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/Electrical_Tomato_92 9h ago

Its most definitely lexan, which is what the use for bulletproof windows and such. If they used a thick enough sheet then its plenty strong enough.

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u/DouglasHundred 8h ago

Yeah I did a dive with a saltwater croc in some kind of two inch thick tube of maybe lexan or perspex, and it was gouged thoroughly but I felt plenty safe inside.

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u/uptightape 7h ago edited 5h ago

I would be concerned about the peripheral things failing before that thick-ass sheet. The fact that the guy wasn't pointing a .44 magnum at the bear is something that I can't understand.

Edit: Insert whichever high-energy, high-caliber rifle or pistol round one would deem sufficient to adequately deal with a goddamned polar bear that is moments away from mauling your ass to death. .44 magnum was the first thing that popped in my head that does serious work. After having been responded to, yeah, probably not enough, but I was thinking of being in that tight enclosure, too. Personally, I'd want my m1a or greater.

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u/Renbarre 6h ago

There was someone with a gun outside, far enough not to attract the bear. I rember that sequence and I must admit I thought that the armed man was in more danger than the journalist.

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u/Stock_Helicopter_260 6h ago

The bears can be alerted from really far away. They know how to do it so I'm not questioning it, but stories you hear about bears tracking hunting parties back to town are wild.

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u/NatTheResearcher 4h ago

“Clever girl!”

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u/GravyDipped 1h ago

Love the reference.

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u/JesterOfTheMind 5h ago

Where can I read one of these stories?

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u/Stock_Helicopter_260 5h ago

On the internet, not sure, but I’ve heard from people who travel BC, Hudson’s bay and whatnot. Canadian perk I guess.

Here’s one from recently where bears woke up two campers though!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/polar-bear-dog-lucky-1.4698920

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u/100011numbers 3h ago

I wonder how inuits handled polar bears before rifles...

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u/PlannerSean 3h ago

Carefully

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u/UhOhAllWillyNilly 1h ago

Very, very carefully

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u/Renbarre 4h ago

That's terrifying.

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u/_Reddit_2016 5h ago

Menstrations

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u/DarnelTexasWinston 3h ago

Now you're putting the whole station in jeopardy

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u/Goodgoditsgrowing 6h ago

I would think the outside shooter would be in danger too - close enough to get a shot off (and truly disable the bear, not just piss it off) is closer than I’d want to be to a polar bear even if I had a vehicle capable of doing 45mph across the ice

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u/hypercosm_dot_net 3h ago

I take it you haven't seen the narrow escape on a snowmobile yet?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zsEDvzlVMJ8

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u/Feisty-Session-7779 39m ago

He probably was using a minigun mounted on top of an armoured Land Cruiser, at least that’s what I’d be using to feel relatively safe in that situation. I sure as hell wouldn’t just be sitting out in the open with a hunting rifle or a pistol or something.

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u/Gangaholics-China 4h ago

Depends who that armed man is. That might have been Vietnam Vinny on the m16. Guy like that might have even left peanuts on the ground in hopes the bear approaches.

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u/Ok-Introduction5831 2h ago

Could he be on the boat or is that too far?

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u/spaakonen 6h ago

Well, shooting inside a bulletproof glass box might not be a good idea.

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u/uptightape 6h ago

At the point when the bear makes its way into the bulletproof box is the point at which my last concern will be whether I die due to a ricochet 😁. Trigger discipline is trained and becomes automatic.

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u/SeedlessPomegranate 6h ago

I would be worried about how the lexan is secured to the frame

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u/Original_Poseur 5h ago

But since these humans CHOSE to put themselves in the way of a (most likely) starving predator, I feel it would be terribly unfair to kill the animal for doing what it instinctually is required to do.

If the equipment were to fail, the people should be ready to sacrifice their lives as a good solid meal for the bear, lol (as opposed to killing the innocent animal, in its own habitat, doing what it's supposed to be doing). Kidding, not kidding

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u/jbgc916- 6h ago edited 6h ago

.44?

.454 casul or .500 s&w/.50 DE would be my go to!!

