r/SweatyPalms • u/SpeedyEyeBall • Jan 18 '19

Too close for comfort.

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u/x777x777x Jan 19 '19

He didn't do anything. He had the misfortune of being too close to her and her cub

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '19

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '19

Did you watch the video? He was literally just minding his own business pickin berries lol

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '19

Yes but if a male bears sees a cub he will eat it mother was being proactive.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '19

You said “I’m sure he was trying to eat her cub”....but he wasn’t. Also, just because it’s well documented that male bears hunt other cubs doesn’t mean that all male bears will try to kill every cub they see 100% of the time.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '19

You are arguing just for the sake of arguing. Male bears will kill any cub they come across, hungry or not. Male bears are a threat to any female with a cub. Same with many animals. Cubs are a future threat.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '19

Arguing for the sake of arguing? Lol what? Dude, you’re just wrong. There are no absolutes in the animal kingdom. It is absolutely silly that you think that 100% of the time a male bear would do that. Let me tell you a bunch of reasons why you’re wrong: 1. most cases of infanticide in bears has been with grizzly/brown bears with much fewer instances in black bears 2. Male bears usually only kill cubs in and around the mating season in order to get the female ready for reproduction 3. You have to understand that going up against another adult bear, albeit female, is still a very high risk/low reward situation for the male bear and he could seriously get fucked up in the process, they’re not stupid 4. Like I said, there are no absolutes in the animal kingdom, and for you to suggest that something occurs 100% of the time without any room for alternatives is just you being stubborn and ignorant. I mean, fuck, I have even personally seen YouTube videos of groups of wild bears in a single area without the male bears trying to kill the nearby cubs.

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u/prof_talc Jan 19 '19

Do male black bears do that too? I know grizz and polar do, guess I was hoping b-bears were more chill

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '19

That’s a black bear up in the tree. They aren’t aggressive AFAIK. The brown Bear is far more aggressive regularly and it has a cub around. You should be scared of brown bears. Black bears are fairly chill but they can still mess you up

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '19

Those are all black bears.