ape, not a bear.
pettingmycatwhileipoo
https://preview.redd.it/3ksgbo50xbv31.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c0de6b64ce40530022e6f4b38a3a632b802e7b15
WackyWavingFlailingArmTubeMan
Nah clear lack of glowsticks and house music
theworldcouldbeflat
Well it's bigger then a panda
MaddogDelphi1997
It might be a cougar.
ItsActuallyDavidNow
I’m a bear scientists. That’s a bear.
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aRabidGerbil
Fun fact: in addition to being the world's largest land based predator, polar bears are also the world's largest burrowing animal
tacoaboutit
BreakfastWithCountChocula
They forgot to put the kodiak bear.
Wordsocinesc
I had no idea that polar bears were so much larger then other bears, that’s insane.
SneakECoyote
I think I've seen this video before but there were more bears and she was on a couch.
clamdriver
Piper, is that you?
TheOldSchoolisBack
Black bear looks scared to be there. TBF, I’d be scared to pose with a brown bear and a polar bear, too.
Thisisabigmistake
Polar bear can pull a beluga whale out of the water with one paw.
Exdeath5000
6% of Americans think they can beat a grizzly bear while unarmed
DickMcStiffens
I watched Backcountry and strongly believe that would be my fate in that same situation.
brazzy42
I mean, a grizzly bear without arms wouldn't be ale to catch you, so you could just kite it.
DickMcStiffens
I watched Backcountry and strongly believe that would be my fate in that same situation.
TheNLK
That stat gets so old. More likely 5.9% of people were joking or misunderstood the question.
Radix865
How the 0.1% see themselves:
TheNLK
Correct.
AnUnfortunateFreezeFrame
AnUnfortunateFreezeFrame
Brown bears don't understand martial arts
Mxlespxles
AND SHE STILL CHOOSES THE BEAR
CeoHuntingSeason
Idontspellcheck
Why wouldn't she? If she could tame it she could ride it everywhere and not be hassled.
Frogapus
IDownvoteKhaby
If she gets attacked by the bear no one's gonna ask what she was wearing.
skullAvatar
Was she wearing meat pants?
rshini
or claim she's making it up for attention
solrev
And they can swim, run, and climb faster than you
HighwayWizard
MasterMookie
Ehhh the climb depends. As longs as they can sink their claws into it they can climb faster else us apes are better at climbing
wherethehorriblethingsare
Women truly are apex predators.
brownribbon
Not for much longer
thegreyacemaven
And are the only bears known to actively hunt and eat humans, (as opposed to opportunistic hunting).
Kitakita
are they better at playing the piano than me?
CeoHuntingSeason
Ther firegun handling is shit tho
JurgenWindcallerz
I can take on a bear. Once at least.
AbeFromanSausageKingOfChicago
Yes but I have one strong advantage against them and that is….living thousands of miles away from them indefinitely.
AngelBunny8888
That's fine they can get to me quicker for cuddles.
thedill2000
Hence the importance of being more fit than friends.
vorodar
That's damning with faint praise. I can barely swim, I can run for a few seconds before I'm out of breath and I can't even climb.
Bears are the real losers if the best they can do is beat me in physical fitness!
Ifekinlovesauerkraut
And they are friend-shaped. Boop!
WhichIsIt
Can they sink a three pointer?
unimatrixzxero
But can they shoot better than us?
KillingTlme
Don't worry about it. They will be extinct in a couple generations or less.
IOftenDeleteCommentsCauseISuckAtTyping
A lot of people forget that for many creatures, intelligence is our only edge, and it shows.
fakepointsforlife
But can they fly faster than us
MountainAscender
That’s exactly why I go nowhere without my nunchucks.
keys79
So in a triathlon you’d really need to make up that lost time on the bike.
ChareAndFlaff
I laughed out loud, but also, if you make it past the first two hundred meters, you'd crush the bear in the marathon. It's the start where they get you.
LupusLilium
Haven't circuses trained bears to ride those? Bears are the apex predator of triathlons. And after they've won they'll just eat you.
