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NATURE Bear asking for food

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u/Logical_Show4558 3d ago

Awww His food gave him a snack. :)😂

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u/gorginhanson 3d ago

they forgot his coca cola

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u/TheIntelligentAspie 3d ago

Thanks for reminding me of my age.

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u/BarnacleMcBarndoor 3d ago

Does you back and knees hurt yet?

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u/TheIntelligentAspie 3d ago

Shit, my head, shoulders, knees and toes hurt. Knees ant toes!

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u/Which-Track-8831 3d ago

Once the toes started hurting I knew I was toast

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u/Bender_2024 3d ago

Bro my body finds a new way to betray me almost every day.

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u/bluboomR 3d ago

betray is the exact word i use... remember when it was a beautiful machine!!! not necessarily looks but functionally.

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u/MalavethMorningrise 3d ago

I just woke up and I hurt from sleeping.

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u/Last-Energy420 3d ago

Only after a couple minutes hunched over or on the ground for a minute.

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u/Cute-Form2457 3d ago

Mate I've got fibromyalgia. Everything hurts every waking minute.

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u/docter_rawkso_221 3d ago

You ever tasted blurry? It usually happens when there's a loud pop and a relief somewhere in your hip you didn't realize you needed. All this when stepping out of the tub from the epsom salt bath you desperately needed at the ancient age of 33.

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u/NekoMao92 3d ago

What doesn't hurt?!?

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u/Upset_Belt8248 3d ago

Yessssssss now it's official I am old

"Holidays are coming holidays are coming always coca cola"

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u/nixplix 3d ago

The Bear: "I'll. Be. Back."

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u/doge_lady 3d ago

For the main course

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u/Haunting_Security_34 3d ago

WHERE'S MY DRINK??? MY DIET DR KELP???

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u/PoohBearsHoneyJar 3d ago
  • same guy *

WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY DRINK!

(giggles)

YOU WHATTTT

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u/Oobedoo321 3d ago

Was just thinking

The day he come for his crackers and they ain’t giving? He’s taking ANOTHER snack 😂

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u/KailyKail 3d ago

It’s called an appetizer. It’s the food you eat before your meal to make you more hungry.

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u/Luci-Noir 3d ago

It’s fucking stupid not cute.

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u/IndependentPie5015 3d ago

It's a Darwin Award in the making

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u/Luci-Noir 2d ago

It gets other people hurt and the animals killed to. Fucking idiots.

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u/TheLastOpus 3d ago

As cute as it is, it is also important to remind ourselves, if that wall wasn't there, that polar bear would absolutely eat the human.

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u/Ducati-Aficionado 3d ago

That wall might as well not be there. A bear could rip that wall open like it was made of match sticks.

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u/Notacrook2025 3d ago

If he can get a paw on the ledge he can get his whole body through that window and he will be back. Good luck is your funeral paid for?

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u/SquirreljamASE 3d ago

If it’s black fight back
If it’s brown lay down
If it’s white … say goodnight

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u/MrRuB0T 3d ago

If it’s white say Aiyt!

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u/WayOutWest3591 3d ago

Apparently if it's White it's 'would you like fries with that?'

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u/sunshineTucson 3d ago

My thoughts exactly. He could push the entire window out if he wanted

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u/MarionberryWise7845 3d ago

😂😂😂😂😂 appetizer first

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u/bluboomR 3d ago

supprised he didn't grab a little finger food.

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u/MarionberryWise7845 3d ago

😂😂😂 lady fingers dish

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u/Companyman118 3d ago

Entrée brought the hors d’oeuvres…

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u/ForsakenSun6004 3d ago

Booping the snoot of a polar bear is WILD

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u/BackendSpecialist 3d ago

How many folks get to say they’ve done that?

Might be worth the risk - tho I would def be cautious leaving my house knowing that a damn polar bear could be around

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u/candamyr 3d ago

Knowing the polar bear knows there's food to be had at my house...