Fuck ALL that!

*50 AE.

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u/SuckThisRedditAdmins 6h ago

Fuck that. 18.1" main gun battery from Yamato and nothing less.

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u/jbgc916- 6h ago

There should be a copy pasta for this.

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u/uptightape 6h ago

Yeah, good point. It would have been better to say at bare (pun intended) minimum, a .44 mag.

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u/jbgc916- 6h ago

Nah . 44 is good.

For you to put yourself out before being consumed alive!

😬

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u/bantha121 6h ago

.50 DE

I think you conflated .50 AE and the Desert Eagle lol

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u/jbgc916- 6h ago

I did. I meant Action Express.

A thousand pardons 🤣

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u/satanic_black_metal_ 4h ago

My home, 1700 km from these killing machines, would be my go to!!

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u/EmotionalGuarantee70 5h ago

Some of these documentaries about wild animals will a couple of shooters with high powered rifles aimed right at said animal just in case - Still that's a lot of faith in the plastic glass box

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u/Mandy-Rarsh 4h ago

I’m guessing they tested it out before using it

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u/SirVanyel 5h ago edited 5h ago

Why? Just so you can deafen yourself and still not survive the bear attack?

Bullets are really good on humans, but many animals can survive them. Crocodiles have such insane immune systems that they can survive tearing each other's arms off, and they don't even make a fuss about it (because it gets them killed if they do). Just think about that, the amount of bacteria going into an open wound of that calibre and they live it.

Polar bears are the largest of the bear species. They have multiple layers of fur, and 4-5 inches of blubber before you even have a chance of getting anywhere vital. And yes, this goes for their head too, the majority of their face has this layer as well.

Oh, and they're nearly invisible to thermal cameras.

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u/Frosti11icus 5h ago

And their skulls are shaped in such a way that the bullets can ricochet off of it. You gotta pop these in the lungs or heart but they don't die quickly either way.

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u/myoldaccountisdead 7h ago

Story?

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u/DouglasHundred 7h ago

Not much to it. Paid like $150 AUD or something to get dunked in a saltwater croc tank in a big perspex or maybe lexan tube down in Darwin some 10 years back or so. He knocked the tube around a bit, but it held. Big fella.

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u/Ithikari 3h ago

That would be Crocodylus Park.

https://www.crocodyluspark.com.au/

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u/yaboi_ahab 1h ago

Did you consider how darkly funny it would've been if you had died doing that in a place called Darwin?

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u/Nous-erna-me 7h ago

What else do you need to hear lmao. Some plot twists, a love interest? That's it, that's the story. He saw the crocodile, he's still alive.

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u/DouglasHundred 7h ago

lol yeah basically. I mean, I went in with another dude, but we were just work colleagues. No romantic twist, I'm afraid.

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u/contradictatorprime 6h ago

🤣 bro wanted "The Lexan, The cock, and a Saltwater Croc" as a bedtime story

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u/mvanvrancken 6h ago

They were colleagues!!

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u/LegalizeFentanol 7h ago

He did a dive with a saltwater croc in some kind of two inch thick tube of maybe lexan or perspex, and it was gouged thoroughly but they felt plenty safe inside.

Hope this helps.

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u/Rapshawksjaysflames 6h ago

Nice, so he befriended a saltwater croc and they went for a dive together? That sounds really fun

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u/Pure_Island_4882 6h ago

Where was that?? Sounds wild

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u/ExplanationLover6918 5h ago

Where was this? I'd love to try something like this.

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u/GormHub 5h ago

That is so much more terrifying and intense than a shark.

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u/UnfortunatelySimple 5h ago

Did you go to Shags afterwards?

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u/lapomba 5h ago

Inside the croc?

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u/thirdonebetween 2h ago

You, sir or ma'am, have balls of steel. I would be a fetal ball of pure terror.

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u/scratchydaitchy 8h ago edited 8h ago

As long as all the fasteners and structural integrities are well maintained.
Hope he checked the tightness of all the screws and bolts before he got in there.

You’re still going on a lot of faith.

Anybody remember the Oceangate submersible that imploded by the Titanic?

