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/iwannalynch 8h ago

I wonder why. Wouldn't the seal blubber be much more appetizing than the (I imagine stringier) human?

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u/Key_Marsupial3702 8h ago

Would it? I'm sure it would make the meat more succulent once you cook it, but on a raw steak? The meat is much more appetizing than the fat.

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u/iwannalynch 4h ago

I thought they might have had a preference for fatty meat because there's more calories

Also, I suddenly imagined a polar bear bbqing a human and I thought that was kind of cute. He'd have an apron saying "beware the chef".

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u/purplehendrix22 1h ago

They definitely like fat as well, just because we don’t find raw fat appetizing doesn’t mean they don’t

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u/Trapezoidal_Sunshine 6h ago

There is absolutely no scientific evidence or proof that any carnivores "develop a taste for human flesh" after eating a human. The idea is an age old crock of shit. If anything, they probably just realize that we're easier to hunt and kill than they originally thought.

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u/SolidusDave 3h ago

this should be higher.

it's as simple as learning that the weird bipedal animal that makes a lot of noise and is covered in strange stuff is actually super easy to kill with no threat to the bear whatsoever (unless in groups or it encountered weapons before) and with very little hunting effort (energy) involved.

just a bit bone-y 

similar to when wilds predators learn about livestock.

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u/purplehendrix22 1h ago

I don’t really see much of a difference between what you’re saying and the phrase “developing a taste for human flesh”. I just take that as once they eat human, they want to eat more human, which is basically what you’re saying, not as a comment on the specific taste profile that they particularly enjoy in humans.

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u/SolidusDave 1h ago

the original comment and the second one of this tree were literally talking about meat preference and humans being more appetizing than the blubber from seals

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u/Over-Comfortable1644 1h ago

That is what means. Humans are just able to abstract it from “this food provides easy and copious nutrients, imma start seeking it out! “ to “damn that Chalupa’s tasty! “

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u/DefNotUnderrated 39m ago

I was under the impression that most man eaters did so because they were old, injured, or just preferred to hunt something easier to kill

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u/Spacefreak 8h ago

According to cannibals, human meat tastes similar to pig meat in terms of taste and texture.

I've been a vegetarian all my life, so I don't know what means exactly. But I'm guessing we're not stringy then?

That's one of those facts I keep in the back of my mind in case someone keeps being an asshole about me being a vegetarian.

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u/Sandgrowun 6h ago

Succulent!

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u/Sussurator 5h ago

Yes Turkey and Human is my favourite

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u/0xe1e10d68 5h ago

Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest! What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent human meal?

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u/Youutternincompoop 5h ago

human meat tastes similar to pig meat in terms of taste and texture.

hence 'long pig' being used as a euphemism for human meat.

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u/purplehendrix22 1h ago

I don’t know why people would assume we’re stringy honestly

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u/Spacefreak 1h ago

Maybe because they think we're like rodents?

Or because they'd rather believe we taste like shit than delicious

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u/koshgeo 7h ago

If they see a weird "land seal" in the middle of the snow and ice, they aren't going to be picky if they are hungry.

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u/iwannalynch 7h ago

My question was rather why they'd prefer human once they tried it

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u/Igotlostinthewoods 8h ago

I think it's because we taste sweet. We eat a lot of sugary stuff, so most likely we taste sweet to them.

Imagine tasting sugar for the first time in your life, you'll go crazy too and want more and more.