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[–] [email protected] 175 points 3 weeks ago (13 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 (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 weeks ago (4 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.

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

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

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

I could take the one on the fake boulder

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[–] [email protected] 122 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (9 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago

Hey, Mac! You still have that Halloween costume?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 63 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The number of confirmed hybrids has since risen to eight, all of them descending from the same female polar bear

She has a type.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago

Biologists wouldn't say they're the same species, because biologists are aware of interspecies hybrids and the species problem.

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[–] [email protected] 108 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Do not – and I really cannot stress this enough – give any of those bears cocaine

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

instructions unclear, bears are now on pcp

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Didn't even know they made it in liquid form

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 93 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Snapping out of your fantasy as you're being eaten alive is a bad move.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

They may kill SEAL with a slap but how many polar bear slaps does it take to kill members of other special forces?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago
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[–] [email protected] 59 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Bear is black, fight back.

Bear is brown, turn around.

Bear is white, say good night.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Also.

Some black bears are brown.

Some brown bears are black.

Good luck everyone.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago

Polar bears have black skin. Polar bears are black bears.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago

That’s a myth perpetuated by the polar bears, they’re just perverts

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Turn around is a bad idea

If it's brown, lie down

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Also, one of the few animals that will hunt humans for food

[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 weeks ago

Can’t blame them. They’re running out of options.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I bet they gives good hugs :3

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

It will keep you warm and cozy for the rest of your life!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Great source of vitamin A!

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

Also vitamin AA, AAA, and AAAA.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

180 seconds (3 minutes) is a hilarious overestimation of any fighter's ability. Unless you're counting the time it takes to bleed out.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago

Here is a black bear, a grizzly, and a polar bear.

And Marcie.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

180 seconds feels extremely generous tbh

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

You mean there are single cougars in your local area ? I always thought these ads were lying

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What kind of bear is that wearing the sunglasses?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

Polar bears hunt even when not hungry because of the general scarcity of food in their environment

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

Polar bears can reach 25 mph, I don't see myself outrunning that.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

Tall snow doggos

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