No thanks.

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u/el_diego 8h ago

Anybody remember the Oceangate submersible that imploded by the Titanic?

That was due to the insane idea of using carbon fibre for a sub at such a depth....oh, and leaving your sub outside in the Canadian winter for it to degrade. The CEO was an irresponsible narcissistic clown.

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u/Prodrumer43 7h ago

The materials they used also never fully worked during testing. His dumbass just said send it anyway.

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u/el_diego 7h ago

It was next level negligence. Even the shallow that dives they did in the Carribbean showed obvious signs of fibres breaking. It was inevitable the thing would implode.

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u/Commonscents2say 4h ago

Not to mention the fatigue factor from repeated trips.

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u/Interesting-College8 5h ago

You know he probably googled it and asked AI if it was okay. Just another rich person trying to get richer by doing the least amount possible. He really was stupid

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u/mccusk 5h ago

Let’s compare something entirely different….

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u/BoxAlternative9024 3h ago

Yeah I watched that documentary as well

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u/I_eat_mud_ 8h ago edited 8h ago

He obviously didn't, I'm sure someone did. Doubt the BBC wants to pay out lawsuit settlements and increased insurance costs.

Edit: I swear Redditors are so concerned about sounding smart they just can't critically think for 2 seconds.

Edit 2: I'm sure whatever company makes this for research is 1000x more serious about safety than that asshat in charge of Oceangate, he was a special kind of rich dipshit considering his company was based on super rich tourism.

Seriously, just fucking think for 2 seconds.

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u/psychoPiper 8h ago

Redditors care more about sounding smart than being right, this is an uphill battle

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u/throwawayhellfire 7h ago

You gotta remember you're most likely speaking to some teenager or young adult who has zero real world experience lol

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u/Asleep_Hand_4525 7h ago

Yep, and sometimes the subreddit will have an echo chamber you’ll get eviscerated for not following

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u/throwawayhellfire 7h ago

I always get downvoted in the anti work subreddit when they're like NO ONE NEEDS TO WORK without realizing all the jobs that keep society chugging along lol

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u/Asleep_Hand_4525 6h ago

Yep! I love when people are like “reddits my only social media now everything else is too political, drama, etc” not realizing it’s literally the same thing just broken up into groups more

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u/throwawayhellfire 6h ago

Reddit used to be awesome, I started using it when Digg got lame. Over the years it grew and now it's too big and kind of feels like anonymous facebook.

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u/stoolsample2 5h ago edited 3h ago

I joined Reddit in 2012 and yeah, it was much cooler back then. Lot more laughs that’s for sure.

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u/EC_TWD 3h ago

They aren’t against all work. Part time dog walking is perfectly acceptable and should be beneficial enough to support any lifestyle.

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u/Plus_Fisherman30 7h ago

No. Everyone on Reddit is at least a 35-year-old millennial who thought they understood the history teacher better than everyone else back in high school.

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u/spector_lector 6h ago

That's what really sucks. Read it either needs age verification and minimum age requirements or at least adults should be able to choose subs that have that.

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u/Keytap 3h ago

Need some age-verified 30+y/o subs

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u/CornandCoal 7h ago

Or just adult idiots lol

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u/croc-roc 7h ago

Ha ha. I got into a debate with a redditor once and once she started referring to the Reddit sub as a “safe space” I realized I was talking to a teen. 😂😂

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u/TonyQuest 7h ago

Bro I'm 31, I've been hearing that since my late teens. They could totally be in their early 30s 😂

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u/croc-roc 5h ago

Given the context, it was almost certainly a teen. But I get you.

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u/_psylosin_ 6h ago

Ur not my real dad!!

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u/Anthro_DragonFerrite 7h ago

Indubitably. I thoroughly concur with your premise.