CanadianLadyMoose
And their sense of smell is like a shark’s. One drop of blood, a mile away, they know all about it.
solrev
Oh I forgot about that too
Poppypoppoppop
Also
solrev
Oh wow! +1
OneLastThingBeforeIQuit
Is this someone using a polar bear paw on a ouija board after hell froze over
somerandomusernamebecauseididntlikemyoldone
given what looks like medical supplies in that container, I imagine it was put under for scientific or medical purposes
Omnimorph2112
I get what you're saying. So if I encounter one I'd be best to challenge it to a dance off. Noted!
IdoWalk
Where do you think Miss Raygun learnt her moves?
pip1
Just give it a coke. Polar bears love coke
craigwilliams69
Or a bicycle race. Slaughter averted.
Level21Magikarp
But how about multiplication tables? Still waiting on them to come in handy
solrev
Honestly they can prob math better too.
TheCriticsWereConciseItOnlyTookFourLines
How is their cornering?
solrev
4motion Haldex AWD good.
somethingsomethingwittyhere
Plus, they have the equivalent of studded tires: https://imgur.com/7rcPZtU.png
RoboUnicornFishBalls
60/40 split with LSD and 64 point adjustable dampers running winters.
Just need to get them down to Spain in the summer and you'll likely be fine out running it in the corners.
DoctorPitt
Yeah, but if I slip the claw and get them into a rear naked choke, they would've killed me when I thought I slipped the claw
TheCriticsWereConciseItOnlyTookFourLines
Their naked rear is the wrong spot to try and choke them, and not only that, they prefer to call it their bear bottom.
LoftheDesert
Once saw a video. A guy managed to scare off a black bear that came close to their camp and one comment was like
"It's just a black bear. I would have punched it in the nose, jumped back, spinning back kick and choked it until it passed out". This was in the early days of YouTube like 2010 ish. I don't think that person was kidding.
PectorialMuscles
Same dude is scared to handle his corgi.
Zalophus
To be entirely fair black bears tend to run when you fight back. Unless they are on cocaine of course.
shorey66
fishmaceins
Not sure how one would choke them... Looking at this image i dont think my arms would reach around their necks sufficiently for me to put any pressure anywhere. Even if it would not move or fight back
Affray
I could definitely choke out a black bear, it's surviving the claws long enough to win that's the issue.
LoftheDesert
It's a lot of floof. But even if you manage to get a good hold.. those teeth and claws are bye-bye for you. I'm sure there is someone out there who could beat a bear in a 1 on 1 fight with no weapons but that's not going to be your average Joe.
LeMegachonk
Actually, I doubt there is. Bears are bigger, stronger, faster, and all but invulnerable to anything unarmed human could do. Our strength comes from our ability to use tools and adapt the environment to our needs. If we restrict ourselves from doing that, we're pretty shitty animals woefully lacking in both offensive and defensive capabilities. Keep in mind, without artificial protection, we are seriously injured by exposure to sunlight for a few a hours.
Felimelinesk
Nice repost of one of mine: same title, same picture, same comment under the pic...
Artistformerlyknownasprince
You'll be okay. Upset about someone stealing a stolen meme okeeeey
daguq
Yeah, welcome to point-farming imgur. At least it's not another JD Vance fact-checking repost.
nbrown613
/gallery/vvT59cv
TomBrokaw
Different title and no comment under the picture. How is what this person did any different than what op did?
elbowdeepinawhateverthatis
Went through your posts. You’re a liar. You haven’t posted this at all.
textilelover
Well, probably many people (like me) did not see yours. Although changing the title/commentary would have been good.
TomBrokaw
If you click the link provided by nbrown613, you can see it's a different title and no comment at all.
TheNewKidInTheBlockWar
Upvote for your originsl post, downvote for the repost.
NSFWfrontpage2
Let he who has never reposted cast the first stone
CallMeTrix
Yo, across all the years and all the accounts.
thatiscomedygoldrightthere
*doink
Mr21782Man
I like how you changed usernames over the years. /gallery/til-just-how-huge-polar-bears-truly-are-THd2LHo
Felimelinesk
I did "change" usernames, several times; not always on my own will ! but not this one isn't one of mine.
MangoDangBro
I like how they just assumed reposting someone else's oc, with only half the content of the oc post, somehow made it theirs and then complained about it.
Nobody was commenting about reposts until they showed up and now we find out it was a hypocritical complaint
TomBrokaw
Hypocritical and incorrect