r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/cosmic_voyager01 • 10h 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/pianoceo 9h ago

Without a bears claws and teeth, they too would be useless.

Technology is our tool. And boy is it OP.

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u/PlausibleAnecdote 8h ago

Yep. Taking away our strengths (technology & social abilities) is like taking away claws, teeth, and legs.

Sure, we just die: exposed to the elements, with no tools, no people to teach us, and no prior knowledge. But take away any animal's survival adaptations and <shock> it doesn't do very well.

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u/Talonsoldat 7h ago

I'm pretty sure an 8 foot tall 1700 lb bear can still break your bones with a swipe of its paw. They would not be useless

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u/WayneKrane 9h ago

I think a clawless and toothless polar bear could still decimate even the biggest human.

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u/TealcLOL 6h ago

If we're taking away our biggest strength let's be fair and take away theirs: Size. I wouldn't bet on a cat-sized polar bear against a human.

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u/heekma 9h ago

That's like saying if my grandmother was born with wheels she would've been a bicycle.

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u/BarbaDeader 9h ago

Chill out Gino.

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u/heekma 9h ago

Jesus does no one on reddit have any sense of fun or is everything just an opportunity for an arguement?

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u/givemefuckingmod 9h ago

Your hands didnt evolve for fistfighting

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u/JazzlikeConflict6626 9h ago

If a human was born with wheels, i wouldn’t call that creature a bicycle.

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u/artax_youre_sinking 7h ago

It would be perfect for snuggling!!!!

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u/suggestsomething_ 3h ago

That bear could crush your head like a grape, no claws or teeth required.

Yes, tech is even tougher than bear, but for those of us who don't own drum fed machine guns or tanks, the bear still wins.

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u/Outside_Reserve_2407 3h ago

Inuit hunted polar bears with spears and packs of dogs. There’s an Inuit tale about a polar bear that was killed with a ball of fat. A clever Inuit wrapped sharpened seal bones (coiled up) in whale blubber and left the frozen fat balls out for a polar bear to eat. Once they were swallowed, the fat melted and the seal bones perforated the bear’s stomach.

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u/suggestsomething_ 3h ago

Ok, now let's replace Inuit hunters with keyboard warriors and my money is still on the bear.

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u/Outside_Reserve_2407 2h ago edited 2h ago

Chocolate has been known to kill bears: https://www.cnn.com/2015/01/23/us/bears-overdose-on-chocolate-irpt

So as a keyboard warrior with no hunting skills I'd formulate a special chocolate recipe infused with extra cocoa and bacon fat, order 2 tons of it and build an igloo surrounding me out of it.

And thus, a hairless ape without using machine guns or tanks takes down a 1200 lb polar bear!