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TheClayroo t1_j60zpwq wrote

"Tough Native is redundant." -Shoresy

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RedSonGamble t1_j618trz wrote

Bear handed jokes aside its a shame they had to shoot the woman four times

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Dominarion t1_j63b5of wrote

Ms. Angyiou "is about five-foot nothing and 90 pounds on a wet day," Mr. Hubert said with a laugh. "She's pretty quiet. I'm surprised she went and did this. But I guess when your back is up against the wall, I guess we come up with super-human strength."

I've seen her picture with Quebec's former president of the Assembly. The guy had to fold in two to shake her hand.

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CanadianDNeh t1_j61sji5 wrote

There was a more recent attack in Alaska; a mother and toddler were killed by the polar bear.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/alaska-polar-bear-fatal-1.6718091

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sumknowbuddy t1_j62asi4 wrote

Ah yes, the great Territory of Alaska, Canada...

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Vladius28 t1_j65yh1w wrote

If Canada had come up with the money first, I guess.

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sumknowbuddy t1_j65zwiz wrote

I just find it funny that it's a CBC link (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), and then reads /Canada/north/Alaska

...which is obviously not appreciated by others here

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idonthavethumbs t1_j62vg8x wrote

My Mom can beat up your dad

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Dawnawaken92 t1_j62x6y6 wrote

Yeah? Well my mom can beat up your polar beat!

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XGirth_CrisisX t1_j63iebf wrote

🎶They Call Me Canadian Polar Beat, I’m King of the Rumba Beat. 🎶

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Greene_Mr t1_j63niqf wrote

When I play my maracas, they go chi-chi-chi-boom, chi-chi-chi-boom

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ax083 t1_j63ii91 wrote

Mama bear vs Polar bear

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ThomasxthexTank t1_j62wd1e wrote

Couldnt he just try to talk to the woman to calm her down?

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Orodruin666 t1_j647fdf wrote

Looks like she knows all about the simple bear necessities

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FredFlintston3 t1_j679g41 wrote

Polar bears are one of our very few natural predators in North America. If hungry, they will track and kill humans.

This story shows the bear wasn't really hunting but also reveals that bears like this are deadly. A single swat could Have been sufficient.

Still, she was hero and selfless in the face of death. Worthy of more than a Medal.

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fluifluionm t1_j65uvxd wrote

Lots of Canadians taking up real estate, not many polar bears. We backed the wrong side

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ElDoo74 t1_j61mg0c wrote

The right to bare arm bears.

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DAN991199 t1_j60wrqg wrote

I feel like the polar bear might have been playing with her.

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Sierra-117- OP t1_j61iqzv wrote

I don’t think so. Polar bears aren’t really docile creatures. All other bears look calm and peaceful compared to them. There’s not a lot of food in the arctic, so they eat practically anything that moves

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Poopoo_check t1_j61zisq wrote

I think what he was saying is if the bear really wanted to kill her it would’ve. Easily. No one is going to beat a polar bear in hand to hand (or paw?) contact if it is really trying to eat you. Most people would probably struggle with a black bear (again if it really wanted to eat you)

Maybe if she had a weapon, or it was injured (I didn’t read the article), but that thing would’ve ripped her to shreds if it wanted to

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Sierra-117- OP t1_j6226fl wrote

Well bears don’t automatically go for the kill. In fact, I just saw a story on Reddit about a man that encountered a grizzly and fought it off, because it was only gnawing on his thigh. He eventually got it to go away by stabbing it with a pocket knife.

I’m just saying it may not have been 100% going for the kill, but it was definitely trying to get a meal. Just the fact that it didn’t run away at a sign of resistance shows that. Polar bears don’t “play”

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losteye_enthusiast t1_j642jd0 wrote

That’s assuming the polar bear has the reasoning that you or I might have.

“Well, if I charge this weak thing, I can down it just by slamming into it. Or I’ll very slowly lower my paw onto it and make squish-cakes.”

It’s been well documented that you can scare other bears off by appearing threatening, even while being 1/6th or less of their size. They don’t understand that they’re well armed, armored tanks that can keep up with a geo metro.

They don’t know that one of the worst things they can do is give a human more time to figure something out.

If she had done anything that caused it to pause due to not being a normal action, it’s normal prey does? That easily would’ve bought time.

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