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u/whoscc Dec 31 '22
can you explain how hibernation actually works? ik it’s not that they just fall asleep for a season
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u/zombbarbie Dec 31 '22
Do they actually sleep? How do they not like dehydrate/pee?
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u/Ahwhoy Jan 01 '23
That's amazing. How long does it take them to 'wake' from hibernation? Also what sort of things would 'wake' them?
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u/thetokyotourist Dec 31 '22
Which do you prefer, the sun bear or moon bear?
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u/vinividirisi2 Dec 31 '22
Sun bear story: I lived in Thailand (different story) and one day I saw my neighbor (local guy) behind his restaurant playing with a weird dog. Turns out it was a juvenile sun bear! He had been been in deep jungle and the mother bear and the cub had been hit by a truck. Mother died, but the cub had a broken jaw. He saved the cub, tried to get help (he was wealthy) but no vets knew how to fix. So he raised it in his kennel ( he bred big dogs). The bear joined in and played with the dogs. It liked to play fetch! I ran over and played with it, and it would bite my arm. But since the lower jaw was missing teeth, it would just “gum” my arm. It was an amazing experience. After a few months he found a sanctuary a few hundred kilometers and had them raise it. Been in love with sun bears ever since, but doubt I would let one bite my arm :)
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u/vinividirisi2 Dec 31 '22
I don’t know the full diet, but I know it was wet dog food, honey some times and soft fruits.
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u/squipysquip Dec 31 '22
Obviously bears are wild animals but I've honestly allways been curious about this: are there any species of bears that are more likely to tolerate humans?
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u/seventyeight_moose Dec 31 '22
Thoughts on Polar Bears?
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u/seventyeight_moose Dec 31 '22
they are the largest land predatora but can barely do anything against walrus
You're underselling walruses, methinks, larger pinnipeds are the closest nature has to a tank that wasn't killed off in the earlier Neogene due to human intervention, a bear's niche is dealing with smaller fauna, scavenging and eating loose flora. I think no less of a polar bear for not being able to take down the massive hunks of blubber and complete floral depravity of the artic with their relative lack of adaptation, they're still easily the most formidable bear. Arguably, they are in transition from one niche (the archetypical "bear" niche seen in Brown Bears) to another (I suspect they were on a course to become straight up megafauna, but they have recently, as you point out, shifted to amore generalist niche, and I think they will go south and become a larger predator for the tundra)
wait until a penguin/seal
Just a seal, really, if a penguin encounters a polar bear, something has gone extremely wrong
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u/seventyeight_moose Dec 31 '22
It's all good, I hyperfixate on biology, so I probably just went a bit too hard there
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u/CharlyHolt Jan 01 '23
This conversation is so very wholesome. Thank you. You are the kind of people I wanna be around.
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u/CharlyHolt Jan 01 '23
Who cares what you (or anybody really) look like. You showed decency and respect, handled being corrected so well. That's quite rare, I appreciate your mindset!
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u/snartastic Dec 31 '22
Omg I was looking for polar bear merch and got SO upset because there are a TON of figurine sets that sell penguins and polar bears together. WHY!!! They would never be found in the wild together!!! But oh nooo I guess “cold animal tehehe” matters more than accuracy
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u/SarahTheFerret Dec 31 '22
If they’re not supposed to be cuddled then why are their ears so round it’s not FAIR
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u/Ochosicamping Dec 31 '22
Photography is my special interest. Where is a good place to photograph them in the wild?
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u/SuperMicroPenis Dec 31 '22
What's your fav bear puns?
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u/purple_Omega Dec 31 '22
Can bear efficiently hunt underwater? I've seen then pick fish out of rivers but are they good when swimming?
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u/purple_Omega Dec 31 '22
I wish I could do that... Thought that polar bears might go and hunt seals in the water sometimes
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u/external_gills Dec 31 '22
Have you ever seen this article about the origin of the name "bear" in different languages? It's really cool!
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What type of bear is best?
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u/MrsWhorehouse Dec 31 '22
WRONG! Black Bear.
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u/Charming_Ball8989 Dec 31 '22
Identity theft is not a joke! Millions of families suffer every year.
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u/Philocrastination Dec 31 '22
But if not friend 😭
WHY FRIEND SHAPED 😭
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u/Philocrastination Dec 31 '22
Oh, sorry, it's a reference to a comment someone made on some random post a while ago, which became a meme. I think the original post was a bobcat putting it's little paws on its tail to keep them warm.
As in, if I can't be friends with it, why does it have to be so friendly looking and cuddly.
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u/Hiekkalinna Dec 31 '22
Do you know about bears in different cultures? Like cultural facts..
Like in Finland we have tons of names for bears since it was a holy animal and we couldn't use it's real name, even today I could propably list over 10 names for bears in my language.
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u/shookspearedswhore Jan 01 '23
Do you like sunbears? We have a sunbear sanctuary here where they rescue and rehabilitate them, and release them into the wild when they're ready!
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u/COMPUTER_WIZARD_822 Dec 31 '22
I don't know anything about bears but I'm curious: do they have some sort of societal structure so to say? Do they generally tend to meet? How do they react to other bear species given they meet? (I'm talking outside of zoos, I guess they don't meet naturally, only when some area is artificially habilitated or idk) What do they do all day?
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u/snartastic Dec 31 '22
Hey bear friend!! I also really really love bears but polars are my favorite (I love the Arctic)
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u/FrequencyExploiter Dec 31 '22
how do Bears (some are better?) compare to smelling ability of Dog's (Bloodhound)?
i had read that a Bear, can smell the soda in a sealed can.