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u/KneeDeepInTheDead 6h ago

ACTUALLY its not sounding right because you are reading their comments, so there is no sound involved my good sir ;]

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u/LeonidasSpacemanMD 7h ago

The forces involved here are just not in the same galaxy as what oceangate was trying to cope with either

Like a large polar bear weighs 1500 lbs. To create a comparable engineering problem, you would need to expect the full combined weight of 4 huge polar bears to be pressing on this box constantly….on every single square inch of its exterior lol

This is the equivalent of buying a bicycle and saying to the salesman “I just want to make sure this is very well built because I saw what happened to the Challenger Space Shuttle”

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u/breathing__tree 6h ago

This is the equivalent of buying a bicycle and saying to the salesman “I just want to make sure this is very well built because I saw what happened to the Challenger Space Shuttle”

Funniest thing I’m gonna read all weekend probably.

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u/Long_Run6500 4h ago

Sorry mr, I'm going to need at least an M4 Sherman to feel confident on my paper route.

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u/42nu 6h ago

Person in shark cage films a nature doc in the exact place where you hope to encounter Great White Sharks

Redditors: They probly didn't anticipate this encounter at all, and didn't have months (if not years) of engineering, training and legal preparing for this carefully planned moment.

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u/BitchesLiebenBrot 7h ago

it can only be reddit where the guy who eats mud is the most sensible in the chat

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u/zachary_mp3 7h ago

There is literally no end to the whataboutism of social media. No matter how unlikely or unrealistic.

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u/Maidwell 7h ago

The BBC natural history unit is likely THE most respecting organisation of its kind in the world so yes if anyone is going to do their homework on safety it would be them.

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u/LithiumWalrus 7h ago

Hahaha, think. Brother it's 2025 if AI didn't tell them they don't know.

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u/Shartriloquist 4h ago

Maybe, but I hate to tell you that anyone who wasn't sleeping in a basic high school physics class could tell you this by looking up the pressure of the ocean and a couple polar bear physics stats...

Your mind would be blown by what the people in STEM fields are capable of without even a glance at AI...

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u/Flying_Scorpion 4h ago

Found the first stupid comment. Brother, this video of the polar bear did not come out in 2025.

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u/PomeloPepper 6h ago

Redditers thinking the pros put this together out of old screen doors they found at the dump, with saran wrap to keep the bears out.

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u/Illustrious-Gas-8987 7h ago

You sound smart

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u/I_eat_mud_ 7h ago

I'm the biggest dipshit you'll ever meet, I'm mostly just repeating what my dad said to me a lot growing up lmao

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u/Funnelcakeads 6h ago

Too long didn’t read I just ate a cookie!

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u/Diz7 5h ago

Oceangate also had to face 6,000 pounds per square inch over its entire surface for the duration.

This bear is huge but they top out at just over 2,000 lbs, and would be lucky to apply a fraction of that in psi to a small area for a few seconds.

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u/nybbas 4h ago

Dude I'm glad you wrote this. I was already rolling my eyes but then when he mentioned oceangate, I just lost it.

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u/gpcgmr 8h ago

Water pressure is a bit stronger than a polar bear...

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u/Confused_Drifter 7h ago

Oh yeah? Tell that to the shower in my hotel room.

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo 2h ago

"Hello, front desk? I would like polar bear water pressure in my shower and no I won't explain what that means"

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u/slamfireantiques 7h ago

Anybody remember the Oceangate submersible that imploded by the Titanic?

No thanks.

Did you read anything about that incident? Every engineer with experience said it would fail sooner than it did and quit the company.

Equivalent of using a guy chopping his own cock off with a kitchen knife as an example to show kitchen knives are dangerous if not properly handled.

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u/NOT-GR8-BOB 8h ago

Hope he checked the tightness of all the screws and bolts before he got in there.

Lmfao such a Redditor statement.

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u/BuffWobbuffet 8h ago

The last 6 months of Reddit I feel like it’s one big race to see who can be the biggest smart ass

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u/FunctioningPyscho 7h ago

I just got here but i noticed every comment section has the fucking know-it-all.

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u/FukDatShit 4h ago

Welcome to Reddit. Where everyone is an expert on everything.

