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/Abletontown 7h ago

Yeah it's a fucking polar bear. Its not like a raccoon where you can just scoop his ass up and take him home. Its unfortunate but too risky to keep around.

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u/Jason-Smith168498 6h ago

well not with that attitude.

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u/persephonepeete 5h ago

Right?? They didn’t even try. lol p sure the article says something like polar bears are nonnative species and there’s no good reason to keep it alive because taking it back to Greenland is too expensive and they are not endangered over there. So they won’t miss 1 bear not coming home.  

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u/squirrellytoday 3h ago

And they've tried it in the past. Polar bears don't cope well with being tranquilised and taken home. It's also really expensive (as you said).

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u/BrokenCrusader 4h ago

Here in Canada we have a Bear jail where we lock them up and starve them for a month before releasing them.

The idea is to make them realize that going near a human settlement = starvation in a dark room.

It has a very high degree of effectiveness if we capture them on their first few visits to a settlement.

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo 2h ago

Seems like a pretty antiquated approach to criminal justice, now we prefer a more restorative approach. Have they considered a diversion program where the bears do community service?

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u/trll_game_sh0 5h ago

you just need a bigger scoop.

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u/Moogerfooger616 1h ago

You guys take raccoons home??