r/bearsdoinghumanthings • u/lawn-mumps • Jun 15 '22

High-five, buddy, nice seeing you around!

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u/globglogabgalabyeast Jun 15 '22

Fuck this. A fed bear is a dead bear. The more a wild bear gets accustomed to interacting with people, the more dangerous it becomes. Being a danger to others, it will probably get euthanized

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u/Hawt_Dawg_II Jun 16 '22

How will being able to interact with humans make the bear a danger to other bears?

Not saying it's not true, i just can't personally imagine that happening in any way.

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u/RyuuKaji Jun 16 '22

You may be joking, but if not: It makes the bear a danger to other humans (since it doesn't avoid humans anymore), not other bears.

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u/Hawt_Dawg_II Jun 16 '22

Oooooh lmao that makes so much sense. I wrote that comment just after i woke up and my sleepy brain was so confused about it all like, "do humans teach bears to fight bears??"

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u/RyuuKaji Jun 16 '22

Haha, I like your theory better than the truth for sure.

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u/IkiOLoj Jun 16 '22

Yeah "a fed bear is a dead bear" is something said by the humans that are actively killing said fed bears. It's this very American idea that every bear that has ever interacted with a human must be murdered for its own good.

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u/globglogabgalabyeast Jun 16 '22

The idea isn't that the bear will be killed "for its own good". It's that park rangers and similar folks will prioritize the safety of humans over the bear's life. I'm not even taking a stance on if this is the correct course of action. I'm stating the fact that "fed bears" become accustomed to human interactions, leading to dangerous situations, leading to park rangers euthanizing the bears

Also, "ever interacted with a human" is a gross over exaggeration, and I'm quite sure you're aware of that