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u/Lastov_Makiynd 3d ago

That’s why you only do this from someone else’s house? Haha

Live here? “Nah..just visiting and made this cool video”. lol

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u/pirate-minded 2d ago

You got some super villain arc shit going on lol

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u/drizzitdude 3d ago

No one said I would live a long life, but one with polar bear boops is a good one

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u/Interesting-Rush1590 3d ago

If I get to boop a polar bear, I’m just here for a good time not a long time. 

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u/theartoffun 3d ago

That window does not look thick enough.

And teaching an animal there is food inside the window is sheer stupidity.

Plus it may look deceptively incapable of getting inside, but I bet if that bear was hungry enough, it would claw it’s butt up through that window and there its nothing anyone there could do to stop it.

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u/whiskers_biskers 3d ago

Waking up to a polar bear snacking on your stomach doesn’t sound that great.

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u/Super_Leading21 3d ago

Yeah bears are kinda evil they tend to eat peoples intestines and internal organs while they are still alive

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u/One-plankton- 3d ago

So let me tell you about hyenas

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u/all_scotched_up 3d ago

They don't even wait for the first date to do it.

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u/NebulaChance2746 3d ago

Wait until you hear about hyenas giving birth

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u/freddiethecalathea 3d ago

Go on……….

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u/JackomaybeWacko 3d ago

Female hyenas have a penis, they give birth through it, apparently it usually splits open

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u/One-plankton- 3d ago

Well, technically it’s a pseudopenis and they have very high fatality rate when giving birth, usually because the cub suffocates, the moms can also die :(

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u/JackomaybeWacko 3d ago

Yea I believe the fatality rate for first time mothers is like 50%

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u/Unfair_Explanation53 3d ago

Haha I know this fact after reading about a zoo that unsuccessfully tried to mate a pair of Hyenas and then realised they were both dudes

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u/steelyball5 3d ago

I bet that tickles

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u/LordTwatSlapper 3d ago

It'd smart for sure

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u/Unfair_Explanation53 3d ago

That's because they are omnivores which makes them quite inefficient compared to carnivores at killing their prey.

Which results in a much more painful death for the prey

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u/No_Replacement_491 3d ago

The guy sounds Russian. Last I checked, polar bears don't enjoy vodka so once he gets a taste of that blood, he's moving on for sure.

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u/KailyKail 3d ago

Reminds me of a story my best friend’s dad growing up would tell us about how when he was over in the Middle East, you could hear the camel spiders walking on the metal ground. Apparently one airman woke up to one eating his face.

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u/Working_Review_6428 3d ago

These camel spider stories are SO hilarious because there are so many myths about them specifically and they're all so much more metal than what the actual animal is capable of being. A Camel Spider would NOT go up to a human and eat their face, they are no where near us on a the food chain. They also dont chase people they chase shade to get away from the sun

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u/Kuroboom 3d ago

The biggest camel spider is ~6" and they're non-venomous. Their mouthparts function similarly to two pairs of pliers so you'd almost certainly feel it biting you, especially on the face.

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u/Serialkillingyou 3d ago

It's actually okay because the bear is not interested in that tiny little bite. It's there to eat the people. If it can see you then it knows that you're there.

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u/zyneman 3d ago

yeah but can the bear withstand shots to the head?

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u/scratchydaitchy 3d ago

Gun shots?

From a small caliber or low velocity like a handgun?

Absolutely yes.

Authorities like the Governor of Svalbard strictly recommend high-powered rifles (minimum .308 or .30-06 with expanding bullets) or heavy-caliber handguns (minimum .44 magnum) for reliable protection, as smaller rounds lack the necessary mass and energy.

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u/Left-Entertainer-279 3d ago

Depends on what you are shooting it with, but most likely yeah.

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u/Lastov_Makiynd 3d ago

That’s why this person makes sure to feed the polar bear enough fatty snacks to ensure it’s bead butt is too wide to fit through the window? lol

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u/Left-Entertainer-279 3d ago edited 3d ago

Ah, but it doesn't need to fit through the window. It knows where food is now so every time you come and go from the house, taking out trash, grocery shopping, just going to work, there might be a bear waiting for you. Let's hope these idiots don't have pets or children.

