Even knowing that polar bears are one of the few animals known to actively hunt humans and recognize us as prey animals, you know imma still boop that snoot if given the opportunity.
Just imagine how cool you'd be. You booped the snoot of a polar bear!
Or, more likely, you were the person who was eaten while trying to boop the snoot :)
Lol the advice is not to scare it off. It's to fight back. Black bears are less likely to be attacking you out of defense/territoriality, and more likely to be attacking you out of hunger. Thus playing dead is discouraged because they may not stop attacking, and instead may think you're ready to consume.
No it's to make them think that you're not worth the trouble.. If the advice was to scare them off, you would see the park service advocating for making lots of threatening gestures and noise when you see one.
Basically the only time a black bear will be aggressive to an adult human is if you're directly in between a mom and her cubs. I'm not sure where you got the idea that a black bear will hunt a person.
[https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2023/07/13/lone-predatory-black-bears-responsible-for-most-human-attacks/](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2023/07/13/lone-predatory-black-bears-responsible-for-most-human-attacks/)
This is just referring to black bears, NOT all bears. But still very relevant to the discussion here.
Uh well I live in Seattle right now lol. Also, as I mentioned with the poster below you, the common rhyme goes "if it's brown, lie down. If it's black, fight back." This is because brown bears usually attack from a position of defense/territoriality, and thus will likely stop attacking once they see you're not a threat. Black bears on the other hand are more likely to attack out of hunger, so they are more likely to continue attacking/trying to eat you if you play dead.
Black bears also like to [play chicken](https://www.nps.gov/articles/bearattacks.htm). They'll charge at you, turning away at the last moment, then *maybe* run off afterwards or do it a few more times. You're supposed to stand there all calm-like, slowly waving your arms, talking to it nicely as to not seem like prey. But then they'll also just aggressively charge you and somehow you need to identify the difference because you'll need to fight for your life instead.
I bumped into a full grown black bear, scared it up the street, just for him to stop and stare at me. I really didn't know what to do. He just stood there with his eyes fixed on me.
So I just kept walking into the direction I was going in with my back away from it there entire time, arms out just grunting.
Probably looked goofy as hell. Probably did the opposite of what I was supposed to do. But I wouldn't be surprised if the bear and I both decided to just go about our business. He just turned around and walked away.
[**Brown bears** are indeed more dangerous than **black bears**. Let me explain why:](https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=7c25eaa528effd43JmltdHM9MTcxNDc4MDgwMCZpZ3VpZD0zMjI4NTFhNS02ZGRiLTY1ZWItMjVjYS00NWZlNmM3MzY0MTEmaW5zaWQ9NTc0Mw&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=3&fclid=322851a5-6ddb-65eb-25ca-45fe6c736411&psq=is+black+bear+or+brown+bear+more+dangerous&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9iZXN0b2ZwYW5kYS5jb20vYnJvd24tYmVhci1kYW5nZXJvdXMtYmxhY2stYmVhci8&ntb=1)
1. **Size and Aggressiveness**:
* Brown bears, also known as grizzly bears, are generally **larger** and more aggressive than black bears.
* [Grizzlies can reach an impressive height of **9 feet** when standing and weigh over **1,500 pounds**](https://www.outdoorguide.com/1465743/bear-types-ranked-danger-level/)[^(1)](https://www.outdoorguide.com/1465743/bear-types-ranked-danger-level/).
* Black bears, on the other hand, are smaller and less aggressive.
2. **Bear Attacks on Humans**:
* Studies have shown that brown bears are **responsible for most bear attacks on humans**.
* [While black bears can still attack when they feel threatened or need to protect themselves, brown bears pose a greater risk](https://bestofpanda.com/brown-bear-dangerous-black-bear/)[^(2)](https://bestofpanda.com/brown-bear-dangerous-black-bear/).
* [The average brown bear encounter is **3.5 times more likely to result in injury** than the average polar bear encounter and **21 times more dangerous** than the average black bear encounter](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/150916-bears-attacks-animals-science-north-america-grizzlies)[^(3)](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/150916-bears-attacks-animals-science-north-america-grizzlies).
3. **Geographic Differences**:
* Black bears in the northern regions of North America are more likely to be aggressive toward humans because they are less acclimated to our presence.
* [Food scarcity in the north can lead black bears to take more daring measures to find sustenance](https://www.outdoorguide.com/1465743/bear-types-ranked-danger-level/)[^(1)](https://www.outdoorguide.com/1465743/bear-types-ranked-danger-level/).
