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In your country, what "common" animals are tourists most excited to see?
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this post was submitted on 12 May 2024
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Bears ☠️
They actually get dangerously close to them, to pet them and take photos of them and feed them, then these tourists wonder why are they being attacked...
Pet them? wtf?
I saw a comment on here I think which said that a big problem in parks which have bears is that it's really difficult to design a rubbish bin which is simultaneously too difficult for the smartest bear to open but also easy enough for the dumbest human. These types of anecdotes make me believe that more and more.
Not gonna lie, I'd try if he'd let me get close enough, yeah, probably rabid, but maybe not.
Are you serious? Why do you care if he's rabid if you'll be dead?
When I was a teenager, I was walking past a bear cub (it was the middle of the city and some asshole took money for pictures with a "trained" bear cub). The cub didn't like me for some reason I had a textile bag in my hand, with a leather-cover notepad in it, like a knock-off moleskin. The cub slashed the bag and his fangs cut through the bag and half of the notepad like butter. If it was my hip, he'd scratch my bones.
Now there are adult bears...
Oh shit, my bad.
I thought this was the thread about raccoons.
My original comment probably seems less insane now. I wouldn't need to pet the bear, my grandpa had a rug, I know what they feel like. Not snuggly at all.
Great, I believe in humanity again!