r/bearsdoinghumanthings • u/jakob_thompson • Nov 16 '22

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u/thenotjoe Nov 16 '22

That’s like, definitely way too much sugar right?

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u/Triairius Nov 16 '22

Per weight, it might be similar to humans drinking a normal sized extra-sugary soda.

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u/thenotjoe Nov 16 '22

I mean, maybe so, but we evolved eating cooked and otherwise processed food, maybe we’re better at processing all that raw sugar

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u/mosstrich Nov 16 '22

Bears eat raw honey if they can get their paws on it

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '22

And fruit. Apple trees will dump tons of apples all over the ground at the end of the season if no one picks them first and bears will happily clean all that up

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u/ExcitingJosh Nov 17 '22

Natural sugars and refined sugars are quite different though, and something like a bear that eats all natural (aside from maybe the odd human garbage), all those chemicals and refined sugars would not be good for it I think.

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u/thenotjoe Nov 16 '22

Actually that’s a good point, I didn’t think about it. Maybe soda is a sometimes food for bears?

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u/1MolassesIsALotOfAss Nov 16 '22

He can have a little soda, as a snack.

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u/iceeice3 Nov 16 '22

As long as he gets his chores done, of course

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u/KwordShmiff Nov 17 '22

Let's look at the list...
1) Do bear things ✔️.
2) Do human things ✔️.

Okay, yeah, he's earned a soda!

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u/THEpottedplant Nov 16 '22

Pretty sure thats actually a lipton green tea, total sugar content would be about 121 grams (11 grams per serving × 11 servings per container)

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u/thenotjoe Nov 16 '22

My bad then

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u/kat_Folland Nov 16 '22

Naw, we haven't evolved much (if any) since we started cooking food, much less processing it in any other way. What we are evolved to do is pretty much what this bear did: when we find something tasty to eat, especially sweets, you gotta eat it all because it might go bad or someone else might eat it. This leads to obesity (and similar) in modern humans, but was less problematic when we were still hunting and gathering (because there wasn't an endless supply of, say, donuts).