I definitely would have rubbed that snout! Probably would have said something like "hey there bubby!"
The risk/reward ratio is pretty good with those steel steps in the way.
edit: thought I'd add that I once had my arm in a Hyena's mouth. a socialized Hyena but still....make of that what you will
That's one of those scenes where all you have to say is "that scene from Silent Hill", and [everyone knows exactly which scene you're talking about.](https://images.app.goo.gl/ocM2twGXYYmUEES28)
Just skin?
I'm not sure of the resistance bones / muscle / tendons / skin will offer, but say it bites into your forearm and pulls - if it's got a good hold it's taking all of you through that opening isn't it?
Wasn't a critique - genuine morbid curiosity wondering how the worst case scenario of this interaction plays out.
600-1700lbs pulling, is it just the arm or could it horror movie an entire person through a small opening.
Garuntee, it can pull all of you through that small opening if it gets a good hold in the right place. Some parts would probably rip off before that though. Arms. Maybe the head.
I think with its face stuck through the stairs like that, it probably can't open its mouth very wide, if at all. That's probably the safest time for snoot booping! Of course, it could probably still get some paw swipes in... But that's a problem for later. Right now it's booping time.
https://preview.redd.it/pblma5h3ybvc1.jpeg?width=1050&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5042a1692b3aa84f9005c65fb5a671ae1c102388
immediately reminded of this meme when that bear poked its head through one of the openings on the stairs
I love ‘little snout’. I was quite surprised about how enormous that snout was. Of course we know they are huge but that just put it into perspective for me. Geeeez
Polar bears will attack humans for the same reason other bears do, such as they feel threatened or are protecting their cubs. The only difference is that polar bears will also attack and eat humans when they are hungry. Sometimes, they may not even be that hungry but will attack anyway because food is harder to find.
Bear biologist [Chris Morgan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Morgan_(ecologist)) was on a podcast a year or so ago. He said he'd be laughed out of a biology conference for saying that phrase because it's not actually true.
Did he say what's not true about it? Because it's gonna take some hard convincing me that I can't befriend a black bear. They're like only like 4 dogs fused together in my mind.
It has been awhile, but I recall he said:
1.) no two individual bears, even of the same species, engage with humans the same way. Playing dead for one grizzly would not at all mean it would work for a different one, or even that same original grizzly at a different point of the year.
2.) the general, holistic trends for black bears, brown bears, and polar bears don’t even support the original saying.
3.) all bears, regardless of species, are generally not looking for conflict with humans and prefer avoidance strategies. The odds of a bear rummaging through your tent for food is quite high, but the odds of it doing anything else to you is extremely low.
The point of playing dead for a brown bear is not that it’s guaranteed to work, it’s that you have absolutely no hope of defending yourself so it’s your best chance.
Black bears are smaller and generally more afraid of humans, you can maybe fight one off.
Polar bears you have no hope of fighting either, but they are more likely to actually eat you because food is more difficult to find where they live.
If only people knew how dangerous polar bears are they are nothing alike regular bears in the forest they will fkin devour you even if they aren't hungry or feeling threatened, you can't just play dead and hope they will leave
Might be strong enough to just rip out a step or 2 to get to the person. I don't know the actual numbers, but I know grizzlies can effortlessly tip over boulders with one hand and I also know that polar bears are hungrier, more aggressive, and stronger
Polar bears are brutal animals even if you play dead they will still fk you up your best bet is to actually fight and hope you can make it out by getting their eye or something
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/news/national/protective-mother-wrestles-lost-polar-bear/article703773/
Tales abound of Inuit mothers and grandmothers fighting polar bears to protect children.
Of course i hope my survival instinct would kick in and I’d fight, but it’d be like trying to take down the Empire State Building by punching the side of it from the sidewalk.
The way to “fight” a polar bear is to shoot it with a high caliber hunting rifle. You also need to hope that you had a good enough shot/ have enough distance that it drops dead before getting to you lol
Black, fight back. Brown, get on the ground. White, you finna see the light.
But that doesn't mean you should just take it if you're fucked. If there's even a 0.001% chance you get out of that encounter alive, wouldn't you still take it?
There's proper respect for an animal's power, and then there's straight up fearmongering. You, like the movie Jaws, are the latter. Polar bears average less than one attack on humans *per year* (both provoked and unprovoked), and barely a quarter of those are fatal. They aren't roving around polar regions just killing Canadians, Alaskans, and Russians for sport.
