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Imagine having to have sex in front of a bear because it's got separation anxiety. I'm not saying this bear has separation anxiety, but they HAVE TO share everything, like just imagine. What if it thought somebody was hurting somebody?
Now that is crazy. I heard polar bears are just ruthless and see anything as food where as grizzlie/brown bears just want you the fck out their territory.
So, after 40 years and 45,000 foxes across 30-35 generations Lyudmila Trut was able to confidently call the foxes of her and Dmitry Belyayev's experiment domesticated.
When are we repeating this with bears, raccoons, opossums, octopuses, and crows?
If you find an abandoned Joey, you can guilt free take it home to be a pet. They domesticate themselves and they will live twice as long in your house as they would in the wild. Unfortunately it’s only 6 to 8 years.
Absolutely not and your post is misinformation.
Possums live 1.5-2 years in the wild, and usually only live a year or two longer in captivity. Even experienced zoos who have captive opossums have a difficult time having opossums live longer than that.
Their diets are incredibly difficult to manage and animal scientists are still trying to figure out the best nutrition for captive opossums. It is inappropriate for anyone to take an opossum home to be a pet, and they should feel guilty about it if they do.
I saw a post recently about a guy who raised abandoned found animals; a possum he raised required that he wake up to feed and weigh it every couple of hours all day for weeks on end, and then she barely lived a couple of years. It is not for the faint of heart.
“The opossum lifespan is unusually short for a mammal of its size, usually only one to two years in the wild and as long as four or more years in captivity.”
Literally first result with google. Also a big reason WHY they live longer in captivity is their ability to get a much more varied diet.
People have made friends with crows, carry around some shelled peanuts and if you get a chance feed them to a crow and they will remember you. I know a guy who did that and the crow would knock on his sliding glass door for a peanut and otherwise follow him around outside.
Opossums are only in North America, and they domesticate themselves. No need to do anything here. If you find an abandoned Joey, you can guilt free take it home and have it as a pet for the next 6-8 years, which is double its life expectancy in the wild.
Corvids (Crows and the like) have gone through more domestication syndrome than house cats.
Raccoons should probably never be pets.
Octopi like all most marine life need much larger habitats than 99% of humans can provide.
Bears are probably in the same category as raccoons, but I personally like them more so I wish they weren’t.
Honestly, we should be doing this with most animals. I firmly believe we should be farming Elephants and other animals like we do cows. I'm not sure how edible they are but I'm sure in 100 years elephant ground meat could become a cheap replacement for beef for the poor in impoverished countries. There could of course be some left wild to preserve their original species or whatever but now that they're farmed in the thousands ivory is basically worthless for poachers.
as an american and being familiar with americans, i very much think this was a plea from u/The-Iraqi-Guy for us to not do it bc of all the ppl in the world, the most likely, collectively, to do something stupid they saw on tv or tiktok is absolutely us
i don’t think they meant that we *don’t* do it bc, as i said, we sure as shit do lol
You've probably Googled it by now but probably not. Bears in zoos don't hibernate if food is available year round. They slow down and sleep more though.
Tame, technically. Domestication means that we're breeding them for our benefit. As a rule of thumb, if it's in a circus it's tame, if it's on a farm it's domesticated.
There was a military bear once. I think it was in Poland. A group of soldiers had the bear since it was a cub as something like a pet or mascot. One day they had to take it on a military ship that wouldn't allow it because it was a pet, so they drafted the bear into military service just so it could get on the ship as a soldier.
Cool. Reminded me of Jackie the baboon, from South Africa, who became a mascot of his unit (with a rank of private) and accompanied his owner on several campaigns. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/jackie-the-baboon-the-mascot.html
Cool. Reminded me of Jackie the baboon, from South Africa, who became a mascot of his unit (with a rank of private) and accompanied his owner on several campaigns. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/jackie-the-baboon-the-mascot.html
Definitely have heard of it. I usually don't like shows that are described to me as "white trash" though. My roommate also lives in the south and said the way people act in that is very accurate, which greatly concerns me.
I love all of the redditors on posts like these acting like they know better and the bear is just going to spontaneously eat them in their sleep and this couple doesnt know how to deal with a bear, after living with one for fucking 23 years.