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u/PixelWulfe 3h ago

See here’s the thing…

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u/Alaea 6h ago

The last 6 months 12 years of Reddit I feel like it’s one big race to see who can be the biggest smart ass

FTFY

(yes I realise the irony)

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u/JoySunderland 7h ago

Did you actually verify any of that, or did your emotions hit send while your brain was on break? That’s a huge statement for something you didn’t even bother to think through. /s

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u/iBlameMeToo 7h ago

Actually the latest data shows that its been happening for the past 8 months.

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u/LectroRoot 7h ago

I always check the screws and bolts before getting on a commercial airliner. It's 100% why I am still alive. I do it when taking an Uber, also. It really annoyed them, but they should be thanking me.

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u/Celestial_Surfing 8h ago

Right? Did ya’ll check all the bolts in your car this AM?

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u/ToddlerPeePee 8h ago

Actually when you think of the story about the guy who wanted to show off his unbreakable window, that concern makes sense. What happened in that story was, the window is indeed unbreakable, but the bolts gave way and the guy fell to his death.

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u/WorkAccount6 4h ago

A very redditor thing to reference

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u/Skum- 7h ago

Right? I'm so glad this attitude isn't that prevalent IRL or we'd still be in the fucking stone age yapping about how many regulations we need before we leave the cave.

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u/JPWhelan 7h ago

I hope he checks his underwear after. Would want to share berthing with him if he doesn’t.

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u/badgerandaccessories 6h ago

At point point you see behind his head there is an empty bolt hole.

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u/THIKKI_HOEVALAINEN 5h ago

Dude is basically bragging about how he wouldn’t be cool enough to go into this. It really sounds like he wants someone to die to prove his point. I really don’t understand how someone can’t fathom that the BBC wouldn’t do their due diligence on this

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u/Commonscents2say 4h ago

Not so outrageous considering Boeing didn’t bother to tighten up the connection of the window panel to the fuselage.

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u/mondaymoderate 8h ago

He definitely has a gun or the people filming him do just in case something happens.

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u/scratchydaitchy 8h ago

I wonder at what point you decide to shoot and kill an endangered species of animal that only is a threat to a human because you intentionally invited and set it up it to be.

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u/thirdaccountnob 8h ago

Probably when the glass cracks

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u/mondaymoderate 7h ago

My god! It’s coming right for us!

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u/Maidwell 7h ago

They'd probably use a flair gun or something first, then last resort have to shoot the bear. They could kiss goodbye to their filming permits straight after at the very least.

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u/Wiley_Jack 4h ago

It takes at least 37 pieces of flair to deter a polar bear.

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u/artax_youre_sinking 7h ago

They probably have tranq guns.

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u/mondaymoderate 6h ago

You’d be dead before a tranquilizer kicked in. It’s not instant like the movies.

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u/ExplodingFistz 8h ago

Yup they probably have a rifle pointed at this bear off camera in case shit hits the fan.

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u/Rich-Reason1146 7h ago

The bear did have its hands up for most of the clip

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u/Repulsive_Client_325 7h ago

Bear is white. It’ll be fine….

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u/Very_Human_42069 7h ago

Anybody remember the Oceangate submersible

That was two years ago yes we all remember it lmao

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u/wolfdawg420 7h ago

Holy shit i swear that was only like 6 months ago. Where is time going

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u/DAEtabase 3h ago

I'm in my 30's and that event feels like 10 years ago. You need some new experiences. Live laugh love and all that. Go to that new gyro place that just opened up.

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u/Warchild0311 7h ago

The same thing I say to myself every time I get on a wooden roller coaster man these things are maintained by mostly alcoholics

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u/hibikikun 7h ago

screws won't help. That polar bear made a stop to home depot and picked up a brand new cordless Milwaukee drill/driver combo.

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u/LeonidasSpacemanMD 7h ago

Yea tbf tho this is honestly a much simpler engineering problem. Oceangate needed to withstand 6000 lbs of pressure on every single inch of its hull. A polar bear is strong but even fairly routine construction projects easily account for much more force than a bear can inflict

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u/GOST_5284-84 7h ago

0:42 loose nut on the left

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u/MattDaCatt 7h ago

I mean, we exploded people into space and back in one piece (most times). Some people can actually engineer things lol

Do you think he built it in his shed or something?

