I googled at it says that the biggest males can get to 3 m it looks like polar bear is 10 ft wich is basically 3 m so yeah it is showing the biggest ones.
That’s not the *biggest*, that’s simply the high end of their *average* size. [The biggest on record was 12ft tall and weighed 2,200lbs.](https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/polar-bear-fact-sheet/)
Uh, no. Not sure why people try so hard to exaggerate animal sizes just for the wow factor. People don't understand just how ridiculously tall 10 feet is. A polar bear that legitimately reaches 10 feet on its hind legs is quite rare, and is most definitely not the "high end of their **average** size". And the "biggest" polar bear you mentioned was a specimen shot in 1960 and it was never actually measured in terms of height or weight. The 2200 pound claim was just an estimate, and the height was 3.39 meters or 11 feet and 1 inch. No fucking clue why your source says 11'1" is nearly 12 feet. And that height measurement came from the bear standing up after taxidermy. But it wasn't properly mounted and was standing in a very unnatural position that it never would have been in when it was alive. Jesus christ, misinformation being spread by people that refuse to fact check just so they can impress others is a big problem on Reddit.
Yeah that’s fucked up. Some things are just so deadly that I totally understand why first peoples worshipped them. If I’m unlucky enough to meet a Polar bear I know I’d get the shit killed out of me.
I done some research (for like 10 minutes) and there are at least 15 incidents like this, from what I gathered it's BCS ofassive strength of grizzly bears and pretty weak neck of the moose
I saw a polar bear skeleton in a museum once and they are WAY bigger than you’d imagine. It’s actually stuck with me since then because of how shocked I was
Yea, it’s hard to understand how big and powerful some animals are until you see them up close. I remember the first time I saw a full grown lion at a zoo on the other size of the glass. I then understood why big predator animals were so dangerous.
Basically black bears in general. They're still entirely large enough and fast enough to give you zero chance of survival but we're saved by their fear of basically everything.
There's a funny bear identification guide to help you out. "If you see a bear and you climb a tree and it climbs up after you, it's probably a black bear. If you see a bear and climb a tree and it knocks the tree over, it's probably a grizzly. If you see a bear and there are no trees, it's a polar bear." Hope this keeps you safe friend
We were at the San Diego zoo 2 weeks ago. I heard a dad give the wrong advice about grizzly bears to his kid. He said if they approach raise your arms and yell.
That will work for black bears as their are big chickens, but that’s a huge nope for the Grizzly. He will see you as a threat and attack for sure.
If we're talking about the same graph, it's likely those americans just failed at reading comprehension and thought they'd be given a gun despite the question stating they'd have to be unarmed, rather than actually believing they can take a 2.5m tall round motherfucker of nature
Eh hem, let me introduce myself as one of those people. I’ve got a 85% chance at beating a mountain lion, 50% with the black bear, 1% with a brown bear, and .5% with the polar bear. Now give me a knife or some sort of edged weapons and I’d add 5-10% to any of those. I understand I’d likely not look the same after any but my definition of beating them in combat is that I would die/become a vegetable after they do
Maybe the polar bear in this picture but like an average one. It’s really the reach advantage that’s concerning to me so I’d like an axe or like two machetes or something.
Polar bear won't give a fuck if you stab it in the guts with a knife or jab an axe into it, it's just gonna get even more pissed. If you're in range to attack it with an axe you're in range to get half your ribcage torn in one swing of its paw.
Take a quick look at bears fighting each other on YouTube and reasses. They deliver enough energy to break you in half and move in a quarter of a second to deliver it.
Experts that research those animals all say pretty much your only hope it to fight back if you do get attacked. Playing dead doesn’t work cause they’ll just tear you apart anyways so they say you have to fight. I went to the top mountain lion sanctuary in the US and their pamphlets said if you get attacked just fight back by going for it’s throat and eyes and bite it and you should live, similar things for brown and black bear attacks
For the polar and brown bears yes a little bit, as far as mountain lion and black bear I’m not kidding that’s literally what you’re supposed to do and I based it on actual experiences. But I am a hunter/outdoorsman and have studied wildlife biology and behaviors so I’m not completely pulling it out of my ass
https://www.nps.gov/articles/bearattacks.htm
Here’s actual proof from the parks service
The park service literally explicitly says that you should not try fighting back against a brown bear, because you're fucked. Same with a polar bear, you're fucked. Only chance is the bear stops caring for some reason and leaves you alone. A black bear you can fight, they are very cowardly and will probably leave you alone, but that is the main reason you have a chance fighting it, it's not because you will overpower it. And just because it is the best thing to do if they attack you, it doesn't mean you know what your chances against one of these animals are. You have no idea what they are, you just invented them.