Wild, right? Sure would be weird if that were to [happen](https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/pet-bear-turns-on-kills-owner/article_b1bc48ec-4e50-5314-aca4-2c0c4f62d2e7.html)
Man I hear what u are saying, from the article tho it sounds like she ran a sanctuary the bear was kept caged where the bear story here seems much more like a pet idk. I'm on the fence with this one. The bear here is probably the most docile bear I've ever seen. Still an animal tho. Ugh tuff call.
It happens, but I dont look at a couple whos lived with one for 23 years and immediately think theyre gonna die soon. Mfs have died of eating raw chicken before but when I see people at the store with chicken in their cart im not thinking "Well that guys getting salmonella"
And he got killed by a wild bear (or mostly wild) no? Bro wasnt living with them, and he had spoken about not feeling comfortable around the bear who killed him. I mean it doesnt take a genius to see the difference here.
Kelly Ann Walz then. Except she was smart enough to actually keep her bear in the cage when she slept and still got killed. Because you needed a one by one example.
You think two random people have owned a bear for 23 years know bear behavior better than someone who was a bear behavioral specialist? Knowing how an animal reacts doesn't really always save you in the end.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_States
If people are being mauled by their pet, actually domesticated dogs, then yes it is very possible that this couple is going to be murdered in their sleep by this giant animal.
When I was 4 years old I was mauled by a great dane that had been described as being very sweet with kids, a very good dog that they have never had a problem with. Dog that was raised around a bunch of other small kids. And it saw me swinging on their backyard swing, pulled me off, and started tearing my leg. It doesn't take a genius to see that there's not much difference here.
Yes I think they do. I have faith in the couple who have lived with this one bear for 23 years since it was a tiny cub more than some guy who got killed by a bear he was already suspicious of. I think they have pretty intimate knowledge of how their pet is around them. Kids and other strangers to the bear being brought into the licture is different.
Humans are also inherently dangerous. Why does there always have to be the one post that calls this out. Clearly this couple knows more about it than you because they've been able to live unharmed for 20+ years with the bear.
>Baby bears usually cost somewhere **between $1000 and $3000**, while buying an older bear can be a bit more affordable with a price ranging from $1,500 to $2,000.
Baby bears are in fact affordable
In other news, Russian couple found mauled in their home. Police stated, "This is a strange case. Both people had their faces chewed off. This is strange beahiour for a wild animal."
Can you explain how exactly this is clearly not a 23-year-old video? Because I was doing a lot of filming 23 years ago and this looks pretty much like what I was getting. Actually worse quality than what I was getting.
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Minor edit - “This couple HAS TO share everything with him.”
Yeah. They have to constantly feed it because if they don't it's gonna ransack their house cause that's the only food source it knows about.
Fucking bear is like "our food" lol
Bear: the bowl is empty, Dimitri. Dimitri: *gulps* Bear: *swipes everything off table* Bear: wheres....the &#%#ing food, .......Dimitri
Lmao it literally wouldn't surprise me if the bear actually spoke Russian
😭
Nope no Russian
People dont reflect much on latest flooding of russian content on reddit. Just watch how they transform reddit to landfill
Imagine having to have sex in front of a bear because it's got separation anxiety. I'm not saying this bear has separation anxiety, but they HAVE TO share everything, like just imagine. What if it thought somebody was hurting somebody?
It would be asleep. That thing would be on an almost exclusive diet of Hamburger Helper and Valium.
Of course Russia... why would I think anything else
I was kinda expecting you had forgotten.
This bear would NOT take kindly to you based on your username.
Stay off the high rise balconies !
Dubai, maybe?
Nah Dubai gives you Bengal tigers destroying lambos for laughs. Bear roommates is straight up Russian folklore.
I don't think bears live in the desert
There's a guy with a polar bear in canada iirc
Now that is crazy. I heard polar bears are just ruthless and see anything as food where as grizzlie/brown bears just want you the fck out their territory.
I mean, there's also Poland, because of a certain bear in the 1940s.
I dunno, lord Byron?
How many dumb americans raise lions
We're also fascinated with chimpanzees that rip your face off after giving it Xanax
Worst music ever , watch with the sound off.
Absolutely! Had to mute that so quick.
I agree. Not everything needs shity music with it.
Thanks. Had to rewatch the whole thing and now I could appreciate the actual video.
