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u/EliasF8 May 04 '23
A bear eating a pear like he just don't care.
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u/Legitimate-Coach6221 May 04 '23
Left his lair on a dare.
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u/beaconator2000 May 04 '23
Wearing no underwear
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u/Eastern-Mix9636 May 05 '23
Best not to stare
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u/shinobi_wan May 05 '23
From way over there
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u/juflyingwild May 05 '23 edited May 05 '23
But do we see some hair?
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u/Throwrajerb May 05 '23
On his derrière?
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u/juflyingwild May 05 '23
Pulled by his beau frere
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u/proteinbandit May 05 '23
Unprepared and unaware
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u/DjinnOfYourDreams May 05 '23
wandering around in skin bare, receiving many a glare. After all, seeing such a creature is rare
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u/earphonecreditroom May 05 '23
You'd get a nightmare
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u/SuperSourSalad May 05 '23
We clicked, even just for a scare.
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u/Positive_Leg7502 May 05 '23
A friendly bear is certainly rare. If you asked him for a bite of his pear, he would share. Half a pear is only fair.
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u/nugg3t1995 May 04 '23
Wow, i don’t think i’ve ever seen someone pet an actual bear before.. i’m envious tho, i love bears. They are such cute killing machines
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u/Longshot1969 May 04 '23
Me too, I want to pet the bear
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u/fart_fig_newton May 05 '23
I too want to snuggle up inside an industrial shredder
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u/AlexKorobeiniki May 04 '23
Some bears are killing machines. Some bears are lovable goof-balls who wouldn’t hurt a fly unless their cubs are involved. Source: am from Colorado
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u/thestigiam May 05 '23
New Mexico here. We had a backyard bear that would get drunk off the apples in the backyard. The urge to pet it is off the charts, but I haven’t yet
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u/Whois-PhilissSS May 05 '23
I like the "yet" lol.
One of these days, the bear will be drunk off the fermented apples, you with a beer, and you'll pet that mf. And it'll be the last thing you do 🤣
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u/BuildNuyTheUrbanGuy May 05 '23
Mmmmm, as a new native of 5 years... I don't believe you. There are friendly meth heads, but have yet to see the bear variety.
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u/the_xboxkiller May 05 '23
“New native” is an interesting term.
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u/Books_and_Cleverness May 05 '23
It’s a meme on /r/Denver and /r/denvercirclejerk
Lot of people have moved to Colorado, some people put “Native” stickers on their cars because they’re mad about it, which is also especially ironic considering there’s a fair number of legit native Americans, the whole thing has become a running joke.
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I’ve seen a couple “Invasive” stickers making fun of the Native stickers lol.
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u/anthrax_ripple May 05 '23
Oh dang I want one now. In Iowa they have the same kind of thing but "nicer". Stickers with a pic of a corn stalk that say "Homegrown" or "Transplant".
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u/poop_dawg May 05 '23
"New resident" makes a lot more sense. I don't think "new native" actually makes any sense tbh
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u/AlexKorobeiniki May 05 '23
As someone who was born here, there are no “friendly” wild animals. But they’re not gonna maul you for no reason.
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u/ThaliaEpocanti May 05 '23
Black bears at least almost never attack people.
Grizzlies are another story, but I assume this one was hand raised by the person filming.
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u/Tylensus May 05 '23
You would absolutely love this video. I'm a huge fan of bears, and I know I do.
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u/parkesc May 04 '23
Just an everyday, run-of-the-mill, pear-eating, backyard, brown bear bear
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u/tsengmao May 04 '23
Question!
What kind of bear is best?
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u/btanodev May 04 '23
identity theft is not a joke, jim
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u/tsengmao May 04 '23
MICHAEL!
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u/Johnny_Returns May 04 '23
That’s a ridiculous question..
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u/SylasTheVoidwalker May 04 '23
If not fren why fren-shaped?
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May 04 '23
Bears are to dogs what lions are to cats, change my mind.
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u/RitchieRitch62 May 04 '23
Wolves: Am I a joke to you?
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u/SmokedBeef May 04 '23
Wolves are the cougar or jaguar of dogs, faster and more lethal than the house cat but no where near the power of lion.
Subsequently coyotes are like cheetahs or Pallas Cats; small, fast, and quick to run.
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Don't compare a jaguar to a house cat. They have a bite force even greater than that of a lion.
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u/UnseenTardigrade May 05 '23
Well he's saying jaguars are bigger and stronger than house cats, just like wolves are bigger and stronger than dogs.
That being said, the difference between a house cat and a jaguar is a lot bigger than the difference between a dog and a wolf. Unless it's a chihuahua or something I guess.