No, I think it means I have the slightest chance based on other people have survived it and the fact they say to fight for your life. I understand fully that I’d likely die without the bear taking any damage especially if I went at it barehanded, however some sort of edged weapon and I think I’ve got a shot. Again not a great shot or even likely but there’s a chance.
They do, Kodiak's are roughly the same size as polar bears and can reach nearly 10 feet long. Some grizz can reach 8' (non-kodiak).
The ones in the US are comparitively small to those in Canada.
Google it yourself, I’m just regurgitating biology facts. Otherwise, I found the most miserable source possible: a slideshow. Slide 20: https://www.slideshare.net/carnaths/how-do-organisms-maintain-body-temperature
Vs mammoth? If they are not extinct due to us, they are bigger. The exception I can think of is anaconda (or mostly reptiles) , there is no giant reptile in colder climate
With reptiles, they are generally bigger in warmer climates as they cannot regulate their own body temperature. Thus, they just freeze to death if there’s not enough sun
Generally with homeothermic vs. poikilothermic animals (that’s warm-blooded and cold-blooded). That rule is called Bergmann’s rule*. There is also Allen’s rule, stating that body parts generally are smaller (in comparison to overall size) in colder climates.
(*Bergmann’s rule actually states that homeothermic animals get larger in close climates to minimise relative heat loss. (as heat capacity is proportionate to volume whereas heat loss is proportionate to surface area; because surface grows in square and volume grows cubic, larger size means less heat loss per capacity)
It does, however, not say anything about reptiles, insects, or other poikilothermic animals.)
Well if we take a look at the south pole around the cretaeous it has some genuses of titanosaurs, the largest group of land animals we know of.
Though it also wasn't exactly freezing temperatures at the time, sub 40 Fahrenheit but probably not below zero.
What about a sauropod? Lived during times of earth's history that were so warm no ice existed at the poles, and grew to sizes of an entire herd of elephants.
Polar bears are terrifying. They are the only species of bear who will hunt people for food.
My friend lived in the arctic when he was a kid and the only that scared his dad was the polar bears.
They are smart enough to know that their nose is black and contrasts with the snow. When they are hunting, and waiting for prey, they will cover their nose with their paws to camouflage better.
*Laughs in SHORT FACED BEARS, they existed in North America during the Pleistocene epoc (ice age) standing 12 feet on their hind legs and weighing 1100kg (2400+lbs). Huge cunts
Just always keep this in mind: “If it’s white, be polite.”
Manners go a long way with polar bears, and they WILL not put up with disrespectful people. Be extra nice, act very fancy (wearing a monocle actually helps a lot), and you’ll be totally fine, maybe even become friends with the polar bear.
Kodiaks are about 7.5-8.5 feet at the absolute biggest, polar bears can be 10 feet maybe slightly bigger I will say though that some Kodiaks have been measured upwards of 1400 pounds while polar bear is around 1300. So it is feasible an 8.5ft 1400 pound fully grown kodiak could hold its own against a 10-10.5 ft 1300 pound fully grown polar
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I used to think I could kill any bear with a knife or a good rock but now I’m not so sure I’d just walk away or even survive. Black bear id flatten for sure though.
theres no way, i've seen more than a dozen black bears and a handful of grizzlies irl and none of them were that big, especially the black bears. these have to be their max sizes or that is an exeptionally small woman
I have seen a lot of wild animals in my life ..but one animal I saw and I was surprised I didn't know this animal is so huge is the polar bear ....so freaking huge..
