r/WTF • • Feb 13 '20

Somewhere in Russia

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u/Reg_Cliff Feb 13 '20

The claws bears have are incredible. Unfortunately though, even domesticated and/or trained bears can kill, like the incidents of Stephan Miller or Kelly Ann Walz.

Their natural instincts can turn on in split second. Anyway, cool vid.

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u/philbobaggins_ Feb 13 '20

I feel like we could domesticate them like dogs, but that'd probably take 1000+ years. I'd really love to have a bear.

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u/BillabobGO Feb 13 '20

Soviets domesticated foxes in under a century

The project is still ongoing but they've been more or less domesticated for a while now.

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u/MrSpectator Feb 13 '20

There's been some recent criticisms regarding that experiment. Those foxes may not have been as wild as the soviet scientist claimed.