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Em_Adespoton t1_jcnjzel wrote

Quite the event to share with the grandkids.

I do take issue with one statement though:

> which just might be the most dangerous creature on earth

Where I come from, there’s a saying: if it’s black, fight back. If it’s brown, lie down. If it’s white, goodnight.

A grizzly wouldn’t stand a chance against a polar bear.

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AngelOfLight2 t1_jco47dj wrote

Then he barbequed the vanquished bear and was henceforth referenced to as "Bear Grills."

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TheSmegger t1_jco7ols wrote

Replying to Em_Adespoton (#2,259,806)

The recommendation for dealing with a polar bear, if you have no weapon, is to run to water asap. Then dive in and inhale... It's a much better way to die than being torn to shreds, while being kept alive as long as possible.

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Spirited-Relief-9369 t1_jcodtll wrote

Replying to King-Krown (#2,260,607)

There's also the difference in aggression; polar bears live in an arctic desert, where anything and everything that can be killed and eaten has to be in the name of survival.

That's why the loss of their habitat, causing them to flee southwards, has already led to human deaths.

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substituted_pinions t1_jcopc8a wrote

Can’t wait for his NYTimes bestseller “the day I learned Cletus was an alien robot”.

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planet_robot t1_jcopvu3 wrote

>"I was going to be a snack," Kendell says.

*shiver*

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Gloomy_Possession-69 t1_jcoxmyq wrote

I wonder if the friend who tried to fight the bear had also gone passive if the bear would have just left them alone. Brown bears don't really eat people, and the guy who played passive just got a broken arm. Guy who tried to fight got absolutely mauled. Either way, I'm glad both are going to be just fine.

Black fight back, brown lie down, white goodnight. Black and polar bears will eat you, but black bears are often small enough to fight off. Polar bears are far too big. Brown bears won't eat you, just fight until they feel the threat is over.

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Osbuurn t1_jcp4jiz wrote

Holy shite what level was the bear ?

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kingmiltar t1_jcpdq7u wrote

Check twitter khabib is paying for this dude’s flight to Dagestan

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thunderawesome t1_jcprzwm wrote

I shouldn't laugh... But the coach saying they won't be playing for the rest of the season is such a coach thing to say 😂

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nsmn84 t1_jcpt11s wrote

Good thing it wasn’t a black bear on cocaine. Man would be dead.

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SpectralMagic t1_jcpwbrr wrote

Absolutely metal, incredible story to tell for years to come. "Yeah, I actually wrestled a grizzly bear 🥱"

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terrytapeworm t1_jcpy2dd wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,262,731)

It's uplifting that they both survived and that Brady managed to go to nationals only 4 months after getting mauled. It's uplifting that they had only known each other for a few months and Kendell still risked his life for Brady. It's uplifting that Gus and Orrin also put themselves in harm's way to go back and save Kendell, despite being instructed not to by 911. I found the article very uplifting.

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Harsimaja t1_jcqc34r wrote

Replying to listingpalmtree (#2,263,161)

There’s a reason it’s usually the other way around. And fair to remember both these guys are college wrestlers. Sure, a grizzly is way stronger, but being 30% as strong with fighting experience gives one a hell of a better shot than being 10-15% as strong with far less, especially since it’s still taking on two people.

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Harsimaja t1_jcqd5ht wrote

Replying to Em_Adespoton (#2,259,806)

Right. It’s not even the most dangerous bear in the U.S. Globally hippos, tigers, some highly venomous snakes/spiders/jellyfish, extremely poisonous frogs and various living infectious agents and vectors would probably be up there too. And crocs, depending on what you’re doing at the time.

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Harsimaja t1_jcqe11k wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,262,731)

? A guy risked his life and literally wrestled a bear to save his friend, and both are expected to make a full recovery. How is this not uplifting?

I’m struggling to imagine how you read this one sentence headline and think it isn’t. What could be a more stereotypically uplifting story?

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eXtace t1_jcqfcy0 wrote

How do they manage to walk from the sheer size of their balls?

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BugSamurai t1_jcqkbm1 wrote

Replying to Em_Adespoton (#2,259,806)

While I agree a polar bear encounter is more deadly than a grizzly encounter, how often do people encounter polar bears? I'd say there's a solid chance I'll never be in polar bear country in my lifetime, but the range of the brown/grizzly overlaps with human civilization much more. This is from a North American perspective btw. I'd bet brown bear is at the top of the list of animal deaths in NA.

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Christ_on_a_Crakker t1_jcqobw4 wrote

"I would have rather died than have gotten away and known I could have helped," Kendell told him.

Wow.

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jawshoeaw t1_jcqv6oo wrote

Wait …succeeds at wrestling the bear right ?

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_Morvar_ t1_jcqve1d wrote

This article was well worth the read.

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fiendishrabbit t1_jcqzvb3 wrote

The big question is. If a woman in a bar asks you about that facial scar, do you tell the truth or do you lie about it because the story is just too unbelievable?

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cerberus00 t1_jcr0zoc wrote

I love comments like this "Their coach, Jim Zeigler, told Fox News they would be sitting out the rest of the season."

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TheMrGlitch t1_jcr3tp6 wrote

Someone make this man the general of the us marines

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mojojojo2069 t1_jcr7o5z wrote

Their coach, Jim Zeigler, told Fox News they would be sitting out the rest of the season

Nice guy Jim

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Daverocker1 t1_jcrcsfp wrote

Oh my gosh. They now carry guns in the wilderness? Those are dangerous aren't they?

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Trainwreck800 t1_jcrdujz wrote

As an American, my first thought was that he wrestled the bear to raise money to save his friend from some illness, like a weird kind of go fund me

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ChocoboRocket t1_jcrl0fh wrote

The author of this story claims that Grizzlies may be top land predator potentially edging out tigers and even Hippos

Grizzly bear adult males average 200 to 300 kilograms (kg) (400 to 600 pounds (lb)

Male Tigers weigh 90 - 310 Kilograms - could be close

Male hippos weigh 1,500 - 1,800 Kilograms.

A male Hippo could probably eat either in a single bite! (only half joking, Hippo FTW)

Even Male Kodiak Bears are 270 - 640 kilograms (of Hippo snacc)

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LSUMath t1_jcrmcip wrote

Grizzlies, polar bears, lions, tigers, hippos, none of them are anywhere as near as dangerous as humans. Those fuckers will kill ya.

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Isolation_ t1_jcrn3ez wrote

I'd be the most insufferable person for the rest of my life.

"oh yeah well I wrestled a Grizzly bear once"

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BarnabyWoods t1_jcrr856 wrote

They went hiking in grizzly country with no bear spray. Not very smart.

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