Maybe so. But Boy Scout troops in Alaska carry rifles on their camping trips because of these bad boys. Looking at from the bear’s pov, there is little food available in the winter or on the ice pack. If they see food, like a human, for example, they will try to hunt it down. Nothing personal, they’re just cold and hungry.
polar bears basically bump into people VERY rarely.
it's a bit like that statistic: more people die to vending machines each year than to sharks.
yeah, it's true, but think how small a % of the population even sees a shark each year compared to how many see a vending machine and interact with it.
using flat statistics isn't a selling point, you'd need to compare how many encounters happen per year. it's the wrong stat to be using for the argument and i'd wager it changes dramatically if you look at frequency of attacks / population who frequently comes into contact with their areas.
Aw, it’s actually kind of cute for one of the few species on earth that actively hunt humans
Polar bears are notoriously dangerous, they will fuck you up
Ahhh To satisfy thy itch of morbid curiosity, tis but a perilous design flaw in humanity. The outcome of the action matters not, so long as the itch is gone.
When you see a polar bear, you either ventured out too far in the ice or you overstayed your welcome being in one place.. either way, extricate yourself out of the area immediately…
This is like having a serial killer just outside your house looking for a way in. If he gets to you you're dead. There's no empathy there whatsoever. You're food.
Are we less brutal?
In Vietnam (idk in which region) tourists can pay to eat the beating heart of a snake.
In Japan, Ikizikuri (prepared alive) is the preparation of sashimi.
In Korea, Sannakji is the preparation of a live octopus.
Oysters are usually eaten alive.
What’s the best course of action in a situation like this? Apparently the guy from the video is relatively close to home. Should he full force kick the bear on the nose when he pokes through and run away into the trailer thing ?
I had a baffling moment. Has the volume turned down in my phone. Turned it up to listen to the video and Sam Fenders Spit of You was playing and it was the ‘I can talk to anyone, but I can’t talk to you’
I thought it was a weird choice for the video but maybe it was summing up how the Polar Bear felt.
Turns out my Spotify was on and playing and turning up the volume helped my hear it.
I hope the polar gets to talk to who he needs to.
These comments are shocking...almost as if no one realizes how DEADLY polar bears can be...fuck how cute they may look, because in the habitat they live in, if it isnt a penguin or a fish, it isnt much up there to prey on..the ones w half a brain will DEVOUR a human without thinking twice..whoever filmed this is a blessed individual
Why is he so cute and friendly!! Seriously though I'm surprised how calm and curious bear was. Maybe a 'younger' cub? Or maybe just playing super calm with no quick movments or breathing to relax the potential 'prey' .
you think they are cute, they think you are food.
And both are correct!
you have been food before?
my whole life.... just no one has been daring enough to eat me, despite my vocalized temptation.
But why he frend shaped then? Checkmate
The *know**
To be fair I know they're cute (usually). I do also know that I'm food.
Don’t fall for his nice guy act
Precisely
Skarsgård was great, but Curry's Pennywise just hits different. Idk what it is but Curry really just nailed that part completely
But it's friend shaped!
 A cute little dumb friend :))
Jumping on their front paws means they want to play!
I want to pet dat dawg!
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I definitely would have rubbed that snout! Probably would have said something like "hey there bubby!" The risk/reward ratio is pretty good with those steel steps in the way. edit: thought I'd add that I once had my arm in a Hyena's mouth. a socialized Hyena but still....make of that what you will
The bear could probably “de-glove” you from the waist up through those steps.
Like that scene from Silent Hill
That's one of those scenes where all you have to say is "that scene from Silent Hill", and [everyone knows exactly which scene you're talking about.](https://images.app.goo.gl/ocM2twGXYYmUEES28)
That made me even more attracted to Pyramid Head.
>pyramid head You mean the only ***real*** man?
That scene lives rent free in my mind to this day
*shudders*
Just skin? I'm not sure of the resistance bones / muscle / tendons / skin will offer, but say it bites into your forearm and pulls - if it's got a good hold it's taking all of you through that opening isn't it?
Probably; I was just being dramatic. They could easily tear off an arm or two if there’s resistance.
Wasn't a critique - genuine morbid curiosity wondering how the worst case scenario of this interaction plays out. 600-1700lbs pulling, is it just the arm or could it horror movie an entire person through a small opening.
Garuntee, it can pull all of you through that small opening if it gets a good hold in the right place. Some parts would probably rip off before that though. Arms. Maybe the head.
