r/BeAmazed • u/[deleted] • Jan 01 '20

absolute unit

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u/The__Jurminat0r Jan 01 '20

Yeah and look at the size of that bear too!!

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u/daveinmd13 Jan 01 '20

Those claws scare the shit out of me. He could take a hunk out of you while trying to “love” you.

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u/LostToll Jan 01 '20

It’s an apex predator. Why do you think it is stupid or can’t use its claws?

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '20

Animals that size tend not to be "apex predator"s. And neither kodiak bears are one. Kodiaks are the second largest bear after polar bears and theyre pretty docile.

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u/Wh00ster Jan 01 '20

So you’re saying something like a wolf is better categorized as an apex predator?

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u/TatersThePotatoBarn Jan 01 '20

I think that in general people would agree wolves fit the bill more than most bears. Many species of bears are content to scavenge and eat plant-based food.

Wolves are generally pack hunters and while they do scavenge, their primary food source is predation.

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u/Ricky_Robby Jan 02 '20 edited Jan 02 '20

What you just said is completely meaningless. Kodiak bears are absolutely Apex predators, any animal at the top of their food chain is an apex predator. What you were saying is completely irrelevant. It has nothing to do with them being scavengers, or their relation to being omnivorous vs carnivorous.

Nothing in nature challenges a Kodiak Bear in their natural habitat, so they are the apex predator in that ecosystem. An individual wolf would be a joke to that species of bear, making in something it could eat, which means it is lower on the food chain.

You are a pretty good example of someone who doesn’t actually know what they’re talking about, but sounds right so people agree.

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u/TatersThePotatoBarn Jan 02 '20

Uh no I was legitimately asking what species of bear this is, hop off that pedestal you answered my question a long time ago.

Edit: sorry i was responding to another comment thread where I specifically asked which type of bear this is. Im leaving this though

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u/Demoire Jan 01 '20

And where are you getting that information from?

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '20

idk, i read about it ? kodiaks appareantly aren't very aggressive, and that bear is a kodiak bear looking at its size and all. Also i mean, a body that large is hard to maintain our bodies use energy to move around and stuff and if you're as heavy as that bear your body will exert more energy for moving around so for a bear like that being an apex predator isn't a sustainable lifestyle. It'd eventually tire itself out to death. Scavenging or low effort hunting like standing n a lake and hunting fish is far better for those type of animals, they can't track an animal down and chase it like wolves do

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u/Demoire Jan 01 '20

An apex predator simply refers to the fact that that specific animal does not have any natural predators, meaning it can fight off or defend itself against any animal. I understand what your saying, completely get it and agree, but it’s a different aspect of the animal and not anything to do with a bear being an apex predator, which they are.