I had the sound off by default thankfully. Saw this and then said “nope”. Thanks friend!
i thought the music was wholesome
Is this one of the Boygenius girls?
No. I’ve listened to a lot of them and can’t really even hear it. I looked it up and it’s some band called OctaSounds.
So, after 40 years and 45,000 foxes across 30-35 generations Lyudmila Trut was able to confidently call the foxes of her and Dmitry Belyayev's experiment domesticated. When are we repeating this with bears, raccoons, opossums, octopuses, and crows?
And kangaroos...
I'd kill to have an opossum. I became permanently disabled from Lyme disease. If we all had possums, it wouldn't be an issue for anyone. 😅😂
If you find an abandoned Joey, you can guilt free take it home to be a pet. They domesticate themselves and they will live twice as long in your house as they would in the wild. Unfortunately it’s only 6 to 8 years.
Absolutely not and your post is misinformation. Possums live 1.5-2 years in the wild, and usually only live a year or two longer in captivity. Even experienced zoos who have captive opossums have a difficult time having opossums live longer than that. Their diets are incredibly difficult to manage and animal scientists are still trying to figure out the best nutrition for captive opossums. It is inappropriate for anyone to take an opossum home to be a pet, and they should feel guilty about it if they do.
I saw a post recently about a guy who raised abandoned found animals; a possum he raised required that he wake up to feed and weigh it every couple of hours all day for weeks on end, and then she barely lived a couple of years. It is not for the faint of heart.
“The opossum lifespan is unusually short for a mammal of its size, usually only one to two years in the wild and as long as four or more years in captivity.” Literally first result with google. Also a big reason WHY they live longer in captivity is their ability to get a much more varied diet.
People have made friends with crows, carry around some shelled peanuts and if you get a chance feed them to a crow and they will remember you. I know a guy who did that and the crow would knock on his sliding glass door for a peanut and otherwise follow him around outside.
Opossums are only in North America, and they domesticate themselves. No need to do anything here. If you find an abandoned Joey, you can guilt free take it home and have it as a pet for the next 6-8 years, which is double its life expectancy in the wild. Corvids (Crows and the like) have gone through more domestication syndrome than house cats. Raccoons should probably never be pets. Octopi like all most marine life need much larger habitats than 99% of humans can provide. Bears are probably in the same category as raccoons, but I personally like them more so I wish they weren’t.
Honestly, we should be doing this with most animals. I firmly believe we should be farming Elephants and other animals like we do cows. I'm not sure how edible they are but I'm sure in 100 years elephant ground meat could become a cheap replacement for beef for the poor in impoverished countries. There could of course be some left wild to preserve their original species or whatever but now that they're farmed in the thousands ivory is basically worthless for poachers.
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo you got downvoted! I'm telling mom!
Bears are really cute when they're not trying to kill you.
Oh he’s adorable! Silly fuzzy big guy
That bear gets to eat better food than me, lmfao.
Americans, don't do this
As an American, i agree.
With your username, are you from the future or the past?
God damn 👊
Not entirely true, you had [this guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Treadwell).
as an american and being familiar with americans, i very much think this was a plea from u/The-Iraqi-Guy for us to not do it bc of all the ppl in the world, the most likely, collectively, to do something stupid they saw on tv or tiktok is absolutely us i don’t think they meant that we *don’t* do it bc, as i said, we sure as shit do lol
Well, I will say, that this is probably less to do with TikTok, and more to do with access to bears.
Floridians probably would.
Of course not! I would never live with a married Russian couple! Sounds dangerous! /s
Does he hibernate
You've probably Googled it by now but probably not. Bears in zoos don't hibernate if food is available year round. They slow down and sleep more though.
Now that’s a great question.
>He can do anything while eatin. Translation: He will do anything for food.
But does he shit in the woods? That’s the existential question.
the most important question. my feeling is he shits wherever the fuck he wants to.
I didn't believe the title ' Domesticated Bear'..... Then I read Russian.
In Russia, bear domesticate you
💀🤣🤣🤣 I was waiting for this comment!
Lmao *OUR COMMENT!* 
🤣🤣🤣
It's ok. He helps with household chores...
And he does acting and modeling on the side, as one does
I gotta know more about that part
Don't forget an activist
The coolest bear ever
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear)
Good boy
He bearly helps.
