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King-Krown t1_jcnz7eu wrote

Reply to comment by Em_Adespoton in Young man wrestles grizzly bear to save his friend's life - and succeeds by Artemis_Understood

I didn't know there was such a big weight difference.. Damn.

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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.

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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.

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manzanita2 t1_jcq0cjt wrote

it might be added that the way the get formidable is by eating everything else.

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