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[-] _AutumnMoon_ 7 points 6 days ago

I could fight a brown bear. I wouldn't win and would probably die in seconds, but I could still fight it

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 129 points 1 week ago

A lemmy post of a tumbler repost of a reddit repost.

🤌

[-] AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 61 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Now to screenshot this and post that on Mastodon!

EDIT: The prophecy has been fulfilled.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 week ago

The prophecy has been fulfilled.

You win at interneting for today. Take your prize and log off until tomorrow. Then you can play again.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 week ago

Wyoming resident here. Every one knows that a bear will kill you in an instant, but if you're up here for the summer, for the love of god please stay away from moose. Moose get really territorial, they are almost as tall as a house, and they will fuck your shit up. Moose are chill, until they are not.

PS: Don't approach bison (buffalo), or any wildlife, in Yellowstone you big fuckin' dummy.

[-] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago

P.S., Moose are way bigger than horses. Taller and way heavier. And very fast, not sure if faster than a race horse, but very freaking fast.

[-] mrslt@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEc6ng9J6cg

This is a moose hauling ass through 3 feet of snow, if anyone would like a demonstration.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

Every year there are a few collisions between vehicles and moose. They're more often fatal for both the moose and the people in the car than collisions with other animals like deer or bears. Part of that is because the moose are bigger than most other things you might hit, but a bigger issue is where their weight is concentrated. A moose's belly is about 1m off the ground, so if you run into a moose with a car, you're likely to knock out its legs with your fender and hood, sending its 500 kg body through the windshield.

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[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

I went to Yellowstone a couple of years ago, and about a month or two after I came home, some idiot tried to get up close and personal with a bison standing near a building (to get pictures) and ended up with a shattered spine.

Is this Darwinism?

[-] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Literally, every year there are multiple incidents because people can't or refuse to accept that they are wild animals. The bison and even regular deer are also dangerous.

[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Agreed. A deer will fuck you (and even itself) up if it thinks you might attack it.

[-] GabrielBell12fi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Oh good god that was a terrible place to put the brackets.

[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeaaah in hindsight maybe I should have put "up" first. Leaving it up for free psychic damage.

[-] Ignot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Acshully, the plural of moose is meese

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago
[-] Ignot@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Now you're going to tell me that bison is singular even though it has bi for two in it

[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

They're called "bison" because they weigh at least as much as two sons kissing (non-related).

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

At least "octopuses" is correct.

[-] Wilco@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

It's Octopussies!

[-] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago

English is such a dumb fucking language. I really hope we reform it some day to reduce the time future generations waste learning all the stupid exceptions to every single rule

[-] the_wiz@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

Well... there WAS a point in time where english could have been replaced by German as THE international language...

[-] wieson@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

I think this factoid gets spun out of proportion. Iirc German could ve become the language of science or one field of science. But it was never a contender for the language of trade or diplomacy (the latter being held by french for a long time).

[-] the_wiz@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

This was more a tongue-in-cheek reference to a time period from roughly the late 30s to the mid 40s of the last century... but of course you are correct 😉

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[-] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

What are the odds of this comment being a deliberate As Told By Ginger reference?

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[-] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If a kitten can draw blood on me and make me wince in pain. I have no hope of upscaling from there.

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

A 9lb house cat can overpower me, and I'm 6ft, 250lb.

Long story short, the GF's cat gets incredibly sick and has to be fed through a tube. Well one day she gets better and decides that she doesn't want to eat through a tube anymore, and that's when I learned just how strong they are. Literally had to use my all of my strength to keep her from squirming, and she was still managing to break free.

[-] SkyeStarfall 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well, do keep in mind you're being careful to not hurt the cat. Things likely would have been different if you just cared about winning a fight.

[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

There's probably a psychological aspect to it, I have a cat and need to give him oral meds that he hates. I have to grab him and force the dropper in his mouth, and only after months of half the meds dribbling out and the vet chiding me, did I start grabbing his head firmly and shoving the dropper in his maw.

Before that I was too soft and "aw poor little cat".

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[-] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 week ago

It says fight not win a fight. I could probably get a kick or something in as I’m being torn apart

[-] wunami@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

So we're thinking that 6% of survey responders could be extremely pedantic instead of overconfident idiots?

[-] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

Little of both I’m sure

[-] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Everyone can ______, but only once.

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Bears also have very thick hides and bones

[-] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

I didn’t say the bear would feel it lol

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 13 points 1 week ago

They are technically correct,

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

Probably also lose on the technicality of bringing in the CLAUW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gtu2Yb0nk4

[-] Haaveilija@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

which is the best kind of correct.

[-] luciferofastora@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago

Ending your sentence on a comma should be a crime. It leaves that unfinished feeling

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago
[-] KingOfTheCouch@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Goddamn you.

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[-] GabrielBell12fi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Funny you should say that -

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

The meme was always “100 men vs 1 grizzly”. And yes we could, as long as I was in the back and could climb over the blood soaked bodies of those in front to confront an exhausted grizzly pinned under the weight of mutilated corpses.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Then you notice the white powder covering the bear's face and realize you've made a grave mistake.

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[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm told that a black bear won't bother to kill you before eating you. They don't give a shit. Once they start eating, they can't be scared off. They'll go for your meatiest bits first. Legs, then abdomen.

I didn't need that picture, and now you have it too.

[-] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

I think you mean grizzly bear. Black bears are usually more timid, although I still wouldn’t try to mess with one.

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[-] KittyCat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I could understand maybe a black bear if the person in question was huge, but you cant win against a grizzly in any world without a weapon.

[-] Sidhean@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

There is always a chance it gets bored after it mauls me and leaves just enough for EMS to scrape back together. Thats a win, right? I'd like my chances firing .50 caliber rounds from a helicopter. Yeah, I could probably take 30-50 feral black bears if they attacked my family :3

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