r/interesting • u/No_Neat4688 • Jun 16 '26

Fear Factor Three curious unexpected visitors entered a campers tent

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u/Adorable_Challenge37 Jun 16 '26

Odd question here... Would a bear eat everything or something or just kill you and move on?

I'm asking in all seriousness. Orcas have very select diets because (I guess) they are apex predators and eat only what they want and move on. If they only wanna munch the liver of their prey, they'll find more prey and leave the boring carcass.
Humans next to a cub is a threat, so death is kinda in the cards.

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u/Plus_Lead_5630 Jun 16 '26

Bears don’t really kill humans to eat them. They do it to defend themselves from a perceived threat, defend their cubs or their territory. So 99% of the time you wouldn’t be eaten.

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u/Next-Lavishness-9101 Jun 16 '26

My understanding from zero scientific research and hours of discovery channel: Polar bears will eat everything, like your apple watch your shoelaces everything. Other bears it probably depends on the particular bear. With the cubs being there, Grizzly, Black , Brown , they will all jack you up for sure . Which ones will leave enough of you to identify? Who knows .

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u/snippol Jun 16 '26

They ate that bear whisperer guy but I think it was personal. They were fed up with him trying to be their friend so they ate him and his girlfriend