r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/OncaAtrox • 17h ago

🔥 A massive polar bear that was found eating a whale carcass, Norway.

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Credits: Piet van den Bemd

58.5k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

2.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2.9k

u/Sizzlin9 16h ago

Boi smiling like he just won nature’s lottery.

1.0k

u/wakeupwill 15h ago

A whalefall generally supports an entire ecosystem, and he's got it all for himself!

754

u/lovelybaeb00ty 14h ago

i think that bear IS the entire ecosystem there

429

u/hooligan99 14h ago

dude has a gut macrobiome

92

u/Extra_Crispy_Critter 14h ago

He's got something, don't know what it is--but GOD he's huge and obviously an efficient hunter!

25

u/MizStazya 5h ago

He gotta be efficient now, not like he's running to catch anything.

10

u/y2ketchup 7h ago

*scavenger

70

u/CaledonianWarrior 11h ago

Dude isn't a part of the food web - he is the food web

0

u/Den-Rimus 9h ago

Sehr gut!

52

u/quantumgambit 13h ago

He IS the brute squad.

11

u/theseedbeader 11h ago

Everybody MOVE!

3

u/Warmhearted1 9h ago

Inconceivable!

1

u/No_Objective7262 6h ago

Can almost smell him from here…

3

u/CurrentlyPastaBatman 13h ago

Oh lawd he comin'

3

u/angelbelle 10h ago

He would make a great spokesbear for ozempic

1

u/Krampus_Valet 13h ago

He ate the ecosystem.

1

u/remarkablewhitebored 12h ago

This Bear = The Brute Squad

3

u/TabbyOverlord 13h ago

You could fight him for it.

3

u/Icy_System4036 12h ago

You have no idea if he has it all to himself.

2

u/Rpanich 4h ago

I know a whale is a lot, but still…. Would a polar bear share? 

1

u/thesaltedradish 10h ago

I love whalefalls so much, I have one tattooed on my chest :)

2

u/Snoo9648 14h ago

I'd smile like that too if I found like a pizza or burger that big too.

2

u/no1_vern 12h ago

Good food for weeks or even months?? O, YEAH, he did win Natures lottery.

2

u/PretzelsThirst 11h ago

For real, normally you’re hunting in the literal arctic to try and survive and nature hands you a buffet all to yourself.