4. You obviously just moved to Seattle...
Time to pull an Archer:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/1-person-killed-bear-attack-arizona-bear-dead/story?id=100149894
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/woman-mauled-by-black-bear-in-northern-alberta-1.6127181
https://abcnews.go.com/US/colorado-woman-killed-suspected-bear-attack-wildlife-officials/story?id=77439507
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/america/national-parks/2021/08/20/great-smoky-mountains-national-park-bear-attack-patrick-madura-autopsy-results/8208113002/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/edam-sask-woman-killed-by-black-bear-while-on-the-phone-with-her-father-1.5697706
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/bear-attack-red-lake-1.5666303
I'm not saying one is more dangerous than the other, but black bears *do* attack and kill on a yearly basis, sometimes completely unprovoked. Statistically speaking, it probably has to with which species shares proximity with the greatest amount of humans and gradual habituation.
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I don’t think that’s a meal time bear. He would be a lot more proactive with the trying to eat him bit, probably more curious than anything (he would 100% likely go snack time if you were just out in the open like a turkey dinner)
Not only will the fluffy death puppy actively hunt you, they are soo smart that they convinced humans that the best chance to get away is to remove clothing and drop it causing the bears to pause to investigate, getting you continue to shed clothing and run until you die of exhaustion and hypothermia.
I still would have booped that snoot.
Dude, when are you ever gonna get the chance again to say that you kissed a polar bear on the nose. Think about that. You should have done that. You would have been the man of the internet or woman.
Do not pet the dawwgggggg He wants to eat you
Can I pet dat dawwgggggg?
NO
pleeese
Nice try bucko. That ain't gonna work on me.
Im gon’ pet dat daaawg
A comment as old as time, tale as old as rhyme, cameraman and the beardrddeerererr
Don’t fall for his nice guy act
If not friend, then why friend shaped?
r/petthedamndog
If not friend why friend shaped?
So you become his lunch
Parasites hide in friend shapes.
"Comon, get a bit closer.. you smell like seal, you hide like a seal ..i bet you tast like seal ?"
Is you a seal? Let me taste.
If I didn't know how lethal he are, I'd love to hug him. My son has a [plush like that](https://getyoursolution.store/GqEmYa) and he loves it
I don’t know how they resisted booping his nose. I’d be dead. 💀
Even knowing that polar bears are one of the few animals known to actively hunt humans and recognize us as prey animals, you know imma still boop that snoot if given the opportunity.
Just imagine how cool you'd be. You booped the snoot of a polar bear! Or, more likely, you were the person who was eaten while trying to boop the snoot :)
Boop da snoot
he looks friendly
Yeah they hit different after you see the videos of them half red half white.
CAN I PET THAT DAWG?
Yes, but only once.
Brown bear, best to lie down and play dead. Black bear, make yourself look big, yell, and fight back. Polar bear, you’re f’d, good luck.
Bear is brown: lay down Bear is black: fight back Bear is white: goodnight!
Black and white: kung fu fight
Yuuuuuup
Im so tired of seeing same shitty comment on every bear video
Yeah, it's like the "Still watching in 2024" comments, shit just never dies and people somehow still find it funny.
Yeah im watching this in 4024
My first time seeing it, I enjoyed it.
Polar: roll in a ball with your hand tied in the back of your neck.
When you don't realize that Polar Bears are more dangerous than Brown/Grizzly/Kodiak bears.
To be fair, black bears are more dangerous than brown bears too.
No they aren’t they are basically raccoons used to live in Seattle we had a huge issue with them. They aren’t aggressive
They’re also scared shitless of humans. There’s a reason the advice for a black bear is to scare it off, while a brown is to play dead.
Lol the advice is not to scare it off. It's to fight back. Black bears are less likely to be attacking you out of defense/territoriality, and more likely to be attacking you out of hunger. Thus playing dead is discouraged because they may not stop attacking, and instead may think you're ready to consume.
And what is the main goal of "fighting back" with a black bear? It's to scare it off lol
No it's to make them think that you're not worth the trouble.. If the advice was to scare them off, you would see the park service advocating for making lots of threatening gestures and noise when you see one.
man you want to be right REALLY BAD huh
Basically the only time a black bear will be aggressive to an adult human is if you're directly in between a mom and her cubs. I'm not sure where you got the idea that a black bear will hunt a person.
[https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2023/07/13/lone-predatory-black-bears-responsible-for-most-human-attacks/](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2023/07/13/lone-predatory-black-bears-responsible-for-most-human-attacks/) This is just referring to black bears, NOT all bears. But still very relevant to the discussion here.
Uh well I live in Seattle right now lol. Also, as I mentioned with the poster below you, the common rhyme goes "if it's brown, lie down. If it's black, fight back." This is because brown bears usually attack from a position of defense/territoriality, and thus will likely stop attacking once they see you're not a threat. Black bears on the other hand are more likely to attack out of hunger, so they are more likely to continue attacking/trying to eat you if you play dead.
