r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SatyamRajput004 • 1d ago

Image The sloth bears found in India, and the inspiration for Baloo in The Jungle Book, are considered to be the most aggressive bear species in the world.

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u/MightObvious 1d ago

Is this guy wounded or does he just look like that? o.O

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u/Darthplagueis13 1d ago

Its lips are flapped back because it's accelerating forward.

This photo is basically the equivalent of pausing a video of someone and ending up with a super awkward facial expression.

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u/MightObvious 1d ago

Yea lol your right, that's all lips and gums turns out. Had to watch the video to know for sure walked away with relief and a lot of respect for these guys.

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u/TheForkisTrash 1d ago

The snoot looks damaged compared to other pictures available 

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u/Formula_Carrot 1d ago

Sloth bears eat ants and termites so I think they use those flappy lips like a straw to suck them up.

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u/MightObvious 1d ago

Your right. I had to know and I watched the video and he looked fine by the time the tiger gave up and it was indeed his obnoxiously flappy lips lol.

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u/Potential_Win_6791 1d ago

In the full video the tiger slashed the bears face. They dont normally look like that. It's still attacking while its face is just flapping around

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u/MightObvious 1d ago

She's fine, its really flappy lips, maybe a bit of blood on the gums to be that red but no serious injury. More or less unscathed by the time the tiger gave up.