Of course Polar bears will eat you. Every thing else they eat tastes like fish. To them we probably taste like chicken.
National Geographic on polar bears
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JShirley said:
+1
Polar Bears, guns, nukes, women... Whenever you quit RESPECTING THEM you get killed.
Wheeler44 said:
I believe some South American Cannibals call us "long pig".
Here is the Discovery Channel Dweeb making a discovery about the food chain and his link location when in the sea:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2sZf8R4_oXk
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2sZf8R4_oXk
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A couple of things here that should be mentioned.
One. Polar bears numbers are on the increase and have been for sometime.
Two. Polar bears have no natural enemy's they are the top of their food chain.
Three. Polar bears are almost exclusively carnivorous especially when on the ice floes. THEREFORE any thing that moves is a prey animal and a polar bear will naturally come to investigate and if given the chance will kill and eat the moving thing. In their environment they don't have the luxury of passing on a potential meal.
Four. The last time I checked there hasn't exactly been a huge human population shift to the arctic regions or to polar bear habitat in general. ESPECIALLY not to the feeding ground of the polar ice floes. So the comment about humans expanding into their habitat is pretty much a lead zepplin. The Inuit people of the world have however been dealing with polar bears for multiple millennium and if you take the time to read any of their folk lore you'll see that polar bears have been chomping people for as long as people have been living in polar bear territory tens of thousands of years that is.
You guys get "IT".
It is so enjoyable to exchange ideas with people who actually think before they speak.
What a refreshing group of people!
Then there is this guy........
A couple of things here that should be mentioned.
One. Polar bears numbers are on the increase and have been for sometime.
Two. Polar bears have no natural enemy's they are the top of their food chain.
Three. Polar bears are almost exclusively carnivorous especially when on the ice floes. THEREFORE any thing that moves is a prey animal and a polar bear will naturally come to investigate and if given the chance will kill and eat the moving thing. In their environment they don't have the luxury of passing on a potential meal.
Four. The last time I checked there hasn't exactly been a huge human population shift to the arctic regions or to polar bear habitat in general. ESPECIALLY not to the feeding ground of the polar ice floes. So the comment about humans expanding into their habitat is pretty much a lead zepplin. The Inuit people of the world have however been dealing with polar bears for multiple millennium and if you take the time to read any of their folk lore you'll see that polar bears have been chomping people for as long as people have been living in polar bear territory tens of thousands of years that is.
+1, cracks me up and makes me shout at the tee vee screen - how about, "Because we're FOOD!"? Not only are we food, if unarmed, we are an excellent target. Extremely slow, soft outer layer, no claws, minimal teeth. Good meal choice. Only the gun and the animals' learning about our possession of same, has kept us mostly safe in the last few hundred years.
In defense of National Geographic, they did mention that these might be young bears traveling down a path to the sea on which they would normally not meet people, which is a non-environmental explanation. Plus, I loved that "appropriately armed" statement.
If I recall, the re-enactment scene did make a point of showing the two young ladies turning down the suggestion of a firearm at the outfitter shop before they went on their trek. I was actually a bit surprised the show would even implicitly suggest that being unarmed was a huge mistake (which of course it was). I guess I'm just so used to TV portraying the armed as paranoid, unnecessarily carrying deadly weapons when everyone knows all you need is pepper spray and little bells on your shoes, ad nauseam.
Airplane noise my eye . . . they were more than likely abused as cubs and came from broken homes . . .
And all PC folks know that one should negotiate with attacking bears, not shoot the cuddly creatures.
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I think I saw the same episode. When they showed the reenactment they showed some wheel gun. I don't remember what it was and honestly I didn't pay too much attention. But it looked like at least a large frame .38 and more like a .357. It was only later that they said he shot it with a .22 no wonder it didn't work.
polar bears and other significant predatory animals attack us because
. . . they are capable of rational thought. Sorry, but I don't buy in to Disney philosophy. I think not & H&H stated it very well. Humans are slow, soft on the outside & crunchy on the inside, and represent a meal of protein to the top-dog, North American, land predator. Granted that if you avoid their territory, you stand little chance of an encounter, however if you enter their range, you had best be prepared for a "what if" scenario. Simply put, polar bears are predators; unarmed humans are nothing more than land-borne, pathetically-helpless seals. Either take an adequate gun or bring warm scuba gear and stay by a breathing hole. But feel free to hug them . . . they'll "hug" you right back, and with a sincerity fostered by survival in a harsh land.
. . . they are capable of rational thought. Sorry, but I don't buy in to Disney philosophy. I think not & H&H stated it very well. Humans are slow, soft on the outside & crunchy on the inside, and represent a meal of protein to the top-dog, North American, land predator. Granted that if you avoid their territory, you stand little chance of an encounter, however if you enter their range, you had best be prepared for a "what if" scenario. Simply put, polar bears are predators; unarmed humans are nothing more than land-borne, pathetically-helpless seals. Either take an adequate gun or bring warm scuba gear and stay by a breathing hole. But feel free to hug them . . . they'll "hug" you right back, and with a sincerity fostered by survival in a harsh land.
That was a fascinating documentary in a macabre sort of way. It's pretty astonishing that he lived among grizzlies for something like 10 or 11 summers before finally entering the food chain.
Did you know panda bears can attack people too?
http://www.attackfootage.com/panda-bear-attacks-man/
http://www.attackfootage.com/panda-bear-attacks-man/
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Disney caused two generations of people to grow up thinking animals dance and sing, and are cute, cuddly and loveable...even carnivorous ones...and then people wonder why they insist on killing and eating like the carnivores they are!
Yep, +20. Toss in gators if you swim with 'em.
Predators do weigh potential danger against reward. If you look like you could hurt them, they might.......MIGHT.....(no guarantees) back down. I suspect this is why black bears don't normally attack humans and live well amongst human populations. If you go swimmin' with the gators, though, expect you might get bit. Same with sharks. You are definitely not a threat in THEIR environment.
For the "human encroachment on polar bear territory" theory, if you like the -40 degree weather on an ice pack enough to move there, not me, take enough gun! Personally, I ain't movin' out there. Sea ice is hard to till and I don't think okra wil grow well in it.
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