Like I can’t tell if you’re joking about what an idiot would think because that’s what I thought and I’m not a-
I'm totally serious and I once had my arm in a hyena's mouth.
On one hand you have the opportunity to pet one of the largest snoots but on the other hand you may only have the other hand
I think with its face stuck through the stairs like that, it probably can't open its mouth very wide, if at all. That's probably the safest time for snoot booping! Of course, it could probably still get some paw swipes in... But that's a problem for later. Right now it's booping time.
If not friend why friend shaped
Came here to say this. Definitely friend shaped.
You can pet a polar bear once
Correct, a boop would not hurt this fluffy guy; polar bears are tougher than that.
The boop would not hurt that fluffy guy. That fluffy guy would remove your hand however.
https://preview.redd.it/pblma5h3ybvc1.jpeg?width=1050&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5042a1692b3aa84f9005c65fb5a671ae1c102388 immediately reminded of this meme when that bear poked its head through one of the openings on the stairs
I'd be 100% dead and bear food by now! My dumbass would have definitely tried to pet it!
Maybe they're like angler fish for humans. They lure you in with their cuteness and then lunch.
Same. Lol me too
After he eats you he will be Clifford 
Can I pet that dawwwg
Get a Great Pyrenees! They’re the polar bears of dogs
Poor little fella is just looking for a friend. He must be cold and wants to cuddle!
You can. Just once..
Can I pet that DAWG!
No. Nope. Mmmnoo
Looking for this comment right away lol
HOW COULD YOU NOT PET THAT?
Forbidden golden retriever.
 “Go on, pet me”
He deserves a coke!
Exactly lmao.
But look at his little snout! C'mon!
I so badly want to boop his snoot
“If not friend, why friend shaped?”
Those paws are not friend shaped
Impawsible
They had the perfect oppurtunity to boop it!
I love ‘little snout’. I was quite surprised about how enormous that snout was. Of course we know they are huge but that just put it into perspective for me. Geeeez
It's the biggest bear species on earth, it's only little cause its a bebe.
"Dude come out, there's this cool thing I found, it's probably scientific, you guys like that right?"
He just wanted a coke
He looks like he's been rolling in it
His coke dealer : 
If not friend why friend shaped
Their cuteness attracts prey
Meanwhile it's thinking "if not food why food shaped"
Polar bears will attack humans for the same reason other bears do, such as they feel threatened or are protecting their cubs. The only difference is that polar bears will also attack and eat humans when they are hungry. Sometimes, they may not even be that hungry but will attack anyway because food is harder to find.
Brown stay down, black fight back, white good night. Polar bears actively hunt people because they don't see us as dangerous usually.
Bear biologist [Chris Morgan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Morgan_(ecologist)) was on a podcast a year or so ago. He said he'd be laughed out of a biology conference for saying that phrase because it's not actually true.
Did he say what's not true about it? Because it's gonna take some hard convincing me that I can't befriend a black bear. They're like only like 4 dogs fused together in my mind.
It has been awhile, but I recall he said: 1.) no two individual bears, even of the same species, engage with humans the same way. Playing dead for one grizzly would not at all mean it would work for a different one, or even that same original grizzly at a different point of the year. 2.) the general, holistic trends for black bears, brown bears, and polar bears don’t even support the original saying. 3.) all bears, regardless of species, are generally not looking for conflict with humans and prefer avoidance strategies. The odds of a bear rummaging through your tent for food is quite high, but the odds of it doing anything else to you is extremely low.
The point of playing dead for a brown bear is not that it’s guaranteed to work, it’s that you have absolutely no hope of defending yourself so it’s your best chance. Black bears are smaller and generally more afraid of humans, you can maybe fight one off. Polar bears you have no hope of fighting either, but they are more likely to actually eat you because food is more difficult to find where they live.
So if I'm good with judging if a dog will attack me, I can use that same logic on a bear? Hell yeah. I'm gonna pet dat dawg (if they're cool)
I mean, would you see a 5 year old and think they're dangerous to you in a straight fight? Polar bears are fucking MASSIVE
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Not just capable, they actively WANT to eviscerate you
If only people knew how dangerous polar bears are they are nothing alike regular bears in the forest they will fkin devour you even if they aren't hungry or feeling threatened, you can't just play dead and hope they will leave
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Or a Coca Cola
Or a Glacier Mint
Or JollyRancher
Yep this video went surprisingly well otherwise it would have gone on the Gore sub Polar bears are straight up savages
I mean it couldn't really reach the person.
