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Em_Adespoton t1_jcnjzel wrote
Quite the event to share with the grandkids.
I do take issue with one statement though:
> which just might be the most dangerous creature on earth
Where I come from, there’s a saying: if it’s black, fight back. If it’s brown, lie down. If it’s white, goodnight.
A grizzly wouldn’t stand a chance against a polar bear.
TheSmegger t1_jco7ols wrote
The recommendation for dealing with a polar bear, if you have no weapon, is to run to water asap. Then dive in and inhale... It's a much better way to die than being torn to shreds, while being kept alive as long as possible.
TolMera t1_jcp7gck wrote
Wtf? They keep you alive!
orangethepurple t1_jcpdx9h wrote
Kind of, it's not that they're trying to. Bears just don't give the courtesy of making sure you're dead first before they start eating like tigers.
Anangrywookiee t1_jcqgj9d wrote
That’s why I always do my best to stick my head right into the polar bears mouth.
TolMera t1_jcqyjlf wrote
That would make an intense video game. You’re not dead until you’re actually dead
zingingcutie333 t1_jcrb5bz wrote
This got me. I snorted 😂😂
Fun-Agent-7667 t1_jcq4r9w wrote
Well tigers always Go for the Neck. Relative quick death
phantomlil13 t1_jcp9aqq wrote
To shreds you say?
BuddJones t1_jcpgu6p wrote
How’s his wife holding up?
Occam_Toothbrush t1_jcpj4o1 wrote
...to shreds, you say...
docnig t1_jcs2dgf wrote
And what about their paper shredder?
PandaMan759 t1_jco1ce3 wrote
Also… hippos
Em_Adespoton t1_jcpl0sf wrote
Hippos were glibly dismissed in the article for some reason.
osunightfall t1_jcr91lc wrote
Was going to mention.
bitqueso t1_jcpe6q4 wrote
Do you come from Reddit because that’s posted on here all the time
Em_Adespoton t1_jcpkvxr wrote
How did you guess?
King-Krown t1_jcnz7eu wrote
I didn't know there was such a big weight difference.. Damn.
Spirited-Relief-9369 t1_jcodtll wrote
There's also the difference in aggression; polar bears live in an arctic desert, where anything and everything that can be killed and eaten has to be in the name of survival.
That's why the loss of their habitat, causing them to flee southwards, has already led to human deaths.
NotAnotherEmpire t1_jcp8hn8 wrote
Polar bear could be hurt enough fighting a grizzly to not want to.
The problem is polar bears aren't afraid of anything. They have no evolutionary pressure on fear besides more formidable polar bears.
manzanita2 t1_jcq0cjt wrote
it might be added that the way the get formidable is by eating everything else.
SNES-1990 t1_jcqjobh wrote
Don't orcas eat them occasionally?
parachuteoverbible t1_jcqt4wy wrote
I think the most dangerous animal is the one mauling you at the time.
tubawhatever t1_jcr5nwy wrote
My 10lb cat when I give it catnip
BugSamurai t1_jcqkbm1 wrote
While I agree a polar bear encounter is more deadly than a grizzly encounter, how often do people encounter polar bears? I'd say there's a solid chance I'll never be in polar bear country in my lifetime, but the range of the brown/grizzly overlaps with human civilization much more. This is from a North American perspective btw. I'd bet brown bear is at the top of the list of animal deaths in NA.
Harsimaja t1_jcqd5ht wrote
Right. It’s not even the most dangerous bear in the U.S. Globally hippos, tigers, some highly venomous snakes/spiders/jellyfish, extremely poisonous frogs and various living infectious agents and vectors would probably be up there too. And crocs, depending on what you’re doing at the time.
MizElaneous t1_jcqp3go wrote
Have you met many grizzly or polar bears? Polar bears are far more risk averse than grizzly bears. A grizzly bear can survive with a broken leg, a polar bear can't, and they know it.
Cooter_McGrabbin t1_jcr0oq0 wrote
If it's sloth play goth.
ragner11 t1_jcr0kh1 wrote
Hippo would kill a polar bear
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