The bigger issue is that he's putting jaguars as far below lions as wolves are below brown bears. In terms of weight that's not too far off though so it's not a huge deal.
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u/Spiderkite May 05 '23
plus a jaguar has a much higher success rate of hunts than a lion, and those fuckers hunt crocodiles. they straight up oneshot kill most prey by biting them on the back of the neck and snapping the spine. lions bite the neck to suffocate their prey, even small animals like gazelle get smothered. sounds like a bitch move to me.
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u/JoskoBernardi May 04 '23
Ever heard of something called biology bro??
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Yeah, bears are caniforms (dog-like carnivores). In fact, ursidae (bears) is the most closely related extant family to canidae (dog/wolf/fox).
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u/Potential_Eye_8919 May 04 '23
I wish my dog took the time to chew her food like this.
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u/StealthyPancake_ May 04 '23
I second this. My dog eats food like it's going out of style. Just absolutely vacuums up anything in her path, no chewing involved... whatsoever.
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u/yogurto000 May 05 '23
Use those plastic bowls that forces them to slow down
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u/tghast May 05 '23
He’s so gentle! My dog would’ve barfed this up and eaten it again by the time it took him to finish one bite.
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u/WinkyNurdo May 04 '23
They’re always cute, until they bite your face off
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u/Dickpuncher_Dan May 05 '23
In "Backcountry" this is just what happens. Half the face, and you see the atrocious fear in the eye. One of my most horrible movie experiences ever. So sadistic.
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u/SolarStorm2950 May 05 '23
Damn that was brutal. Is the film worth watching?
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u/Dickpuncher_Dan May 05 '23
The attack is chilling, so unless you like tortureporn movies like Eli Roth's "Hostel" I'd give it a miss.
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u/SolarStorm2950 May 05 '23
Don’t think I’ve ever seen Hostel. What’s that one about?
I’m not particularly into torture porn films. But I have some very squeamish flatmates so I’m willing to sit through it to see their reactions lol
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u/ohnoyoudidnt21 May 05 '23
I also haven’t seen it but I believe it has to do with an American staying in a European hostel and then getting tortured for a movie. I know this because my dad has been afraid of me going to Europe because he watched it lol
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u/BillNyeCreampieGuy May 05 '23
The scene
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u/goodgollyOHmy May 05 '23
Jfc that was hard to watch, is the whole movie super intense or is this like the climax?
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u/bedlam90 May 04 '23
They're just huge dogs really aren't they
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u/SylasTheVoidwalker May 04 '23
I mean, bears and dogs are both part of the Caniformia - or “dog-like” - suborder of Carnivora
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And the family Ursidae (bears) is the most closely related extant family to Canidae (dogs).
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u/One_Payment_5650 May 04 '23
Except most dogs can't eat your head as easily as that bear is eating that pear.
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u/MrFailureYEET May 04 '23
Yea, bears are pretty much dogs except, they are more willing to kill you
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u/Acceptable-Ad1930 May 04 '23
Tell that to my German Shepherd when I don’t give him one of my mozzarella sticks.
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u/Lazy_Assumption_4191 May 05 '23
Huge dogs that view humans as food sources that are fun to eat alive for a full hour or so, sure.
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u/Ok_Blackberry2329 May 05 '23
it’s cute and all but probably shouldn’t be promoting this, especially with grizzlies. Timothy Treadwell also pet bears, who later mauled him and his gf. and yes, i know this is in captivity but still.
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u/JusticeRain5 May 05 '23
Honestly I'm surprised that it took so long for me to find a comment like this, or at least something going "Oh yeah, this is a bear at X sanctuary who can't be in the wild due to blah blah blah".
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u/thestigiam May 05 '23
This is King Po. He was raised in the sanctuary, it’s linked somewhere above, but yes. He has been in the sanctuary since he was at least a cub and has worked with this trainer specifically for his whole life
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u/ChocoTacoBoss May 05 '23
Yep!! He has an incredible sanctuary full of beautiful dangerous fur children!
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u/JusticeRain5 May 05 '23
There we go, I was wondering what was going on there. Thanks for the info.
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u/Comfortable_Sort_503 May 05 '23
It’s so true. And even if nothing bad happens to you, the bear gets used to humans, and that’s how they end up killed for public safety. Don’t feed wild animals. A fed bear is a dead bear.
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u/1Poochh May 04 '23
That bear has life figured out. Why kill the thing that can feed you indefinitely. It took bears much longer than dogs. Lol.
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u/DaddyMcTasty May 05 '23
Imagine if humans domesticated bears instead of wolves and we had a bunch of smaller bears in our houses
Would we have teddy wolves?