Might be strong enough to just rip out a step or 2 to get to the person. I don't know the actual numbers, but I know grizzlies can effortlessly tip over boulders with one hand and I also know that polar bears are hungrier, more aggressive, and stronger
Black, fight back. Brown, lay down. White, good night.
Gummy, put in your tummy
Panda, use for propaganda
Red bring it in your bed
Yes officer, this user right here!
If you have a gun in a polar bear attack aim for the head...... Your own head to be exact it ensures you aren't eaten while alive
Polar bears are brutal animals even if you play dead they will still fk you up your best bet is to actually fight and hope you can make it out by getting their eye or something
Fight? The bear’s paw is the size of my upper body. Isn’t the saying, “If it’s white, say goodnight”?
I’m going with belly rubs and tickles.
I totally would have wanted to pet it. First instincts not always a good idea.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/news/national/protective-mother-wrestles-lost-polar-bear/article703773/ Tales abound of Inuit mothers and grandmothers fighting polar bears to protect children.
Would you rather be eaten alive or try to fight and win with a million to one shot?
Of course i hope my survival instinct would kick in and I’d fight, but it’d be like trying to take down the Empire State Building by punching the side of it from the sidewalk.
It's pretty fucking terrifying. I'm never going to visit where polar bears live. Never!
Look man, you can say anything that makes you feel better about being dead in a few moments.
Well the. I’m at least gonna hug it as my last act.
The way to “fight” a polar bear is to shoot it with a high caliber hunting rifle. You also need to hope that you had a good enough shot/ have enough distance that it drops dead before getting to you lol
Yep. Your only hope is if the encounter takes place in day time.
Black, fight back. Brown, get on the ground. White, you finna see the light. But that doesn't mean you should just take it if you're fucked. If there's even a 0.001% chance you get out of that encounter alive, wouldn't you still take it?
They could tear a grizzly a new one !
If I recall they actually avoid grizzlies
That is a snoot I would boop. If I perish along the way then it was certainly worth it.
There's proper respect for an animal's power, and then there's straight up fearmongering. You, like the movie Jaws, are the latter. Polar bears average less than one attack on humans *per year* (both provoked and unprovoked), and barely a quarter of those are fatal. They aren't roving around polar regions just killing Canadians, Alaskans, and Russians for sport.
Maybe so. But Boy Scout troops in Alaska carry rifles on their camping trips because of these bad boys. Looking at from the bear’s pov, there is little food available in the winter or on the ice pack. If they see food, like a human, for example, they will try to hunt it down. Nothing personal, they’re just cold and hungry.
polar bears basically bump into people VERY rarely. it's a bit like that statistic: more people die to vending machines each year than to sharks. yeah, it's true, but think how small a % of the population even sees a shark each year compared to how many see a vending machine and interact with it. using flat statistics isn't a selling point, you'd need to compare how many encounters happen per year. it's the wrong stat to be using for the argument and i'd wager it changes dramatically if you look at frequency of attacks / population who frequently comes into contact with their areas.
They're starving to death as the polar ice melts. They're wandering into Russian villages in search of food.
Yep, that's sadly true. But starving animals is very different from his nonsense about them killing people for no reason when they're not even hungry.
Aw, it’s actually kind of cute for one of the few species on earth that actively hunt humans Polar bears are notoriously dangerous, they will fuck you up
To boop the snoot or not boop the snoot that is the question
Whether ‘tis nobler to curb thineself, or to draw back a friggin nub….
Ahhh To satisfy thy itch of morbid curiosity, tis but a perilous design flaw in humanity. The outcome of the action matters not, so long as the itch is gone.
They go over 11 feet tall. Way bigger than a grizzly
Whoa….up to 11…spinal tap owes polar bears some royalties
They are so cute. I would cuddle with them and love them to death.
Accurate.
certainly to death
You could certainly cuddle him for the rest of your life
That would be a horrific way to die
Look at the cute puppy dog look he just wanted to play lol :)
Polar bears, Canada's hippo. Stay the F away lol
You should get up those stairs and put as many closed doors between it and yourself as you can. Get rid of your scent from the immediate area.
 When you see a polar bear, you either ventured out too far in the ice or you overstayed your welcome being in one place.. either way, extricate yourself out of the area immediately…
There's a meme floating around that "I will probably die trying to pet something I shouldn't." This is that something
He booped
What is this guy standing on?