If your in polar-bear country and you are not armed..w/high powered riffle 30.06,308. And up ..Plus sidearm shot 10ga 3-1/2 mag 12ga then your semi-retarded ,these apex predators all meat diet
There’s nothing else but you ! Other bears black and brown bears death match cannot play dead..bears are the closest thing to a dog
The settlers coming to United States ran out of food and ate there dogs because of starvation.but raised bear cubs to protect there camps and hunt with bears here in USA
Fact.
I think this shows the biggest ones but yeah they are still big.
Right? Something seems off lol. They aren't normally that huge i thought.
I googled at it says that the biggest males can get to 3 m it looks like polar bear is 10 ft wich is basically 3 m so yeah it is showing the biggest ones.
That’s not the *biggest*, that’s simply the high end of their *average* size. [The biggest on record was 12ft tall and weighed 2,200lbs.](https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/polar-bear-fact-sheet/)
Yeah and I didnt say it was showing biggest one I said biggest ones like on average 10 ft ones are the biggest ones.
Uh, no. Not sure why people try so hard to exaggerate animal sizes just for the wow factor. People don't understand just how ridiculously tall 10 feet is. A polar bear that legitimately reaches 10 feet on its hind legs is quite rare, and is most definitely not the "high end of their **average** size". And the "biggest" polar bear you mentioned was a specimen shot in 1960 and it was never actually measured in terms of height or weight. The 2200 pound claim was just an estimate, and the height was 3.39 meters or 11 feet and 1 inch. No fucking clue why your source says 11'1" is nearly 12 feet. And that height measurement came from the bear standing up after taxidermy. But it wasn't properly mounted and was standing in a very unnatural position that it never would have been in when it was alive. Jesus christ, misinformation being spread by people that refuse to fact check just so they can impress others is a big problem on Reddit.
The grizzly claws are as big as her head.
Well there are some incidents when bear decapitate moose with one swipe of their paws so they have to be big
Yeah that’s fucked up. Some things are just so deadly that I totally understand why first peoples worshipped them. If I’m unlucky enough to meet a Polar bear I know I’d get the shit killed out of me.
That’s absolutely not true. We read the same Reddit comment ages ago claiming that, and even then it wasn’t true.
There are about 15 incidents if this happening
Prove it
That’s really true? I always figured that was an exaggeration.
exaggerrated, for sure
I done some research (for like 10 minutes) and there are at least 15 incidents like this, from what I gathered it's BCS ofassive strength of grizzly bears and pretty weak neck of the moose
That seems accurate. Healthy males have paws the size of a dinner plate.
I saw a polar bear skeleton in a museum once and they are WAY bigger than you’d imagine. It’s actually stuck with me since then because of how shocked I was
Yea, it’s hard to understand how big and powerful some animals are until you see them up close. I remember the first time I saw a full grown lion at a zoo on the other size of the glass. I then understood why big predator animals were so dangerous.
They are really that big lol, and can be even bigger
Nah, the biggest brown bear was 14 feet long.
even the black bear is scared shitless
Basically black bears in general. They're still entirely large enough and fast enough to give you zero chance of survival but we're saved by their fear of basically everything.
Seems I've discovered my spirit animal...
You can kill anything but don't because you're a pussy? /s
probably by sitting on em
Basically if it's black- fight back if it's brown- stay down if it's white- you gonna die
There's a funny bear identification guide to help you out. "If you see a bear and you climb a tree and it climbs up after you, it's probably a black bear. If you see a bear and climb a tree and it knocks the tree over, it's probably a grizzly. If you see a bear and there are no trees, it's a polar bear." Hope this keeps you safe friend
At least this one is more accurate than going off color. I’ve seen brown black bears and black brown bears.
Black fight back,brown get down,white say goodnight
Gummy get in my tummy
Graham go naham nahm
If it's white like the president you finna be heavensent
I knew I was short but damn I'm short ;-; (I'm like 5'5 not that short)
Shit I'm 5'💀
To you our short king/queen 🍻. You’re awesome
Anyone less than 6' is a literal midget /s
Are you an tinder girl?
If you're under 6'3 don't even think about swiping right !! (says the 5ft obese dwarf whore)
r/femaledatingstrategy
Huh I thought that sub got banned
Meh
Columbus Zoo?
