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Polar bears (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 175 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Another reference, this time in 3D:

Me, 6'4" 235lb, that's a full grown and a cub 1:1 statue

[–] [email protected] 73 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

That cub will fuck me up

[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They mentioned that in Tiger King and I just chuckled thinking that was the source of your reference.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

That may be where I heard it. My memory's not as good as it used to be.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They absolutely would, if it wasn't for that Carol fuckin' Baskin!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

That Jezebel! I know she done it!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Whatever that little thing laying on the rock would fuck me up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Is that polar bear turd?

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That picture is not in 3D. Not at all.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

You have to use your 3D monocle for this one

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I could take the one on the fake boulder

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Id say you could even make it 5 feet with the thing before momma caught up and turned you into a fine red mist

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And there was a time that humans with stone tools were like yep I can kill that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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!".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I mean we basically successfully hunted every animal on the planet. Wouldn't say it's fair to call them morons

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ahead of their time.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Nah that was their time. If you gave the average group of humans 40,000 years ago and an average group of modern day humans spears and told them to hunt a polar bear, the group from the past would be much more successful.

Obviously our technology today makes it an easier task, but I'm very impressed at what our ancestors were capable of.

Look up cave bears for a treat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://www.polarbearscanada.ca/sites/default/files/public/hunting_polar_bear_in_the_winter_englishinuktitut_tumble_1.pdf

Surprisingly, yes. The Inuit have for generations.

I was honestly expecting the answer to be that they would kill them in self defense, or if the bear was threatening a more sane food source, and eating it was only rational.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

thanks for rhe source!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I need a gummy bear for scale.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Zoom in on my shirt, the ring around my neck is about the height and width of a gummy bear, or at least close enough to work as an average