Don't polar bears usually eat dogs?

[NuclearNed]

Polar bear spends play time with sled dogs

I wonder what the dogs were thinking when the bear first approached them?

Cue all the Snopes haters in 5... 4... 3...

 

[dug777]

I remain convinced many animals subscribe pretty closely to our ideas of 'playing', and given our origins I don't think it's such a leap

 

[intogamer]

OMG so cute

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Polar bear spends play time with sled dogs

I wonder what the dogs were thinking when the bear first approached them?

Cue all the Snopes haters in 5... 4... 3...

they didn't show us the bloodied, dead sleddog pics.

actually, i read your snopes link and it says that it can't be determined from those pics if the bear and the dog were actually "playing".

 

[Felisity]

aww

Thanks for sharing. Brightened my morning

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Polar bear spends play time with sled dogs

I wonder what the dogs were thinking when the bear first approached them?

Cue all the Snopes haters in 5... 4... 3...

they didn't show us the bloodied, dead sleddog pics.

actually, i read your snopes link and it says that it can't be determined from those pics if the bear and the dog were actually "playing".

Right, but it is still implicated that the dogs came away unharmed.

 

[Kaspian]

That was cool!

Thanks for the link Ned:thumbsup:

 

[Vonkhan]

Maybe those dogs have a faulty survival mechanism gene ...

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

The bear is just making the dogs complacent. The bear is going to come back one night and eat the human and the dogs will think nothing about it.

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Originally posted by: intogamer
OMG so cute

 

[Acanthus]

Polar bears are one of the only animals that will actively hunt and kill a human.

The was a PhD in biology speaking on the matter on the discovery channel the other day. He said "you dont really have to outrun the polar bear, you just have to outrun the intern".

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: Kaspian
That was cool!

Thanks for the link Ned:thumbsup:

 

[hiromizu]

He must've been high

 

[Inspector Jihad]

cool, i'm gonna go play with a polar bear. i'll have pics for you guys of the polar bear hugging me.

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: Acanthus
Polar bears are one of the only animals that will actively hunt and kill a human.

The was a PhD in biology speaking on the matter on the discovery channel the other day. He said "you dont really have to outrun the polar bear, you just have to outrun the intern".

Chimpanzees are the only one ever observed to hunt and kill another member of its species :Q

polar bears are godless evil animals!

 

[Mucho]

Originally posted by: Acanthus
Polar bears are one of the only animals that will actively hunt and kill a human.

The was a PhD in biology speaking on the matter on the discovery channel the other day. He said "you dont really have to outrun the polar bear, you just have to outrun the intern".

I am sure I read somewhere Grizzlies will hunt human even climb up trees to get them.

 

[mrrman]

cool pics lol

 

[azazyel]

Originally posted by: Mucho

Originally posted by: Acanthus
Polar bears are one of the only animals that will actively hunt and kill a human.

The was a PhD in biology speaking on the matter on the discovery channel the other day. He said "you dont really have to outrun the polar bear, you just have to outrun the intern".

I am sure I read somewhere Grizzlies will hunt human even climb up trees to get them.

From what I've heard the Grizzlies are more likely to leave you alone, the black bears will hunt you.

 

[michaelsslave]

Originally posted by: LS20

Originally posted by: Acanthus
Polar bears are one of the only animals that will actively hunt and kill a human.

The was a PhD in biology speaking on the matter on the discovery channel the other day. He said "you dont really have to outrun the polar bear, you just have to outrun the intern".

Chimpanzees are the only one ever observed to hunt and kill another member of its species :Q

polar bears are godless evil animals!

add humans to that list...

 

[Trey22]

Coolio...

 

[KB]

Originally posted by: LS20

Originally posted by: Acanthus
Polar bears are one of the only animals that will actively hunt and kill a human.

The was a PhD in biology speaking on the matter on the discovery channel the other day. He said "you dont really have to outrun the polar bear, you just have to outrun the intern".

Chimpanzees are the only one ever observed to hunt and kill another member of its species :Q

polar bears are godless evil animals!

Actually its fairly common in the animal world.
Lions will kill their own species. Its debatable whether you call that hunting though.
But, there are many other species that are cannibals and will hunt their own. Alligators come to mind.

 

[zoiks]

Its only humans that would consider behavior like that 'cute' since it might be indifferent to the animals themselves. Though, it's obvious that the bear is playing with the dog since we don't see any sign of carnage. Definitely the pictures shown are 'choice' pictures delivered to arouse human reaction to 'cuteness'.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: zoiks
Its only humans that would consider behavior like that 'cute' since it might be indifferent to the animals themselves. Though, it's obvious that the bear is playing with the dog since we don't see any sign of carnage. Definitely the pictures shown are 'choice' pictures delivered to arouse human reaction to 'cuteness'.

What's your point?

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: Mucho

Originally posted by: Acanthus
Polar bears are one of the only animals that will actively hunt and kill a human.

The was a PhD in biology speaking on the matter on the discovery channel the other day. He said "you dont really have to outrun the polar bear, you just have to outrun the intern".

I am sure I read somewhere Grizzlies will hunt human even climb up trees to get them.

Grizzlies and Polar bears differ in color, thats about it.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: Acanthus

Originally posted by: Mucho

Originally posted by: Acanthus
Polar bears are one of the only animals that will actively hunt and kill a human.

The was a PhD in biology speaking on the matter on the discovery channel the other day. He said "you dont really have to outrun the polar bear, you just have to outrun the intern".

I am sure I read somewhere Grizzlies will hunt human even climb up trees to get them.

Grizzlies and Polar bears differ in color, thats about it.

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