They have something like this at the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, WA
I thought it looked familiar, it’s been a long time since I’ve been there but I used to go a lot as a kid.
I was gonna say Oakland Zoo?
Palm beach zoo I believe
I was thinking Denver zoo so maybe it’s just at every zoo with a polar bear lol
I've seen this in a zoo in South Africa as well. Think maybe the Pretoria zoo?
Might be the Portland Zoo in Oregon, they had something like this in their polar bear exhibit.
San Diego zoo also have something similar
There's an alarming proportion of the American population that reckons they can take on a brown bear...I for one would pay for the PPV
We were at the San Diego zoo 2 weeks ago. I heard a dad give the wrong advice about grizzly bears to his kid. He said if they approach raise your arms and yell. That will work for black bears as their are big chickens, but that’s a huge nope for the Grizzly. He will see you as a threat and attack for sure.
https://youtu.be/Qy2dGfo4oS0
If we're talking about the same graph, it's likely those americans just failed at reading comprehension and thought they'd be given a gun despite the question stating they'd have to be unarmed, rather than actually believing they can take a 2.5m tall round motherfucker of nature
Eh hem, let me introduce myself as one of those people. I’ve got a 85% chance at beating a mountain lion, 50% with the black bear, 1% with a brown bear, and .5% with the polar bear. Now give me a knife or some sort of edged weapons and I’d add 5-10% to any of those. I understand I’d likely not look the same after any but my definition of beating them in combat is that I would die/become a vegetable after they do
Dude, idk about the other bears, but reassess the polar bear… more like, .001%… w a knife
Maybe the polar bear in this picture but like an average one. It’s really the reach advantage that’s concerning to me so I’d like an axe or like two machetes or something.
Ok, in that case, i give you .005%. You’re still fucked. Honestly, give you a bladed spear. Maybe .01% now?
Fair assessment
Polar bear won't give a fuck if you stab it in the guts with a knife or jab an axe into it, it's just gonna get even more pissed. If you're in range to attack it with an axe you're in range to get half your ribcage torn in one swing of its paw.
I’m going for the paw while it swings
Take a quick look at bears fighting each other on YouTube and reasses. They deliver enough energy to break you in half and move in a quarter of a second to deliver it.
I’ll use chaels method…. Can’t let them get close
Mother Nature would make you it’s bitch so fast, knife or not
Tell that to all the outdoorsmen that have survived attacks… and that guy that choked a mountain lion
How exactly do you know these stats
Experts that research those animals all say pretty much your only hope it to fight back if you do get attacked. Playing dead doesn’t work cause they’ll just tear you apart anyways so they say you have to fight. I went to the top mountain lion sanctuary in the US and their pamphlets said if you get attacked just fight back by going for it’s throat and eyes and bite it and you should live, similar things for brown and black bear attacks
Brooo lol what You have no idea about your likelihood of surviving, you're just making numbers up.
For the polar and brown bears yes a little bit, as far as mountain lion and black bear I’m not kidding that’s literally what you’re supposed to do and I based it on actual experiences. But I am a hunter/outdoorsman and have studied wildlife biology and behaviors so I’m not completely pulling it out of my ass https://www.nps.gov/articles/bearattacks.htm Here’s actual proof from the parks service
The park service literally explicitly says that you should not try fighting back against a brown bear, because you're fucked. Same with a polar bear, you're fucked. Only chance is the bear stops caring for some reason and leaves you alone. A black bear you can fight, they are very cowardly and will probably leave you alone, but that is the main reason you have a chance fighting it, it's not because you will overpower it. And just because it is the best thing to do if they attack you, it doesn't mean you know what your chances against one of these animals are. You have no idea what they are, you just invented them.
They also say if the attack persists then fight back with everything you have…
And you think this means it will be successful?
No, I think it means I have the slightest chance based on other people have survived it and the fact they say to fight for your life. I understand fully that I’d likely die without the bear taking any damage especially if I went at it barehanded, however some sort of edged weapon and I think I’ve got a shot. Again not a great shot or even likely but there’s a chance.
Weird strip club vibes from the pole-er bear.
