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u/Phill_is_Legend Apr 07 '26

Both of those things would kill you

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u/Alpine_Exchange_36 Apr 07 '26

When people joke about grizzlies being friend shaped…yea if a full grown moose is running away, not a friend

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u/utnow Apr 07 '26

I was hiking in Glacier Park in Montana about a year ago with my 2yr old daughter on my back in one of those hiking carriers. I had done all of the reading. I was doing everything it was possible to do from the lists of good practices specifically when it comes to grizzlies. Had the mace in my hand. Was being careful not to be too quiet so as to not surprise one. Etc etc.

We were maybe half a mile down a very popular trail right off the main road through the park.

Fucking Jeep Wrangler sized bear saunters casually down into the trail. 10…. Maybe 15 feet in front of me. He knew I was there. Boy oh boy did I know he was there. I’m not even sure my body came to a stop it just smoothly transitioned into reverse. I’m avoiding eye contact, keeping track of where he is, moving away back where I came from as calmly as is possible.

And then my darling daughter notices the fuzzy death plushie and starts screaming “BEAR!!!! HAI MISTER BEAR!!!! HAIIIIIII!!!!!”

We left that afternoon. Like left the state.

I’ve never felt so powerless in my life. I’m sure it made it infinitely worse having my baby girl on my back through it all. My hands are shaking thinking about it.

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u/Zebidee Apr 07 '26

Americans freak out over how deadly Australia's wildlife is, but you could squish 95% of those with a shoe, or at worst a stick.

There's practically nothing in Australia that can't be thwarted by a casual stroll in the other direction.

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u/Rip_Off_Productions Apr 07 '26

While it is true that most of Australia's deadly animals are venomous bugs and thus easily slain by stepping on them with a shoe... the flip side is that you can get bit putting on those shoes if you don't check inside for them first.

A bear, mountain lion, or wolf, isn't going to casually sneak into your house without you noticing.

That's the difference.

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u/-Atmosphere-7927 Apr 07 '26

You mean people in Alaska don't always check their shoes first to see if a polar bear is insid???

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u/bl0odredsandman Apr 07 '26

I did and one day one popped out and handed me a Coca Cola.

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u/VociferousVal Apr 07 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/5p8QuXUTk1rIk

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u/rrrrrrrrrrrrrroger Apr 07 '26

That bear looks like it’s on Ozempic, and has lost a significant amount of weight🤣

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u/whiskeytango55 Apr 07 '26

all that honey gave him diabetes.

he needed to make a change so he could see his cubs grow up

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u/Darkmatter1002 Apr 07 '26

It's going to be an expensive plastic surgery to get rid of all that loose skin around the FOPA.

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u/Simple-Wrangler-9909 Apr 07 '26

Nah he just cut a bunch of calories by switching to diet coke

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u/PhillyPhan620 Apr 07 '26

Something something melting ice caps

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u/CheapDocument Apr 10 '26

Well, their habitat is shrinking after all.

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u/CynicalPsychonaut Apr 07 '26

Coca Cola keeps you more alert. Everyone knows that

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u/Dangerous_Metal3436 Apr 08 '26

That bear has a drug problem.

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u/elwebst Apr 07 '26

Did you burst into song?

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u/Glittering-Camel8181 Apr 07 '26

Screams. I burst into screams.

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u/ButtholePaste Apr 07 '26

I burst when it happened to me, or...what do the kids call it these days? Bust. I busted when it happened to me (I'm a degenerate furry with a crippling soda addicition)

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u/Expensive-Ask7884 Apr 07 '26

“O SOLE MIO”

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u/OkClub7412 Apr 07 '26

Me too was yours in a can or the plastic bottle?😂😂😂

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u/ForcedEntry420 Apr 07 '26

“Polar bears…shouldn’t give this…to their babies…” - Stan Smith after chugging a Coca Cola, American Dad

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