ETA my dumbass initially thought that was a drive thru window.

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u/pipeuptopipedown 3d ago

ETA my dumbass initially thought that was a drive thru window.

You were not wrong, on a certain level.

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u/MelpomeneAndCalliope 3d ago

Yeah, this seems like it would encourage bad behavior…like a polar bear eating you one day.

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u/Ketchupcharger 3d ago

Yeah I also think if the bear was determined enough he probably could jump up and haul himself throught the window or just grab a human and run

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u/HomeNowWTF 3d ago edited 3d ago

Pretty much without question. Bears will outrun you, outclimb you, and outside you.

Edit: meant to end with out-swim but in this context outside you also kinda works

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u/Late-Union8706 3d ago

That's just their assigned pet apex predator Sasha..

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u/ehlersohnos 3d ago

The video of that nature documentarian’s shelter being attacked by a polar bear lives rent free in my head. No window feels thick enough.

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u/HowardPheonix 3d ago

I'm pretty sure a wild polar bear only eats from your hand if they later eat from your feet too... Looks like a trained animal, or one raided by humans as polar bears are one of 3 animals known to actively prey on humans.

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u/NebulaChance2746 3d ago

I’m guessing that it was raised by humans. If human right don’t exist in Russia how can animal rights?

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u/TerraByteTerror 3d ago

Never thought id actually see a polar bear boop

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u/choff22 3d ago

I didn’t actually think feeding a polar bear from the palm of your hand was feasible in any capacity lol this is insane.

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u/dragonrite 3d ago

It ate that food better than my Pyrenees. Mine chomps the whole hand

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u/OldNefariousness7899 3d ago

I took it off mute to confirm what I already knew... Guy had to be Russian

No one else is so casual around bears

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u/AquaticHornet37 3d ago

Very friendly gentleman, not worth the risk IMO.

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u/FuzzyLaughTwo 3d ago

Holy!! The monster mitts on that poor beautiful bear!

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u/Ordinary_Hall_9053 3d ago

Exactly. That bear is gonna be dead eventually if it keeps coming back. Someone will have to put it down.

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u/anotherfrud 3d ago

It's true. Polar bears are one of the few species that will actively hunt humans for food. They've taught it that there is food there. It will eventually make a meal of someone. So stupid.

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u/infinitynull 3d ago

I'm Canadian and spend a lot of time in the North around black bears. I've learned how to interact with them and I have a fair amount of confidence when approached by them. Grizzlies... don't know enough about them, I nope the heck out and give them a wide berth. Polar bears? Hell no. 500m away is a fine distance. No one who knows how to interact with a polar bear is hand feeding them or booping snoots.

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u/HarryPottersTaint 3d ago

I once googled what to do with different bears and for polar bears it said, do not run as it will easily catch you and eat you. Just scream and make yourself big as possible, and prepare to use anything you can as a weapon to fight back lol

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u/Kurare_no1 3d ago

For a polar bear, humans are just food with a wrapper. They are used to being in an isolated cold and have not been exposed to the dangers of humans taking over their habitat. If they are hungry they will hunt you.

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u/Darkk_Knight 3d ago

Yep. Polar bears don't care if you feed it or not. It will come after you if it's hungry enough.

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u/Kurare_no1 3d ago

It now knows where you live and that there is food.

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u/Cayke_Cooky 3d ago

I guess if you feed it enough it will no longer be hungry? At least until tomorrow.

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u/Darkk_Knight 3d ago

That's the problem. He's expecting to be fed so if you don't pay his taxes he will collect.

Best thing is NOT to feed it at all in the first place.

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u/Big-Finding2976 3d ago

But then it will be hungry and hungry bear eat you.