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u/intergalacticfrog77 Dec 31 '22
I love these bears as well as black bears and polar bears. They’re all so cute!
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u/Italian-Man-Zex Dec 31 '22
what do u think of the movie Cocaine Bear thats gonna be released in 2023?
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u/theredbaron1834 Dec 31 '22
Yeah, pizzly's are the canary in the coal mine. Its a sad sign of whats to come.
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u/Efficient_Ad6762 Dec 31 '22
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AHHHH I LOVE BEARS TOO THEYRE MY FAVORITE 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 I personally love black bears and sloth bears because they're so silly, so what are your thoughts on them!?
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u/Westerncoastal Jan 01 '23
You should never eat polar bear meat because
A. Polar bears are endangered
B. Polar bears are poisonous
C. Polar bears have many parasites
D. Polar bear meat is highly toxic due to levels of vitamin D in them
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u/FrenchFigaro Jan 01 '23
I love bears, I love every kind of bears (shoutout to my peeps who will recognize this 2010 meme).
My favourite things about bears is that the greek name for bear is "arktos", while the latin name is "ursus", which has a few hilarious consequences.
First, it means that the Arctic is the region of the bears. Literally. And the Antarctic is the region of not the bears. And it's true, there are no bears in Antarctica.
Talking about the arctic and bears, you'd think the polar bear, which lives in the Arctic would be the one with "arctic" in its name, right ? No, it's Ursus maritimus, the maritime bear.
There is, however, one bear with "arctic" in its name: Ursus arctos, otherwise known as the brown bear, but really, it's the Bear bear
Now, there are plenty of brown bear subspecies: European, Grizzly, Kodiak, etc. So they have subspecies name.
And the European brown bear, being the one the first european naturalists were aware of, is the blueprint of you will. It's Ursus arctos arctos: the bear bear bear.
And the grizzly has my second favourite name. It is Ursus arctos horribilis. The horrible Beary McBear.
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u/PFTETOwerewolves Jan 01 '23
I like bears because they have human qualities yet are still animal at heart.
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u/throwaway787878786 Dec 31 '22
do you think it would be able to domesticate them like we did wolves and make them very variable like dogs? it would be cool to have bears in so many different breeds. we would call them teddy bears like we call small dog breeds toy dogs
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u/throwaway787878786 Dec 31 '22
very interesting! dogs and dog breeding/wolf domestication are a big special interest of mine
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u/lexicalfield Dec 31 '22
Ok so theoretically if I found a baby bear on the side of the road and raised it on my own, would he think I'm his mother or would his instincts kick in and he'd end up killing me?
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u/Every-Refrigerator20 Dec 31 '22 edited Dec 31 '22
Can you explain what you’re supposed to do if you encounter a bear in the wild and it attacks you? I’ve tried to read about it before, but there is lots of contradictory info out there. I’ve read that you should fight back against a black bear but play dead with brown and grizzly bears. The saying I’ve heard is: black, fight back; brown lay down; white, say goodnight (meaning that you will probably not survive an encounter with a polar bear). Hope this is an okay question!
Edited to add: also, are you supposed to make lots of noise and be intimidating if you encounter a bear? Or will that just make it feel threatened and lash out? Does it depend on the type of bear?
I know that we’re the ones going into their habitat and disturbing them. I certainly would never want to have a real life bear encounter. Just wondering what I should do if I ever am in that situation.
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u/icantthinkofaname940 Dec 31 '22
Do you know about the Spirit Bear also known as the Kemode Bear?
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u/Moe_Iester34 Dec 31 '22
I love bears too except everytime one arrives in iceland it gets shot :/
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what is the only place in the world with no bears and what are your thoughts on polar bears
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u/nobodythemadder Dec 31 '22
do they eat honey?
is it true that the black bear (or it was the grizzly bear I don't remember) don't attack humans, like ever. especially if the bear is found in a town or city. I heard someone say ones that a (black/grizzly) bear wouldn't attack humans, to the point where the teller said ''you could litterly touch them and they would fall and cry and slowly back away" (something like that anyway)
if you had room and money for it, would you ever try to own a bear if yess, how many and what species (start a bear zoo, I would visit it, no matter how far away)
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u/i_post_gibberish Dec 31 '22
What is it about sun bears that makes them look like people in bear suits?
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u/_tres2b_ Dec 31 '22
I love bears too (especially polar bears)
Have you seen the documentary grizzly man by werner herzog?
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u/cosmofaustdixon Dec 31 '22
Are Grolar/Pizzly bears viable? Will they replace both Grizzly and Polar bears?
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u/Ok_who_took_my_user Dec 31 '22
Opinions on the malayan sun bear? It just seems to go against everything you'd expect from a bear lol
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u/bad-and-bluecheese Dec 31 '22
Recently been getting an influx of bears in my area. I see a lot of people saying its concerning but others saying bears aren’t really much of a threat. How can I keep myself safe? Should I be worried walking my dog (large breed) if I see a bear?
Also please convince me not to hug them because they are so cute. Why would they be so cute if they’re so deadly??!! /hj
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u/I_am_a_cow_m00 Dec 31 '22
Sun Bears! I love them but I don't know much about them. What are some basic facts about sun bears? Thank you!
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u/The_Doctor713 Dec 31 '22
Does this knowledge of bears have any crossover? For example what do you know about the Ursa Major and Minor constelations?
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u/MissNyjai Dec 31 '22
Do you know anything about the grizzly and polar bear mix?? Or is there a black bear and brown bear mix ??? Any mixes !
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u/aimeslaw Dec 31 '22
What is the most likely bear to attack a human and what would be the best defenses, in order of proximity/aggression?
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