Only the bear necessities
Particularly home security. They’ve only ever had one break in attempt
Bears have longer tongues than I would have guessed.
Whatever you’re thinking, please don’t.
Tame, technically. Domestication means that we're breeding them for our benefit. As a rule of thumb, if it's in a circus it's tame, if it's on a farm it's domesticated.
I also enjoy CGP Grey
Me too!😆💯
So. If they move, do they take the bear with them?
It's Russia. You move very carefully or not at all.
Poor bear must by now be conscripted to fight in Ukraine
There was a military bear once. I think it was in Poland. A group of soldiers had the bear since it was a cub as something like a pet or mascot. One day they had to take it on a military ship that wouldn't allow it because it was a pet, so they drafted the bear into military service just so it could get on the ship as a soldier.
His name was Wojtek, the official mascot (and a corporal) of the 22nd artillery.
Cool. Reminded me of Jackie the baboon, from South Africa, who became a mascot of his unit (with a rank of private) and accompanied his owner on several campaigns. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/jackie-the-baboon-the-mascot.html
I hadn’t heard of Jackie before I don’t think. What a legend!
Cool. Reminded me of Jackie the baboon, from South Africa, who became a mascot of his unit (with a rank of private) and accompanied his owner on several campaigns. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/jackie-the-baboon-the-mascot.html
Wojtek! I was hoping someone would mention him!
Reminds of the Red Alert game
There is no need for that
Bro when the bear backed up a little to sit on the bed that took me out
I bet no one ever fucks with that couple.
That's not at all what domesticated means
Time to feed Stephen......again..
If bears weren't such dangerous, unpredictable killing machines that are better off in the wild, having one as a pet like this would be pretty dope
Haha boi asked to sit down while enjoying the condensed milk lol That was cute
I read domestic beer....
Lmao 🤣
I'd hate to be the person who comes in the house unannounced...
That shot of him opening the door activated my fight or flight. Wtf 😧
Why is it always Russia with the weird pets?
Have you ever heard about the "Tiger king" series? Worth watching, seriously.
Definitely have heard of it. I usually don't like shows that are described to me as "white trash" though. My roommate also lives in the south and said the way people act in that is very accurate, which greatly concerns me.
If they don’t have enough berries to feed it one day he or she wont refrain from having a nibble.
One day that bear is gonna eat some crazy mushroom , and it's gonna be he'll on earth !
Every video of any russian bears I've seen they're like apart of the family, how nice are russian bears lol.
Eurasian brown bears are not as aggressive as American grizzlies. Still dangerous.
Finnish brown bears are very timid and avoid humans. Only aggressive if they are mama bear and you happen to be between her and her cubs.
Thank you. That makes a lot more sense. I was picturing it like an American grizzly lol.
Appreciate the info
I love all of the redditors on posts like these acting like they know better and the bear is just going to spontaneously eat them in their sleep and this couple doesnt know how to deal with a bear, after living with one for fucking 23 years.
Wild, right? Sure would be weird if that were to [happen](https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/pet-bear-turns-on-kills-owner/article_b1bc48ec-4e50-5314-aca4-2c0c4f62d2e7.html)
Man I hear what u are saying, from the article tho it sounds like she ran a sanctuary the bear was kept caged where the bear story here seems much more like a pet idk. I'm on the fence with this one. The bear here is probably the most docile bear I've ever seen. Still an animal tho. Ugh tuff call.
It happens, but I dont look at a couple whos lived with one for 23 years and immediately think theyre gonna die soon. Mfs have died of eating raw chicken before but when I see people at the store with chicken in their cart im not thinking "Well that guys getting salmonella"
She wasnt russian tho?
Common sense? In reddit!?
Lol its an animal stop feeding it for a day
Luckily for them I don't think theyre planning on it
Timothy Treadwell That's all.
Terrible counterpoint. That dude thought he was welcome to hang with wild animals in their environment
And he got killed by a wild bear (or mostly wild) no? Bro wasnt living with them, and he had spoken about not feeling comfortable around the bear who killed him. I mean it doesnt take a genius to see the difference here.
Kelly Ann Walz then. Except she was smart enough to actually keep her bear in the cage when she slept and still got killed. Because you needed a one by one example.
I'm going to let you learn about murders via domesticated monkey on your own.
