losteye_enthusiast t1_j642jd0 wrote
Reply to comment by Poopoo_check in TIL Lydia Angiyou, a Canadian mother, fought off a polar bear bare handed to protect her son and other children, before a hunter shot it 4 times to bring it down by Sierra-117-
That’s assuming the polar bear has the reasoning that you or I might have.
“Well, if I charge this weak thing, I can down it just by slamming into it. Or I’ll very slowly lower my paw onto it and make squish-cakes.”
It’s been well documented that you can scare other bears off by appearing threatening, even while being 1/6th or less of their size. They don’t understand that they’re well armed, armored tanks that can keep up with a geo metro.
They don’t know that one of the worst things they can do is give a human more time to figure something out.
If she had done anything that caused it to pause due to not being a normal action, it’s normal prey does? That easily would’ve bought time.
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