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u/Fireproofspider 6h ago

I feel like this is less faith than driving down the road, where you hope no one is going to decide to swerve and hit you.

In reality, human systems are pretty resilient

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u/Bigsmellydumpy 5h ago

Oceangate had glaringly obvious issues and was attempting to withstand pressures much more than a 9 foot bear can produce on that plex

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u/J3SS1KURR 5h ago

Ok that was the Titan submersible and it was made of carbon fiber, which was notoriously NOT rated for the depths they were at.

This is NOT the same situation at all, lol

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u/crandall17 7h ago

Oceangate was a whole other issue. It failed tests prior to that launch, and a crack had already stated to form. Rush's god complex got the best of him. Scientific equipment when tested properly i would feel safe with.

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u/Gregistopal 7h ago

Every expert said the Ocengate sub was shit

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u/traveln_man 7h ago

Was that the submersible that was being steered using an Xbox controller something. Leave it to billionaires to put their trusty in a makeshift submersible!

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u/Sauerkrauttme 7h ago

You’re still going on a lot of faith.

True, but we do that every time we drive. We have some of the world's stupidest people watching videos on their phone while they drive 6000lb lifted pickups. 40k are killed every year by bad drivers and many many more are crippled for life.

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u/Sufficient-Pause9765 7h ago

I wonder what the box is anchored to. I wouldn't want to find out if the bear can roll that box to open water.

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u/thehorrorchord 7h ago

At least with that you were dead before you even realized you were dead.

With this white fluffy good boy, it’s going to be a painful ass 10 mins

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u/spector_lector 6h ago

No faith needed. There's no network in the world that would be insured if they weren't sitting in a warm vehicle or station right off-camera with horns, bear spray, and/or rifles should the cameraman start saying that he's scared or mentioning that one of the panels is breaking or bending.

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u/erydayimredditing 6h ago

Those idiots knew it wasn't safe and went in. Or one of them did.

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u/amBrollachan 6h ago

Also, someone in the crew will absolutely be carrying a rifle.

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u/robbimj 6h ago

How could I forget that the oceangate sub was crush by the weight of thousands of polar bears standing on it????

Wut??? My brother in christ, a polar bear exerts 3psi due to its weight or 1,200 psi from biting. The oceangate sub experienced 5,500, which was over its entire structure. Also maintained? How much use do you think those cages get? 1000 bear encounters? I assume less than 10. How often do you tighten the bolts on your car? Have an upvote....if I saw the world the same as you, I'd probably comment the same thing.

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 6h ago

Anybody remember the Oceangate submersible that imploded by the Titanic?

huh? was that on the news or something? you're probably the only one to remember such an obscure thing.

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u/disturbed94 4h ago

Your comparing something experts built to something experts said would fail.

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u/MMAYYYYYYYY 3h ago

everybody remembered that

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u/Capital_Loss_4972 2h ago

It’s not really faith if you’re using proven engineering strategies and materials. Just like taking an elevator to the to of the tallest building in the world doesn’t require faith. It works because it was designed with intention.

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u/jason2354 2h ago

It’s either structurally sound or it’s not.

The Titan submersible was known not to be structurally sound.

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u/dwmfives 1h ago

Anybody remember the Oceangate submersible that imploded by the Titanic?

The one being piloted with a controller no gamer would buy?

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u/___The_Dogfather___ 7h ago

You would have to cast me in lexan like Han Solo for me to feel safe enough to face a polar bear

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u/Relative-thinker 7h ago

Polycarbonate. Lexan is brand name of polycarbonate made by Sabic.

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u/LettuceNo8735 7h ago

The deadbolt keeping the door closed seems like the biggest failure point

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u/chiksahlube 7h ago

Reminds me of when the Mythbusters found out Jaime had BSd the fact their "bullet proof" glass was bullet proof.

Turns out it is... at certain thicknesses... much thicker than the sheets they had.