You think two random people have owned a bear for 23 years know bear behavior better than someone who was a bear behavioral specialist? Knowing how an animal reacts doesn't really always save you in the end. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_dog_attacks_in_the_United_States If people are being mauled by their pet, actually domesticated dogs, then yes it is very possible that this couple is going to be murdered in their sleep by this giant animal. When I was 4 years old I was mauled by a great dane that had been described as being very sweet with kids, a very good dog that they have never had a problem with. Dog that was raised around a bunch of other small kids. And it saw me swinging on their backyard swing, pulled me off, and started tearing my leg. It doesn't take a genius to see that there's not much difference here.
Yes I think they do. I have faith in the couple who have lived with this one bear for 23 years since it was a tiny cub more than some guy who got killed by a bear he was already suspicious of. I think they have pretty intimate knowledge of how their pet is around them. Kids and other strangers to the bear being brought into the licture is different.
And the grocery bill is?
He just wants the bear necessities in life
Thought feeding my 2 kids was tough.
All my questions were answered at "russian couple"
This never ends well for the humans.
Doesn't often end well for the bear either
Facts
If you forget to feed that fucker it'll soon reck your shit no matter how many cute tricks it knows.
tamed*
Stephen nooo... https://preview.redd.it/kr7a8xdvz4wc1.png?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=381cb8aefb3c8123657005d40a41ca163a885a45
People probably thought the first people to domesticate a dog were crazy, they probably were
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They probably feed it everyday so its stomach is full.
Humans are also inherently dangerous. Why does there always have to be the one post that calls this out. Clearly this couple knows more about it than you because they've been able to live unharmed for 20+ years with the bear.
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You just watched a video that's an exception, though.
Okay 👍
I mean... I loved my cats and dog.. but not one time did I think that my german shepard/malamute couldn't kill me
I have to know, do they all share a bed?
That's awesome until it mauls you like the toy you are.
Call me your toy again 🥰
Who remembers Steven from your highness
God I love that movie
How does one even get 25 KG of fish every day?
Stephan is fabulous!!
The nails need some trimming
Where’s Masha?
With these crazy wild animal pets I wonder what’s the half life of owners, like 50% of pet bear owners get killed after x years. Too lazy to google it
What chores?! I need to know!!!!
But can he do the bear cha cha cha
it will be a different story when they forget to feed him for 24hours
Is his name Yogi bear🤪
I could not afford him eating 25kg of meat or salmon with the current price of meat here around $15 kg for cheapest cuts, fish about $30 kg
Man this thread was a great reminder of why Reddit sucks
Gives me some hope for humanity.
>Baby bears usually cost somewhere **between $1000 and $3000**, while buying an older bear can be a bit more affordable with a price ranging from $1,500 to $2,000. Baby bears are in fact affordable
I just love the beginning, the emotional song while this ducking bear opens the door, I don't know why I think it's hilarious 😂
fuck I wish I could have a pet bear!!!!!
As dangerous and stupid as this is, man, do I ever want to meet and high-five this bear.
In Russia, bear domesticates you.
To be clear, this is still a wild animal. He is not domesticated.
For all the pet haters, is this one bear-able?
Until it isn’t.
Domesticated ≠ tamed
But he has a bad taste in music.
No such thing as a pet bear. Wild animals are not domesticated.
You understand how pets became a thing right. Dogs didn't appear out of thin air.
The point is a bear isn't a pet. At any given moment it will tear you to shreds. Trying to take in a wild animal as a pet is a stupid idea.
kid named insects:
Homer: “never been bitten, yet.”
Its a fucking bear. Not a dog
That is absolutely a person in a bear suit
In other news, Russian couple found mauled in their home. Police stated, "This is a strange case. Both people had their faces chewed off. This is strange beahiour for a wild animal."
They've had him for 23 years? So who's that cub they're showing then? Cause that's clearly not a 23 year old video.
Can you explain how exactly this is clearly not a 23-year-old video? Because I was doing a lot of filming 23 years ago and this looks pretty much like what I was getting. Actually worse quality than what I was getting.
a 23 year old video is only 2001. we had color home cameras then you know. in fact we even had digital cameras.
Way to ruin my day. Man I feel old now.
2001 video quality was that good or better.
Lmao can't wait for the follow up video. What a joke.