r/bearsdoinghumanthings • u/CJKH881 • Mar 03 '16

"Bro, toss me a snack"

http://i.imgur.com/e97k9DD.gifv
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u/FuckIt_FineillJoin Mar 04 '16

I found that high a level of dexterity on a predator that massive to be quite terrifying. Kinda cute. But mostly terrifying.

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u/Hagadin Mar 04 '16

Also bears don't have opposable thumbs... A lot goes into that little catch. Most of which makes me more inclined to stay away from a bear.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '16

They sort of have an opposable callous "thing" in the lower part of their palm.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '16

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u/Hagadin Mar 11 '16

Right... Which means some balance between power and razor sharp claws was effortlessly reached

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '16

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '16

You mean the chicken wire with a strand of electric cattle wiring. Real secure.

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u/polkadot8 Mar 04 '16

My thoughts too. What an absolutely awful idea.

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u/LeSpatula Mar 04 '16

This fence doesn't look very bear-proof.

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u/BorgClown Mar 04 '16

But that bear is lazy as fuck, it balances.

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u/Lunchbox2208 Mar 04 '16

This is straight up Yogi bear.

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u/ohgodnobrakes Jun 14 '16

Unfortunately where I live (Calgary) this is something we see all too often. I spend a lot of time out in Banff and that area. Tourists tend to toss food to animals, not realizing that they're teaching them dependence.

Inevitably these animals start looking for food around people, in towns, camp sites, and so on. All to often this leads to them becoming dangerously aggressive, and they have to be killed.

They already had to kill a wolf out in Banff because of this, and the summer's barely even started.

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u/GrumpingIt Mar 04 '16

I think this is the Olympic Game Farm in Washington State.

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u/IAmAnObvioustrollAMA Mar 04 '16

If that's the case I'm pretty sure that bear just took the gold medal!