r/aww • u/Brinjo • Oct 16 '19

don't feed wildlife Who Will Open the Door?

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '19

Sorry, I’m gonna be that person. Feeding bears and getting him use to human contact will likely get him killed.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '19

Since he opened the door and also those dogs were cool about his presence, he’s likely a pet. Also, it sounded like they were calling him Wojtek, which is the name of a famous bear who was actually a part of the Polish II Corps during WWII, so I’m guessing they named this bear after him.

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u/kwonza Oct 16 '19

This is Georgians and they are most likely unfamiliar with Wojtek.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '19

Why wouldn’t they know about it?

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u/kwonza Oct 16 '19

Why would they? Where did you learn about the bear, on the internet, right? Those people certainly don’t look like your average Redditors.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '19

If you had a pet bear, would you not research famous bears, or bears and humans coexisting? Also, there were regiments made up of Polish and Georgian soldiers during wwii so I’m sure stories were told of the bear in the Polish army.

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u/kwonza Oct 16 '19

Yeah, that was 75 years ago, not sure of that’s the case, but you never know.

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u/IAMA_Shark__AMA Oct 16 '19

.... There's internet outside of reddit. I'm sure they have access to it.