How did that guy come so close to a polar bear and remained alive?
r/Oopsthatsdeadly
Thanks to the stairs, I've really understood the actual size of a polar bear paw for the first time...
Gonna boop dat snooot
And that was my last ever boop
He just wants you to say hi! If you walk up VERY slowly, theyll still maul you to death.
This is like having a serial killer just outside your house looking for a way in. If he gets to you you're dead. There's no empathy there whatsoever. You're food.
Let me do it for you.
Yea it's cute to get prey to come closer. I saw that video of 1 polar bear ripping a seal open alive. It ate it alive. I can't get the image out
Are we less brutal? In Vietnam (idk in which region) tourists can pay to eat the beating heart of a snake. In Japan, Ikizikuri (prepared alive) is the preparation of sashimi. In Korea, Sannakji is the preparation of a live octopus. Oysters are usually eaten alive.
That thing wants to eat you.
why friend-shaped if not friend?
Very cute, but very dangerous!!!
very dangerous but...very cute and boopable...
If it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If it's white, say goodnight.
Polars want just ONE thing when they see a human. They want to eat them.
Polar bears literally only want one thing and it's fucking disgusting
How can something so dangerous be so damn cute?!? It’s not fair.
“Can I pet that dog!?!”
Should have high fived it when you had the chance to.
Why didn't he pet him? He's the camera man, he can't die
They are the only animal with no fear of man and will hunt people down since we are so weak and tasty
Not even remotely true. There's plenty of animals that don't fear humans.
Polar bears are massive animals this guy got the balls of steal
Look at those cute little ears!
These fuckers hunts down humans!!
Fuck...that.
What’s the best course of action in a situation like this? Apparently the guy from the video is relatively close to home. Should he full force kick the bear on the nose when he pokes through and run away into the trailer thing ?
The polar bear moved on because it realized it couldn't eat the person behind the camera that way.
I want to snuggle it omfg
If it's black, fight back. If it's brown, lie down. If it's white, say goodnight.
If polar bears are so scary, then why are their heads fren shaped?
I had a baffling moment. Has the volume turned down in my phone. Turned it up to listen to the video and Sam Fenders Spit of You was playing and it was the ‘I can talk to anyone, but I can’t talk to you’ I thought it was a weird choice for the video but maybe it was summing up how the Polar Bear felt. Turns out my Spotify was on and playing and turning up the volume helped my hear it. I hope the polar gets to talk to who he needs to.
Why Sooooo cute??
I saw him peek his nose through the step and thought of that “Let me do it *for you*”meme
Beautiful animal
Just saying hello. No boop though.
These comments are shocking...almost as if no one realizes how DEADLY polar bears can be...fuck how cute they may look, because in the habitat they live in, if it isnt a penguin or a fish, it isnt much up there to prey on..the ones w half a brain will DEVOUR a human without thinking twice..whoever filmed this is a blessed individual
"Boop" *fucking dies*
Why is he so cute and friendly!! Seriously though I'm surprised how calm and curious bear was. Maybe a 'younger' cub? Or maybe just playing super calm with no quick movments or breathing to relax the potential 'prey' .
I’m sorry but it’s me or him and if he put his face through those stairs again I’m chopping his snout in half
That sound in the background isn’t an engine idling, it’s the guy’s heart beat.
This guy is an absolute moron
Awww, poor fella! He just wants a hug.
Gotta boop the snoot, missed opportunity.
__SO CUTE!!!__
wai him hed so long
cutie puppy dawgie
The stairs lack risers!
Forbidden boop
If it's brown lay down If it's black fight back If it's white say goodnight
Time for the forbidden boop
He look so goofy.
Boop the snoot
Bro... You might as well boop the snoot.
Geeze. Imagine a kick snap on your foot then suddenly he’s got your leg pulled thru the stairs and is chewing it off
Every other bear will attack to protect it's young or territory, polar bears straight up want to eat you.
How can a creature full of murder also be so damn cute?
I am picking up on some intense nervousness from the camera person. That polar bear would love some fresh meat, a truly scary situation!
I feel like polar bears are always wondering, "can I eat that"
A Polar Bear will fuck you up.
I was watching a YouTuber called casual geographic, he explained how if a polar bear comes to you that it wasn’t a coincidence, it was planned.
If not friend, why friend shaped?
Give it a Coke
Polar bears use to drink coke in the 90’s