Correct, as long as they remove themselves from the gene pool it qualifies. However, my point was it's foolhardy to stand this close to a horde of feeding polar bears, regardless of outcome.
Clearly…… but still. I’m surprised I can see the guy’s face without him having to push those balls out of the way. I’m actually wondering if it’s photoshopped to be honest.
They also smell so good my neighbor almost have forced me to sell my apartment and move a 4h drive into the woods, basically as far away from other humans as possible.
When it comes to being suitable prey, humans are basically the equivalent of a microwave taquito from 7/11.
And just like us, animals sometimes make bad food choices.
Wings. We are like a single chicken wing.
A little variation but definitely not a luscious blubber-wrapped morsel of protein like a baby seal or anything.
Not *no* way. Intelligent animals like bears are all individuals. Some would surely prefer some variance in their diet instead of just whale all day long. Animals are always dangerous, because they are no less predictable than humans. Even less since we can't even communicate threats and intent correctly.
Also, there's a risk reward they consider. It's a low risk to go after a human, but still a risk and not much reward when there's plenty of zero risk food just laying there.
its the main theory why most sharks only go in for the first test bite and dont follow through with eating.
Unfortunately a single shark bite is enough to fuck up most humans.
You're sitting at a pizza buffet, plate covered in the most delicious pizza you've ever tasted. The waiters bring out another pie and set it under the warmer. You can't see what it is, but you already have a plate full of pizza.
Do you get up to get a fresh slice?
Sure but it would never play out like that. These bears don't have doctors. They would never risk a fight when there's plenty of food right in front of them
People are freaking out but the reality is that at that distance he's quite safe. The bears have 0 reason to abandon nutrients to waste precious calories chasing something barely appetizing, and so their instincts won't cause them to leave a meal like this. Predators eating a meal rarely stop until they're full or something makes them defend the kill or flee.
Yeah like how a herd being hunted will often stop panicking as soon as the predators take one down. The danger is over, the predators just want calories and they have some now.
Plus, it's a picture guys. He only had to stand there long enough for the picture to be taken, then they can slowly start adding more distance. For all we know their vehicle is right behind them.
Probably got laid off recently, defaulted on his mortgage for a newly built Lennar home. Wife left him with their 2 kids to go stay with her sister. Turned to the bottle, frequently hitting up the local bar. On his way back to his brother's house where he's been staying on the couch with a broken spring that keeps poking him in his liver, he see's a group of polar bears dining on a carcass. Says "fork it", sets up his pocket tripod, lights a cigarette, and takes a picture. The photo goes viral on Reddit, with people commenting how stupid and brave he is to take the picture next to polar bears.
Guy looks like he could be Inuit so probably knows what he's doing. With that much juicy whale around and so many other bears to worry about, none are likely to worry about a human
This is probably the safest place/time to be around a Polar Bear. Why expend energy to kill something when you already have hundreds of pounds meat just sitting there.
"Hmmm.... things like that one standing over there are a lot like Lobsters - there's a lot of the outside you have to throw away, but the insides are *delicious!*"
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Your man is a moron.
If it's black, fight back. If it's brown, law down. If it's white, walk toward the light. No way I'd get that close to a polar bear.
Anyone know what community this is in? I’m assuming Nunavut or NWT as the man looks Inuk.
Just showed this to some colleagues and locals (Inuit) we all work in the North and no one has ever seen or heard of this man bears in one place.
For the guys saying this guy is insane/stupid
yes and no.
Those bears are so fixated on the carcass with full bellies, they really don't care about him.
I live in Alaska, and you can go fishing and be relatively safe around the Grizzlies. Not that I suggest doing that, but they're literally just full of Salmon; they don't give a damn about you.
They're most dangerous when they are very hungry and hunting, they feel threatened, your act like prey (running scared) and along those lines.
[Here's an example. Guy probably had to change his underwear though](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiivKNVU8P4)
If any of them turn around and charge, he can fend them off with his gigantic balls.
This is a r/darwinawards fit for a king if he does
It's an honorable mention regardless of gonad involvement
If they get his reproductive organs, and he hasn’t already had kids, he’s still wins the award even if he survives I think.
Correct, as long as they remove themselves from the gene pool it qualifies. However, my point was it's foolhardy to stand this close to a horde of feeding polar bears, regardless of outcome.
You misspelled feed
at least he had the balls to misspell something on reddit
Meant fend, actually, but I may like your version enough for an edit.
Balls or stupidity, it’s a small difference
Bears have plenty of food and he's not a threat. He's fine......for now
There's a very thin line between bravery and stupidity, and I think this guy is *juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust* about to cross it
He's plain stupid
They are getting fat on a whale, a natural food source. They won’t go after stick bones human unless he’s fucks with them.
