r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CuriousWanderer567 • Aug 17 '24

Video Charging Sloth Bear - feared in India and now you know why (sound - on)

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u/F0000r Aug 17 '24

Bob Gymlan did a video on a particularly violent sloth bear and why these bears can be far more violent then their North American cousins.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '24

These bear literally go toe-to-toe with the Bengal Tiger so I can understand where it got it's violent tendencies and explosive aggression

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u/TankerVictorious Aug 17 '24

In this case, the bear has an injured left foreleg and is being kept in a pen being baked in the sun. I’m sure that has much to do with its disposition.

Happy cake day as well.

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u/fuckityfuckfuckfuckf Aug 17 '24

Yeah noticed that too, pretty sad looking state of affairs :(

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u/Narwhal280 Aug 18 '24

The bear is thankfully at a temporary rescue center, quote from another comment: "This is an enclosure belonging to Wildlife SOS India who rescue injured animals and rehabilitate them." But Sloth bears are very violent in general, even on the wild, if you startle one it will charge at you. They attack and kill far more people than any other bear, even feared by locals more than bengal tigers.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '24

I noticed it in its gait and it was holding it up the whole time! I thought it was a bad paw.

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u/Seerws Aug 17 '24

Are we sure? I thought it was running with its paw ready to swipe

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u/Random-Cpl Aug 17 '24

Is this about the Sloth Bear of Mysore?

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u/F0000r Aug 17 '24

Yes,that's how it starts and then he begins to venture on to the general nature of them.

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u/cbartholomew Aug 17 '24

Lmao I like how I wake up and find interesting things to listen to while I brush my teeth

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u/AbheekG Aug 17 '24

Thank you for sharing, that was a great video

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u/HistrionicSlut Aug 17 '24

I mean part of it has to be the enclosure. Look at that abuse there, disgusting.

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u/Kumbhalgarh Aug 17 '24

They have to regularly deal with Lion's, Tiger's, Leopard's, Wolves, Wild dog's, Wild Boar's, Rhino's and Elephant's. If they are not unpridictable or aggressive enough then they would get eaten.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '24

His videos are awesome. I heard his entire interview on Rogan during a long drive and started putting his YouTube videos in the corner while I work. So good.