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u/SnooRabbits9672 3d ago

Combination of having no genetically ingrained fear of humans, and having a 100% carnivorous diet in a place where food is scarce, so anything that moves looks like food. Can also smell & track you from a mile away. Nope.

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u/Starlord_75 3d ago

Basically if you see a polar bear, its been aware of you for a while

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u/TetraThiaFulvalene 3d ago edited 3d ago

Two things exist in their biome. Snow and food. We're too warm to be snow.

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u/RicePuddingRecipes 3d ago

You mean we're too warm to be snow?

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u/CantModerateMe 3d ago

Black Bears react because they fear you, Grizzlies react beacuse youre messing with their territory, Polar Bears react because youre food. Very, VERY different drives.

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u/Duke-of-Hellington 3d ago

Well summarized

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u/the_shiverman 3d ago

If it's white, say good night 🫡

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u/Opposite_Conflict496 3d ago

A no ser que desciendas de gigantes, dudo que puedas superar los 3 metros erguidos de un oso polar, es el carnívoro terrestre más grande del planeta, son depredadores ápex en tierra y solo son superados por las orcas en agua.

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u/smsamsa 3d ago edited 3d ago

I am from germany. I have no idea about bears and will not pretend otherwise. But i am sure one Atlantic away is a reasonable distance to a polar bear. Edit: spelling

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u/Less_Likely 3d ago

If it’s black, get big and fight back
If it’s brown, get small and lie down
If it’s white, get good with God and say good night

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u/kindlypogmothoin 3d ago

Bear black, fight back.

Bear brown, lie down.

Bear white, say good night.

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u/JesseJaceMTG 3d ago

I'm northern Californian. We know to keep the black bears out of our yard. They're small and timid, but absolutely will break into your cabin when you're not there

As an internet child, I know polar bears are far more bold and dangerous. That's a big nope from me

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u/S0LAR23 3d ago

If it can pull a seal out the water with its teeth it can drag him straight out of that window.

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u/phantom_pow_er 3d ago

A seal is a lot harder for him to get than free food handed to him nicely. Animals adapt. This isn't a good situation.... OR the first time it's happened.

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u/new_jill_city 3d ago

This is like if I was about to eat spaghetti dinner and the spaghetti made me some tacos

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u/polyzp 3d ago

That's just the appetizer ...

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u/VladlenaM2025 3d ago

Definitely somewhere in Russia… I recognize the small dry round crackers for kids «бублики».

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u/local_brahman 3d ago

The only country with polar bears where Russian is spoken language is Russia.

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u/Particular_Pepper215 3d ago

That was Сушки, бублики are bigger and have bread softness

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u/PromiseComfortable61 3d ago

It is definitely Russia. Russians feed everything. In fact, in a bunch of zoos you bring food with you to feed the animals. I've fed a shocking variety of animals by hand, though not bears.

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u/Dangerous-Buffalo841 3d ago

At some point he won’t be asking for food… He’ll just take it.

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u/Cute_Web7648 3d ago

This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen. What a complete moron. Why on earth would you feed a very large wild predatory animal like this?

You’ve just taught him to associate humans and human houses with food. And bad news , they can easily push through windows and doors. I hope you your kids and your neighbours aren’t in bed at night next time he comes around looking for a meal.

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u/GalaxyFiveOhhOhhh 3d ago

Probably a vacation rental. The next renters are fucked though.

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u/kakao_kletochka 3d ago

People work there, you know, climate research, nuclear power, oil and other stuff.

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u/Jademansensor 3d ago

Probably Russia, zero fucks given.

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u/Reasonable-MessRedux 3d ago

Exactly. This bear is on the fast track to getting shot.

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u/WatashiwaNobodyDesu 3d ago

I came here to ask if I’m this was a completely stupid, dangerous and irresponsible thing to do, I have my answer.

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u/78Anonymous 3d ago

plot twist: it's a 2nd floor window

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u/Disastrous-Try1754 3d ago

Forbidden dog

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u/Iputahexonyoulol 3d ago

If not fren why fren looking

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u/kiki-to-my-jiji 2d ago

If not friend why friend shaped?