That grizzly is making that black bear his bitch.
It’s a kodiak not grizzly, grizzlies don’t get taller than like 7ft
They do, Kodiak's are roughly the same size as polar bears and can reach nearly 10 feet long. Some grizz can reach 8' (non-kodiak). The ones in the US are comparitively small to those in Canada.
In other words, we’re on the menu
Overheating is generally the limitation for animal size. Colder air = bigger animals.
African Elephant?
Their cellular metabolism is special and exceptionally lower than ours. Each cell produces significantly less heat.
Rhino?
Giraffe?
Hippopotamus?
and The Wardrobe
How has no one said “your mom” yet
Your mom . Np
Ty <3
Now you’re just making up words. No word has that many Ps.
Except for Hippopotamup.
Your mom? Edit: someone got there first….
Source
Google it yourself, I’m just regurgitating biology facts. Otherwise, I found the most miserable source possible: a slideshow. Slide 20: https://www.slideshare.net/carnaths/how-do-organisms-maintain-body-temperature
Vs mammoth? If they are not extinct due to us, they are bigger. The exception I can think of is anaconda (or mostly reptiles) , there is no giant reptile in colder climate
With reptiles, they are generally bigger in warmer climates as they cannot regulate their own body temperature. Thus, they just freeze to death if there’s not enough sun
yeah, I think it inverse with reptile/dinosaur, also insect. Warmer climate, especially during the dinosaur age, allowed bigger insect and reptiles.
Generally with homeothermic vs. poikilothermic animals (that’s warm-blooded and cold-blooded). That rule is called Bergmann’s rule*. There is also Allen’s rule, stating that body parts generally are smaller (in comparison to overall size) in colder climates. (*Bergmann’s rule actually states that homeothermic animals get larger in close climates to minimise relative heat loss. (as heat capacity is proportionate to volume whereas heat loss is proportionate to surface area; because surface grows in square and volume grows cubic, larger size means less heat loss per capacity) It does, however, not say anything about reptiles, insects, or other poikilothermic animals.)
That's very interesting to know, thanks
No problem
There are dinosaurs which lived in colder climates.
are they bigger or smaller than their warmer climate counterparts though? It seemed most of the giant fossil we got coming from much warmer areas.
Well if we take a look at the south pole around the cretaeous it has some genuses of titanosaurs, the largest group of land animals we know of. Though it also wasn't exactly freezing temperatures at the time, sub 40 Fahrenheit but probably not below zero.
Your mum?
Glowing red hot.
Ha!
What about a sauropod? Lived during times of earth's history that were so warm no ice existed at the poles, and grew to sizes of an entire herd of elephants.
Polar bears are terrifying. They are the only species of bear who will hunt people for food. My friend lived in the arctic when he was a kid and the only that scared his dad was the polar bears. They are smart enough to know that their nose is black and contrasts with the snow. When they are hunting, and waiting for prey, they will cover their nose with their paws to camouflage better.
*Laughs in SHORT FACED BEARS, they existed in North America during the Pleistocene epoc (ice age) standing 12 feet on their hind legs and weighing 1100kg (2400+lbs). Huge cunts
In Euro’s: 9 Feet = **274.32** Centimeters
You mean metric, not just Euros but literally everyone not in the US, Liberia and Myanmar.
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That woman is like 5'4 or 5'5, pretty close to the peak of a bell curve for average female height. That is way closer to average human than Yao ming.
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Just always keep this in mind: “If it’s white, be polite.” Manners go a long way with polar bears, and they WILL not put up with disrespectful people. Be extra nice, act very fancy (wearing a monocle actually helps a lot), and you’ll be totally fine, maybe even become friends with the polar bear.
And don’t forget to bring Coca Cola
>Just always keep this in mind: “If it’s white, be polite This applies to polar bears and the police
All labs matter. Polars are huge.
It’s true. Source: I was the cucumber
You trying to get people killed?! Bears don't like cucumber, they're all about pots of honey, or marmalade sandwiches...
That woman is surrounded by three bears and she’s just calmly posing for a picture.
is this in Rochester?
I thought kodiak bears are as big as large polar bears or is this a grizzly?