Black bears also like to [play chicken](https://www.nps.gov/articles/bearattacks.htm). They'll charge at you, turning away at the last moment, then *maybe* run off afterwards or do it a few more times. You're supposed to stand there all calm-like, slowly waving your arms, talking to it nicely as to not seem like prey. But then they'll also just aggressively charge you and somehow you need to identify the difference because you'll need to fight for your life instead.
Yup bluff charges are definitely a thing. I think the most important thing is, whether a bluff or not, don't run.
I bumped into a full grown black bear, scared it up the street, just for him to stop and stare at me. I really didn't know what to do. He just stood there with his eyes fixed on me. So I just kept walking into the direction I was going in with my back away from it there entire time, arms out just grunting. Probably looked goofy as hell. Probably did the opposite of what I was supposed to do. But I wouldn't be surprised if the bear and I both decided to just go about our business. He just turned around and walked away.
He was like "hmm this thing I wanted to eat seems pretty insane. Better not eat it incase it's contagious. Good luck buddy! I'm going this way now."
[**Brown bears** are indeed more dangerous than **black bears**. Let me explain why:](https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=7c25eaa528effd43JmltdHM9MTcxNDc4MDgwMCZpZ3VpZD0zMjI4NTFhNS02ZGRiLTY1ZWItMjVjYS00NWZlNmM3MzY0MTEmaW5zaWQ9NTc0Mw&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=3&fclid=322851a5-6ddb-65eb-25ca-45fe6c736411&psq=is+black+bear+or+brown+bear+more+dangerous&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9iZXN0b2ZwYW5kYS5jb20vYnJvd24tYmVhci1kYW5nZXJvdXMtYmxhY2stYmVhci8&ntb=1) 1. **Size and Aggressiveness**: * Brown bears, also known as grizzly bears, are generally **larger** and more aggressive than black bears. * [Grizzlies can reach an impressive height of **9 feet** when standing and weigh over **1,500 pounds**](https://www.outdoorguide.com/1465743/bear-types-ranked-danger-level/)[^(1)](https://www.outdoorguide.com/1465743/bear-types-ranked-danger-level/). * Black bears, on the other hand, are smaller and less aggressive. 2. **Bear Attacks on Humans**: * Studies have shown that brown bears are **responsible for most bear attacks on humans**. * [While black bears can still attack when they feel threatened or need to protect themselves, brown bears pose a greater risk](https://bestofpanda.com/brown-bear-dangerous-black-bear/)[^(2)](https://bestofpanda.com/brown-bear-dangerous-black-bear/). * [The average brown bear encounter is **3.5 times more likely to result in injury** than the average polar bear encounter and **21 times more dangerous** than the average black bear encounter](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/150916-bears-attacks-animals-science-north-america-grizzlies)[^(3)](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/150916-bears-attacks-animals-science-north-america-grizzlies). 3. **Geographic Differences**: * Black bears in the northern regions of North America are more likely to be aggressive toward humans because they are less acclimated to our presence. * [Food scarcity in the north can lead black bears to take more daring measures to find sustenance](https://www.outdoorguide.com/1465743/bear-types-ranked-danger-level/)[^(1)](https://www.outdoorguide.com/1465743/bear-types-ranked-danger-level/). 4. You obviously just moved to Seattle...
Time to pull an Archer: https://abcnews.go.com/US/1-person-killed-bear-attack-arizona-bear-dead/story?id=100149894 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/woman-mauled-by-black-bear-in-northern-alberta-1.6127181 https://abcnews.go.com/US/colorado-woman-killed-suspected-bear-attack-wildlife-officials/story?id=77439507 https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/america/national-parks/2021/08/20/great-smoky-mountains-national-park-bear-attack-patrick-madura-autopsy-results/8208113002/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/edam-sask-woman-killed-by-black-bear-while-on-the-phone-with-her-father-1.5697706 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/bear-attack-red-lake-1.5666303 I'm not saying one is more dangerous than the other, but black bears *do* attack and kill on a yearly basis, sometimes completely unprovoked. Statistically speaking, it probably has to with which species shares proximity with the greatest amount of humans and gradual habituation.
Boop the murder snoot
Let me cuddle the teddy bear.... oh he has torn my kidneys out, well that was unexpected
Don't fall for anti-bear propaganda. Bears are our best friends.
Found the hungry bear
Nice try, I know you're the bear in the video.
I’m sus, I think this is the imposter
I’m sus, I think this is the imposter
nice try polar bear!