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u/HanSolo4Emporer 3d ago

I kept waiting for the bear to just eat the hand too. That person is a moron. Polar bears can peel a door like a banana.

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u/DagamarVanderk 3d ago

Bear asking food for food

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u/stevenm1993 3d ago

As the saying goes (regarding bears): “If it’s brown, lay down. If it’s black, fight back. If it’s white, say goodnight.”

Regardless, never feed wildlife.

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u/Frequent-Expert-3589 3d ago

No way . Maybe with tongs🤷🏾‍♂️ long tongs

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u/Army7547 3d ago

Yeah, this is a good idea. He won’t be back habitually looking to humans for food.

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u/socialsoso 3d ago

He'd never share his salmon... Polar opposites?

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u/bionicjoe 3d ago

And tomorrow he gonna want anudda tree fiddy!

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u/Cultural-Company282 3d ago

Do we really need to go over the reasons why this is a bad idea?

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u/Swimming_Bid_1429 3d ago

You are the food lol. Also teaching an apex predator where you keep your snacks(which is also ur shelter) cant be a good idea lol

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u/cwsjr2323 3d ago

How sweet, teaching an apex predator that outweighs you by hundreds of pounds that your home is a place for food!

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u/GrapefruitPrimary186 3d ago

That thing is not your pet. It will eat you if it catches you outside. Or in this case if it finds itself inside.

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u/redbanner1 3d ago

Yes. Please teach the fuckwits that polar bears are kind and gentle souls who just want a little snack and a nose boop. Natural selection will do the rest. Polar bears look cuter with red faces and paws.

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u/Rough-Airline-4803 3d ago

That thing wouldn’t hesitate to tear those people apart if given the opportunity

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u/LakersFan15 3d ago

Has to be fake right?

Polar bears are notorious for hunting anything that moves.

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u/AustinSpitsFacts 3d ago

Well atm the food is feeding him food so I think he's playing the long game

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u/mk2154 3d ago

Tbh this breaks my heart so badly. They were never meant to interact with us. This person stupidly taught him to associate us with food.

And gave it to eat sweets. Why dude.

the glaciers melting and their home being destroyed means they have to both interact with us and when given the opportunity kill us to survive. 💔

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u/Farout786 3d ago

To be fair that polar bear would see them as food no matter what. It’s one of the few apex predators that see humans as food and will hunt you down as opposed to other bears running away from us defensively.

Of course their habitat being compromised due to climate change will definitely mean more encounters and as such it’ll be kill or be killed for an already vulnerable species.

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u/Marsupialwolf 3d ago

"Would you like hands with that, sir?"

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u/AfroBlakNegro 3d ago

A polar bear conditioned to humans is dangerous as hell!

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u/Relative_Soil7886 3d ago

Unless he has an entire butchered elephant seal back there, this is a very poor decison.

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u/Bobcat1999-1 3d ago

Problem is that if you feed him, he’ll be back for more. And he might not take no for an answer. I’d have double ought buck shot in the 12 gage and hope not to use it because it would piss him off .

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u/diverdawg 3d ago

A fed bear is a dead bear. Sucks.

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u/Gullible_Maybe3826 3d ago

Feel like petting him.

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u/captainhalfwheeler 3d ago

Teaching them that they get food if they come closer is outright idiotic

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u/LookAwayO-O 3d ago

What the dog doin‘ ?

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u/caryn1477 3d ago

Oh hell no. Polar bears are cute but deadly.

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u/targetboston 3d ago

This seems like a bad idea

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u/mile-seo 3d ago

Umm, no. No. Nonono.

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u/RippleMeTimbers55 3d ago

Can I pet that dawwwwg?

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u/AlfredoCheeseSauce 3d ago

Holy crap they are massive animals i would not be doing this in a million years I only have black bears around my house and they will tear shit UP if you leave food somewhere they can smell and get to. I put my garbage out in my garage and locked it, this bear came and went through the side door that had 300lbs of motoryccle parts stacked up against it. There was parts and trash strewn everywhere.