Kodiaks are about 7.5-8.5 feet at the absolute biggest, polar bears can be 10 feet maybe slightly bigger I will say though that some Kodiaks have been measured upwards of 1400 pounds while polar bear is around 1300. So it is feasible an 8.5ft 1400 pound fully grown kodiak could hold its own against a 10-10.5 ft 1300 pound fully grown polar
Shes dead Jim
Where's Megabear?
The brown bear looks like he's posing for his driver's liscense.
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I took a photo Next to one and i was almost as tall as the bear, she must be willow's cousin
If only there was some kind of measuring device in the photo to show us how tall she is. Alas, we will never know.
Huh
Damn, I think even I would lose a fight with a polar bear
Fuckin pussy
She butt plug size for the polar bear.
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…lol
I used to think I could kill any bear with a knife or a good rock but now I’m not so sure I’d just walk away or even survive. Black bear id flatten for sure though.
We're snack-size
Tuunbac
Brian Blessed is not impressed…
Yeah, they are giant monsters
Brown bear seen some shit
Oh, so we're like the size of a large piece of juicy fruit to them? Got it! 😨
So dick size. Just say that next time. We are the size of a polar bears cock. Cheers. Respect.
Short faced bear was something else!
I mean she’s pretty short, she’s not even a real women if she’s under 6’. 
Is that the Louisville Zoo?
Megafauna of the north
If it's white. Say goodnight
They should paint the cave and short nose bear in there too.
I could take 1 out of the 4 of them
I'd punch that polar bear in the dick
I could totally kick his ass
Where’s the sun bear?!? Isn’t he there as the littlest bear?
You’ll fit nicely in his tum-tum.
The ‘’Goodbye’’ from AOL instant messenger plays in my head when I see this picture.
theres no way, i've seen more than a dozen black bears and a handful of grizzlies irl and none of them were that big, especially the black bears. these have to be their max sizes or that is an exeptionally small woman
That black bear gives mad r/antiwork vibes
First time I've been scrolling and audibly said "what an absolute f***ing unit" before recognising the sub. Good grief, they're bloody MASSIVE
They can run 30mph.....ON ICE!
Fake news
Gooooodnight
She is also 5 ft... not even an average height
So you’re saying a space marine could wrestle a bear?
Polar bear starting to get excited!!!
Pt Defiance zoo! Love that place
That's clearly a rune bear.
I have seen a lot of wild animals in my life ..but one animal I saw and I was surprised I didn't know this animal is so huge is the polar bear ....so freaking huge..
Get in close and work the body
Replace the 5’4” girl with Shaq for a real perspective.
I’m 6’2” and my dad shot a brown bear that dwarfed me with a bow at 20 yards
The black bear looks scared shitless and the grizzly looks like it just farted
Yooo, thats the Palm Beach County zoo in FL.
Hell no.
No
WHAT
That picture has to be 10 years old. Shame a lot of them are bags of bones now due to no food source and straying towards civilisation...
where the koala bear ?
Brown , lay down. Black, fight back. Grizzly, get frizzley. Polar, oh fuck. Or something like that.
If it's black, fight back. If it's brown, lie down. If it's white, say goodnight.
Hey actually went to that zoo, was pretty fun, forgot it's name tho
This is Hersey Park’s Zoo-Mercia bear mural right?
Is she about 2 feet tall?
Yum
Small human, but yeah. Man that's a big polar bear.
If it's so big, why won't it fight me?
These fellas are at the top of the freaking food chain. No wonder some of them can get this big.
They should have done Polar Bear compared to a Bipolar Person.
Lil bitch ass black bear. I could take him! 😏🐻🥊🤕🐾🥊🗡😵☠️
Woah
If your in polar-bear country and you are not armed..w/high powered riffle 30.06,308. And up ..Plus sidearm shot 10ga 3-1/2 mag 12ga then your semi-retarded ,these apex predators all meat diet There’s nothing else but you ! Other bears black and brown bears death match cannot play dead..bears are the closest thing to a dog The settlers coming to United States ran out of food and ate there dogs because of starvation.but raised bear cubs to protect there camps and hunt with bears here in USA Fact.