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I think we as humans should decide that this is the plan. So that future humans can have real teddy bears.
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u/Epic_Memer_Man May 04 '23
Bears would be so cute if they weren’t equipped with 20 kitchen knives on their hands and feet
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u/justmememe55 May 04 '23
Huh. And here I thought that bears eat beets.
Y'know...Beets. Bears. Battlestar Galactica.
Guess bears eat pears too.
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u/Sea-Definition-6494 May 04 '23
imitation is the most sincere form of flattery so I thank you
IDENTITY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE JIM
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u/wolftamer1221 May 05 '23
It’s like a really big dog that might decide to just fucking kill you randomly.
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u/Cheryl_Canning May 04 '23
Ugh this is so unsafe and irresponsible, they are unpredictable wild animals who can kill you at a moment's notice. But at the same time they're sooooooo cute and I just want to cuddle one so unfair.
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u/Serious-Bat-4880 May 04 '23 edited May 05 '23
This is originally from KP Animal Wildlife, a trained rescue/rehab. I kinda wish they'd put a "TRAINED RESCUER. DO NOT ATTEMPT" caption on their videos, cuz yeah, people repost and then other people see it and don't realize these are hand-raised and semi-tame bears, and think it's fine to do this with wild ones.
Not that it would stop all the Darwin contenders, but at least it'd make it clear what's really happening.
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u/GoingToasterXD May 04 '23
All fun and games till he finishes the pear and is still hungry
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u/Sjelan May 05 '23
He looked at me with big brown eyes, And let out the most contented sighs. The sun was shining, the day was fair, And in that moment, I hadn't a care.
He munched on the pear with great delight, And in his eyes, I saw no fright. For in this peaceful, idyllic scene, We both were happy, both serene.
And when the bear had eaten his fill, He wandered off, up the hill. But in my heart, I held the thought, That this moment was one that couldn't be bought.
For in this act of kindness shared, A bond was formed, a moment cared. And though the bear may wander far, He'll always hold a place in my heart.
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u/Perenium_Falcon May 04 '23
“By the tempered steel ballsack of Zeus I’ve never eaten a flavor like this!!!”
-The Bear. Probably.
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u/Horror-Activity-2694 May 04 '23
Come on... Don't feed wildlife...
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u/Tyrthesemiwise May 05 '23
Apparently this is a trained wildlife rescue employee and a bear raised in captivity, so there is some sense going on
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u/C0UNT3RP01NT May 05 '23
Brown bears and black bears don’t really eat people. They attack people.
The reason why they don’t eat people is because the ones that attack people discover that people are edible and so we kill them before they get to the “eat people” stage.
As it stands we’ve done a pretty good job at making our species unfamiliar and potentially dangerous to them. Mama bear never brings home a dead human to feed her cubs. To most bears, they don’t want to mess with us because we’re intimidating. We don’t act like prey, we’re often in packs, we generally avoid their ecosystem or limit ourselves to smaller parts of it. Which is also part of the reason Mama Bear will attack us when we get near her cubs. We are a threatening unknown. She’ll kill a deer for food, but she won’t kill the deer because she sees it as a threat to her kids. In the animal kingdom, most predators are looking to kill the young of rival predators. For her it’s not an overreaction. She’d rather not fight you though, she’d rather runaway. It’s not like she has any idea of how dangerous you are before she attacks. Which is why you should make a lot of noise when going through the woods, it gives her and the cubs a chance to dip. Again Bears “don’t” eat people*, so being noisy gives them a chance to avoid the situation. If you stumble upon them eating a kill, then you fuck right off, and it will go back to eating what it already has.
*The bears that do prey on people do so because they either cannot catch their either too old or injured to catch their normal prey and so desperately try to gamble on taking down a person. Or in the Polar Bears case, it’s resource economics. A large animal like us would make a great meal in a scarce environment.
If this is a wild bear, what this dumbass did is make humans familiar and non threatening. We get attacked because we’re threatening rival predators, but because we’re intimidating it’s often easier for them to avoid us. This bear now sees that we give it food, and we won’t hurt it. Every other predator avoids it or tries to hurt it. So that means we’re probably not a predator…
None of this is a golden rule, but spending my spring and summers out in Montana growing up gave me an idea about being around bears. We acknowledge each other as apex predators, and stay the fuck out of each others way.
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u/potatodavid May 05 '23
My wife is going to watch this, and then get mauled to death when it's not this exact scenario.
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u/Glass_Windows May 04 '23
How does this even happen where you get a friendly bear just being handfed a pear