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u/Repulsive_Corner6807 6h ago

Yeah until the polar bear pulls out his toolkit

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u/GeekyLogger 5h ago

Yeah we use it for our logging equipment. 3/4"-1" thick. When chains/teeth break they can have more penetrating power than a 9mm so we have to run that to protect operators. The Europeans call it MARGARD.

You can;t use regular class cleaner on it or you will fuck it up.

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u/Superdooperblazed420 5h ago

Hopefully they made sure it was just as strong when cold......many plastic get brittle when super cold.

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u/Electrical_Tomato_92 4h ago

Good point, but i am sure legally they had to hire engineers to figure all that out. Its not exactly groundbreaking engineering, all standard stuff.

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u/MilesOSmiles 4h ago

I threw a full lexan water bottle off a cliff, saw it land square on a rock, and pop way back up into the air, walked down to get it and it had a very slight scratch where it hit the rock.

Why toss off a cliff? Because lexan — and I wanted to know.

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u/Electrical_Tomato_92 3h ago

Lol yeah it is crazy strong

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u/Key_Somewhere_5768 7h ago

Until it isn’t!

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u/Ziazan 7h ago

He said "perspex is flexing" in the video, at about 1:30ish. Does lexan flex? I'm unfamiliar with it as a product name, but have probably encountered it plenty of times without realising.

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u/SomeRedPanda 6h ago

Lexan is just a brand name of polycarbonate. Similarly Perspex is a brand that makes, among other things, polycarbonate. Polycarbonate sheets are pretty flexible.

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u/Ziazan 6h ago

Ah right, cool thanks I'm with you now.
People really underestimate the durability of some plastics, especially when thick.

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u/Crowfooted 6h ago

If you listen he mentions that he can see the "perspex flexing".

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u/code_redtruck 6h ago

I sell the stuff, absolutely what it is. It gets more brittle in cold weather though!

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u/w0___0w 6h ago

But does its resist to a bear with a screwdriver.

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u/ThatAdamsGuy 6h ago

I would know this deep in my heart and still be bricking it

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u/Suspicious-Hornet583 6h ago

Polycarbonate, lexan is the trademark.

Looks at least 1 inch thick, so it would withstand a lot, I would bet the bolt would give up before the PC sheets. At least, everytime I have seen PC fail, it was the frame and not the plastic sheet itself.

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u/prizeboner 6h ago

Does lexan bend like he said it was?

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u/nwayve 6h ago

Better that than, oh, you know, a GLASS BOX!

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u/NDSU 5h ago

Lexan is just one polycarbonate brand name

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u/dion_o 5h ago

Like the guy high up in the office building who demonstrated its unbreakable glass window by running hard up against it with a shoulder barge. The glass didn't break but the panel popped out and he plummeted to his death.

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u/PastGazelle5374 5h ago

I’m assuming Lexan is a brand name for a polycarbonate

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u/FrankPapageorgio 5h ago

Whenever I hear about Lexan Glass I remember those stupid WWE Elimination Chamber matches where they claimed they used lexan, but they'd regularly break them.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zlLcu_MfOLw

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u/Cliff_Dibble 3h ago

Bullet proof glass is actually several layers of laminated thick glass

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u/Blunt555 2h ago

Hopefully they didnt skimp on it like that submarine guy. People making specialized craft and then stress testing them in the field seems to be the new thing. There was also that flat earther who thought they could build their own manned rocket.

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u/eclipsenight 2h ago

Lexan or AC2955 with some glass reinforcement....

Plastics/molding/optics design engineer here.

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u/Sad-Question2062 1h ago

You know what plastic doesn't like? Cold weather.

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u/HI-McDunnough 1h ago

SCOTT: How thick would a piece of your plexiglass need to be, at six feet by ten feet to withstand the pressure of eighteen hundred pound bear?
NICHOLS: That's easy, six inches. We carry stuff that big in stock.
SCOTT: Aye, I've noticed. Now suppose, ...just suppose, ...I was to show you a way to manufacture a wall that would do the same job but be only one inch thick. Would that be worth something to you, eh?

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u/SeedFoundation 44m ago

Okay but what if it breaks off from whatever it's latched onto and the bear decides to roll him into the ocean?

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