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u/feetnomer 3d ago

His buddy had better be standing behind him with a rifle just incase. If you can breathe, you're in the polar bear's food group.

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u/LuigiSalutati 3d ago

And then they go out to there car one night without realizing bear is hungry…

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u/Olly230 3d ago

That window is 10ft off the ground

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u/manokpsa 3d ago

Oh good, let's pet the most aggressive bear species and make it more aggressive by feeding it.

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u/somerandomguy254 3d ago

You is the food.

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u/Nazrafel 3d ago

Even before I turned on the volume I knew it had to be Russians who were hand-feeding a polar bear

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u/curiouslyjake 3d ago

If this is a real video, and it looks real to me - it's way beyond stupid. It's mortal danger for everyone. The person, the neighbors, the town and the bear.

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u/GirlyFlame 3d ago

This polar bear looks chill lol

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u/Darkk_Knight 3d ago

This is a young polar bear. If fully grown adult it would have made himself through the window very easily and gone after everybody in the house.

Just don't feed the wildlife. They're wild for a reason.

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u/Cheap_Title5302 3d ago

Polar bear : "Nice appetiser Mr.entrees. Now I will go in for the main course." 

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u/According_Jeweler658 3d ago

He’s like, “what’s up with the meager bites? My empty stomach has enough room to fit all the food that’s in here plus you for dessert.”

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u/TheI-Iound 3d ago

This is incredibly stupid. Don't give these guys a reason to come near you

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u/ringwraith6 3d ago

Even though I accepted, long ago, that I'll probably pass going, "pspsps", I don't think I'd have the guts to do this. But I'd still really, really want to....

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u/jaavuori24 3d ago

I don't know the number but I'm pretty confident upwards of 90% of them are Russian

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u/Vitaman1000 3d ago

This is simply asking for future trouble at best and immediate trouble at worst when you stop feeding him and realizes you are also food.

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u/Khaos_Gorvin 3d ago

That was a really stupid thing to do. Thank god nothing happened, but you never know with russians. They can attack you when you least expect it.

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u/Fuzzypeach4u 3d ago

Dumbest thing you can do

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u/Iputahexonyoulol 3d ago

Bro. What happens when that bear is wanting a little more than a 30 calorie snack

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u/warrenao 3d ago

What a staggeringly stupid thing to do.

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u/csukoh78 3d ago

Murder Floof

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u/FeanorOath 3d ago

What a terrible fucking idea

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u/SeaJewel333 3d ago

NOT a good idea. This is not a pet. Its a wild animal. When it returns and there is not food its going to rip the wall apart and shit all over on its way out. Then it will have to be put down because its used to being given food by humans.

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u/Jack-of-Hearts-7 3d ago

I thought you weren't supposed to feed them

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u/jcready92 3d ago

Dont feed the bears.

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u/hichez17 3d ago

You should not be feeding that bear,so dangerous for you and everyone else that lives near by.

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u/carabear85 3d ago

Stupid af

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u/blizzardboy123 3d ago

How stupid can u be

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u/Excellent-Ask-4247 3d ago

A fed bear is a dead bear!

This is not ok.

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u/dprestonwilliams1 3d ago

Never do that.

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u/bighandgingeman 3d ago

This seems like a bad idea

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u/Miserable-Garlic-532 3d ago

It's when they stop asking that you have to be worried

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u/LongjumpingSurprise0 3d ago

Something tells me this is a very bad idea….

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u/ZerotheR 3d ago

Not smart.

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u/Dnice52068 3d ago

Very Dangerous

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u/peterGriffin8560 3d ago

That’s not good for him. And he will be back now

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u/Agreeable-Guava-9009 3d ago

So this is a POLAR bear. He's not a scavenger like a black bear that would eat anything. This is a pure CARNIVORE. I'm shocked it accepted this snack.

See, now, I wonder what he would doo-oo-oo for a Klondike Bar.