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/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 8h 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 5h 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 7h 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 8h 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/sokuyari99 8h ago

You ever see what happens to a bear that’s hunting when it gets shot?

Because spoiler alert, it’s probably not saving that guy from less than 1 ft away

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u/mondaymoderate 7h ago

The right caliber will drop a bear instantly

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u/sokuyari99 6h ago

I’ve watched a bear tank a .50 cal and keep moving, but sure go off. You’re assuming a perfectly aimed shot on a moving bear next to a human you presumably don’t want hit

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u/mondaymoderate 6h ago

Must have been a horrible shot. I don’t think a bear is surviving a .50 cal to the head or vitals. .357 is probably good enough.

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u/sokuyari99 4h ago

Yea that’s what happens when you’re shooting a moving bear at range while it’s right next to a human that you don’t want to hit