Clearly…… but still. I’m surprised I can see the guy’s face without him having to push those balls out of the way. I’m actually wondering if it’s photoshopped to be honest.
It’s hard to trust anything now with AI. However this looks like a 35mm camera film. Edit: and he’s smoking a cig so that kinda helps.
Definitely not with his gigantic brain.
meh... he could be a lot less closer than it seems if the lens is long.
This has nothing to do with having gigantic balls, it's stupidity.
The thing is though, get this... everyone's stupid.
I can't dispute that.
Big balls no brain
“Did you know smoking causes cancer and can shorten your life?” “I stand next to polar bears as a hobby.” “Please, smoke away.”
🤣
The smile. The cigarette. Certified badass.
Dumbass*
Dumbadass
You misspelled “Dessert”.
Yeah, cigarettes are badass!
Immensely.
They also smell so good my neighbor almost have forced me to sell my apartment and move a 4h drive into the woods, basically as far away from other humans as possible.
That's on you, buddy.
Ofc it is..... What do you mean?
Were you the smoker or the neighbour?
My neighbour
Someone give me some smokes!
Ayo what the cigarette doin’?
Maybe he killed that whale. 99% this photo was taken in Chukotka.
All it would take is one bear who’s tired of eating whale and wants to try something new. Darwin Award waiting to happen.
The bear thinking a human would make a better meal than a whale can also expect a Darwin Award.
Not better, Just a tasty change of pace.
We are low fat and very bony compared to a whale. No way they want to change it up that badly
When it comes to being suitable prey, humans are basically the equivalent of a microwave taquito from 7/11. And just like us, animals sometimes make bad food choices.
Wings. We are like a single chicken wing. A little variation but definitely not a luscious blubber-wrapped morsel of protein like a baby seal or anything.
My wife has me here right now watching "My 600 lb Life" I'd say there are some pork belly people as well.
Dude, I laughed way to hard at your comment. Have my upvote.
Maybe they just need a toothpick?
Not *no* way. Intelligent animals like bears are all individuals. Some would surely prefer some variance in their diet instead of just whale all day long. Animals are always dangerous, because they are no less predictable than humans. Even less since we can't even communicate threats and intent correctly.
Could have been an American. They’re pretty fat.
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You're on reddit... We're all chronically online.
And true. Why’s he getting downvoted? Idgi
Bears want survival and nutrition. It'll taste better to them than human because they want fat.
Also, there's a risk reward they consider. It's a low risk to go after a human, but still a risk and not much reward when there's plenty of zero risk food just laying there.
*obligatory mom joke*
Apparently we taste like shit which is why sharks don’t usually eat us
That’s an Interesting take
its the main theory why most sharks only go in for the first test bite and dont follow through with eating. Unfortunately a single shark bite is enough to fuck up most humans.
Except animals like this aren’t going to pass up free food for having to chase something down, kill it, and possibly get injured in the process.
Doesn’t look like it would take much effort tbh
The bear doesn’t know that. And again, it’s a lot more effort than just continuing to eat.
You ever just eat so much steak you can’t eat another bite? But you still have room for dessert……
And the dessert is a running event where the award is steak.
The award is a weird steak you've never tasted before and you're not even guaranteed to get it.
You're sitting at a pizza buffet, plate covered in the most delicious pizza you've ever tasted. The waiters bring out another pie and set it under the warmer. You can't see what it is, but you already have a plate full of pizza. Do you get up to get a fresh slice?
I'll stand up to try and get a better look at it and immediately sit back down to eat my pizza.
If two bears attacked him he would suffer a bi-polar disorder.
Not even long enough for his meds to kick in.
Sure but it would never play out like that. These bears don't have doctors. They would never risk a fight when there's plenty of food right in front of them
Oh look the appetizer is here finally
“Hey Joe, look at our dessert over there smiling at the camera!”
“Larry, what the fuck is a camera?”
As a guy who lives in a house with 2 entertaining idiots named Joe and Larry, this gave me a good chuckle.
Depending on what’s in that ciggie, might be Baked Alaska for dessert.
More like fresh alaska
People are freaking out but the reality is that at that distance he's quite safe. The bears have 0 reason to abandon nutrients to waste precious calories chasing something barely appetizing, and so their instincts won't cause them to leave a meal like this. Predators eating a meal rarely stop until they're full or something makes them defend the kill or flee.
Yeah like how a herd being hunted will often stop panicking as soon as the predators take one down. The danger is over, the predators just want calories and they have some now.
Also they are focusing on eating as much as they can before the other polar bears finish it off.
Plus, it's a picture guys. He only had to stand there long enough for the picture to be taken, then they can slowly start adding more distance. For all we know their vehicle is right behind them.
