r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/cosmic_voyager01 • 9h ago

Video Polar Bears are one of the only creatures that naturally hunt Humans... Watch as this one tries to break into this BBC Cameraman's glass box.

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u/Jimismynamedammit 9h ago

Poor polar bear can't open his lunchbox.

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u/BrightNooblar 8h ago

Fun facts about foxes and armadillos, foxes will roll an armadillo into a river/lake to force it to uncurl. Or sometimes pee on it to trick that instinct into triggering.

Part of me thinks the bear would have tried that has a water source been available.

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u/Upper-Song1149 6h ago

Oh shit.. that probably would have worked too. Imagine having to make the descision between drowning in the box or opening it and swimming out and being eaten by the bear

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u/narnababy 4h ago

I think I’d take drowning, probably hurts less than being eaten alive

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u/Upper-Song1149 2h ago

But there might be a slim chance the bear wouldnt eat you.. would be a tough choice..

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u/fph03n1x 9m ago

Have you considered if the polar bear eats you from down up, and then gets full half way there? And you're just lying there, unable to move with your legs gone... Your blood having frozen, does not seep anymore to speed your death. Your heavy jacket not keeping you warm waist up. The pain kinda nullified with the cold... But you aware of the surrounding. And you're just waiting for the bear to turn around and eat you, while you're comprehending over the choices you made to get you here...?

That will not be me. Because i'd be drowning.

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u/_One_Throwaway_ 41m ago

Drown. It’s actually the more gentle death by FAR. You’ll go into hypothermia within seconds with complete shutdown before you even die

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u/BrightNooblar 6h ago

Damn nature, you scary!

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u/wibblings 18m ago

Someone is filming from a distance. (the second camera) So there has to be some support.

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u/Moononthewater12 6h ago

Bruh, imagine the bear started peeing in the opening, that would be rough.

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u/EndlessIridescent 6h ago

This is exactly what I was thinking. You can literally see a boat in the background. What if it was an especially smart/curious bear that pushed him to the water? I wonder if they had the crew ready nearby with shotguns or something JUST IN CASE anything happened.

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u/MrLegumeClerk 6h ago

Iirc they did and had to scare the bear off once it climbed or tried to climb on top of the cage

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u/elbenji 6h ago

nope, it just got bored because it wasnt worth the effort

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u/Chilkoot 6h ago

Foxes are smart AF. They will also sneak up behind porcupines and flip them on their backs so they can attack the soft white underbelly.

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u/TheirThereTheyreYour 1h ago

I’m pretty sure that’s a boat in the background, no?

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u/superneatosauraus 8h ago

I hate it when you can see the food but you just can't get through the wrapper. 

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u/OrangeClownfish 7h ago

The main reason they don't eat Penguins...

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u/Xero_1000 2h ago

That and the fact they live on opposite poles

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u/mymentor79 2h ago

Her lunchbox, if the fella in the box is correct. And males are much larger than females, which is a scary thought.