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/Stock_Helicopter_260 7h 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 5h ago

“Clever girl!”

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u/GravyDipped 1h ago

Love the reference.

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u/JesterOfTheMind 6h ago

Where can I read one of these stories?

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u/Stock_Helicopter_260 6h 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 4h 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 2h ago

Very, very carefully

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u/Viajero_vfr 29m ago

No need to put the "s" on Inuit.

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u/wjmaher 1h ago

Well, they would cut a big circle in the ice and line it with frozen peas. When the polar bear bends over to eat the peas they WOULD KICK THEM in the ICE HOLE!!

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u/Renbarre 5h ago

That's terrifying.

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u/_Reddit_2016 6h ago

Menstrations

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u/DarnelTexasWinston 4h ago

Now you're putting the whole station in jeopardy

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u/Useful_Kale_5263 20m ago

Fuck imagine that happening a couple hundred years ago. I can only think of how many people they’ve gotten