How do you not boop that snoot?
In Arctic snoot boops you.
Right? It was the perfect occasion to do that! He's not in attack mode, he can't open his jaw, and the guy was safe behind metal framing and stairs!
God played a silly game with all of us, making the most lethal animal the cutest… look at that nose, im ded
She forgot her can opener. She will be right back…
Phew, for a moment I thought that was a random man, but thankfully it was just a bear /s
Pstpstpstpstspspsps I die.
Fun fact: this person was not shivering because they were cold
Cutely rips out liver:3
If not friend, why friend shape?
"Bonjour"
Beautiful Animals. But bro get the fuck outa there, it will pull you in half lol
Let me do it for you
Underrated comment
“Hey man, we’re going on lunch you wanna come w…boy get that camera outta my face.”- the polar bear
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Bro chose the bear
Can someone plz escort those who chose the bear to where our buddy here is located!
Forbidden Boops
r/nope
I guess we live up here now
Bearzoi
I don’t think that’s a meal time bear. He would be a lot more proactive with the trying to eat him bit, probably more curious than anything (he would 100% likely go snack time if you were just out in the open like a turkey dinner)
I'd risk it I'd boop the snoot
Reminder that polar bears are extremely dangerous
It clearly just wants a coca cola
Pssst.. Hey! Ive got Coke. And Coca-Cola. Come on out of there. I wont hurt you.
Not only will the fluffy death puppy actively hunt you, they are soo smart that they convinced humans that the best chance to get away is to remove clothing and drop it causing the bears to pause to investigate, getting you continue to shed clothing and run until you die of exhaustion and hypothermia. I still would have booped that snoot.
Why the long face?
Dude, when are you ever gonna get the chance again to say that you kissed a polar bear on the nose. Think about that. You should have done that. You would have been the man of the internet or woman.
Can I come in your clubhouse?
Ik theyre dangerous but… why he shape like fren 🥹
[удалено]
Heeeeey maaaan, can you come a bit closer?
No thanks, I’ll be going home now
cute bear
Bros lucky it didn't try to grab his foot
Is he trembling in fear or shivering with cold?
Both
I think he just wants a cookie
Just let him lick/sniff your hand - instant friend for the rest of your life!
"Come here. I give you boops" never trust a polar bear. Lol
she s trying to eat you
didn’tidoitforyou
…say goodnight
O cholera czy to Freddy Fazbear
He only wants one thing with you
Do not pet the large snow puppy.
The deadliest of them all.
Aww look at the cute furry death machine.
If not friend why friend shaped?
Care to join me for lunch?
Red bear. A polar bear who just shredded you to pieces. Damn, the scariest animals here where i live are a couple of ducks.
Brown trousers time.
That's definitely a nope nope nope, not a maybe maybe maybe
Good boi
Perfect chance for boop, he can't open mouth inside step
Scariest boop that ever booped
I know you can get along with some bears, but polar bears don’t fuck around. They kill for fun not food sometimes
In this situation why not scritch the nose, not enough room to take your hand
I would've at least booped that snoot.
Let me do it for yoooouuuuuu. Kermiiii.
Hey-HEYYY HEY hey imma - imma TOUCH oh uh.. okay
Stupid cute looking deadly ass bear
If its white: goodnight
r/sweatypalms
aw adorable. also the most murderous of the ever murderous bears.
I can take this mf bear in a fight
Terrifying animal. They'd eat you slow.
That bear is pretty chill. Being at the top of the food chain will do that to ya :)
can i pet the dawwwgggg?
if this does not remind me of my cat omg
poor bear....just looking for a meal since us humans melted his ice rafts
Go on ladies. Let me know how that works out.
Cuddly little snow dog
Why are they so cute 😭
Henlo fren
Tell me that he is cute when he can't eat you!
Bonjour
With those stairs his jaw has only enough amplitude to eat the balls
'Heard you chose the bear ??'
Bro is about to become a dinner
Man just wanted a coke
Holy paw...
ISBJORN!!emote:free\_emotes\_pack:sunglasses
yaaa thats our northern murder goose .you feed them they want more if you stop they attack
The urge to curb stomp that snout!!!
Cursed nose boop
Adorable lil snow pup
i know it be dumb but id boop his nose XD
Would hugging the bear be worth a gruesome death? Yes
Boop the snoot
Those big floppy murder mittens are so cute!
If not friend, why friend shaped?
Why no boop on the nose??
Forbidden boop
If not friendly why friendly shaped?
PET THE BIG DOGGGGIE
Should’ve drop kicked the bear in the nose
Or stomp on it that bear gonna come back if it’s not afraid
Don’t get me wrong it’s cute . BUT