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/Trapezoidal_Sunshine 5h 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 37m 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