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Polar bears (mander.xyz)

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[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 177 points 10 months ago

Another reference, this time in 3D:

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

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 74 points 10 months ago

That cub will fuck me up

[-] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago

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

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Is that polar bear turd?

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago

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

[-] potjandorie@feddit.nl 5 points 10 months ago

You have to use your 3D monocle for this one

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 19 points 10 months ago

I could take the one on the fake boulder

[-] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months 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

[-] arrow74@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago

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

[-] taxiiiii@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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!".

[-] arrow74@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[-] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Ahead of their time.

[-] arrow74@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months 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.

[-] taxiiiii@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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.

[-] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

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.