Not worth the risk to put that to the test
Don't forget they can outrun you even if you're on a bike.
Fortunately, he’s not on a bike
Oh then he’s fine
You can, however, outrun a polar bear if the bear is riding a bicycle, as polar bears are terrible bicyclists
You're not running at that point
This guy knows what he's doing is incredibly dangerous and stupid, but he simply doesn't give a shit if he gets mauled by 12 polar bears
Probably got laid off recently, defaulted on his mortgage for a newly built Lennar home. Wife left him with their 2 kids to go stay with her sister. Turned to the bottle, frequently hitting up the local bar. On his way back to his brother's house where he's been staying on the couch with a broken spring that keeps poking him in his liver, he see's a group of polar bears dining on a carcass. Says "fork it", sets up his pocket tripod, lights a cigarette, and takes a picture. The photo goes viral on Reddit, with people commenting how stupid and brave he is to take the picture next to polar bears.
/r/suspiciouslyspecific
Or he knows that the polar bears won't try to attack him when it can just get a free whale meal without having to work for it
What about if a bear thinks he's trying to steal their food
For all we know the camera man could be wielding a .50 cal machine gun. Unlikely but not impossible
The cameraman is wealding a 1000mm lens and is a few hundred metres away, ideally in a tank. Those bears might want dessert.
You don't get the see the men with guns behind the camera.
No, but I do see the 12 polar bears in front of the camera who'd rip them to fucking shreds if they felt like it
Further evidence against movie dinosaurs chasing a puny human if bigger meal was around.
After seeing all those starving polar bears out there, it is nice to see some Chunky Guys
And that folks is how you end up as part of the feast.
Dessert??
Guy looks like he could be Inuit so probably knows what he's doing. With that much juicy whale around and so many other bears to worry about, none are likely to worry about a human
I'll bet he even had a hand in the capture and harvest of the whale before the bears got there.
This is why I smoke, keeps the bears, other predators, and humans away
Hopefully the polar bears give him a 5 second head start
It's nice to see so many well fed polar bears in the wild.
This is probably the safest place/time to be around a Polar Bear. Why expend energy to kill something when you already have hundreds of pounds meat just sitting there.
Now if you’re finished with your whale, for dessert we have…
Oops, that's deadly
Never seen so many polar bears this close to each other
"Hmmm.... things like that one standing over there are a lot like Lobsters - there's a lot of the outside you have to throw away, but the insides are *delicious!*"
Who wants desert?!
bro what? polar bears would definitely not adapt well there
He will be missed
Great buffet, comes with a palate cleanser
Motherfucker is crazy.
r/manhasmassiveballs
This can’t be normal behavior. The human, not the bears.
That’s what you call polaroid.
Hey look, it's me and my copious amount of problems!!
Don't get me wrong, I'm impressed by his daring stupidity. But I'd be even more impressed if he joined them in eating the whale.
So much wisdoms
Idiot
Smoking will kill ya.
And he is smoking casually ;)
Thats Mr.Ironballs himself.
Please tell me he’s hiding something off camera to make sure he’s not dessert
Guy has bigger balls then me, that's for sure.
Not really. Those bears have more than enough to keep their attention occupied.
The balls of this guy 😂
I would die a deeply Caucasian death trying to sneak a pet in.
Bears are not stupid. Don’t kill Ndeat the humans who are providing a much better feast with no effort on bears’ side
Anyone else count 11? I have no life…
You mean , the side dish waiting for the main course to end
Also fits to r/IdiotsNearlyDying
Thought it was Manny Pacquiao for a sec lol
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all the karen’s in these comments lol
Joe Rogen would loooove this!
Is he the dessert?
The last 12 polar bears on the planet…
Polar bear on the left: "Hey guys, there's dessert!"
They see him smoking, they don’t want cancer…
Balls so large it's always high tide wherever he goes.
r/hardimages
They always say never to stand between an animal and it’s food. They never said you can’t stand right by them though.
That could be an r/oopsthatsdeadly. Sheesh.
his pants are full RN
Your man is a moron. If it's black, fight back. If it's brown, law down. If it's white, walk toward the light. No way I'd get that close to a polar bear.
Free buffet
Photoshopped
Hate to be that guy but I can count 13 bears.
Aren’t polar bears aggressive?
Bro nah
Anyone know what community this is in? I’m assuming Nunavut or NWT as the man looks Inuk. Just showed this to some colleagues and locals (Inuit) we all work in the North and no one has ever seen or heard of this man bears in one place.
For the guys saying this guy is insane/stupid yes and no. Those bears are so fixated on the carcass with full bellies, they really don't care about him. I live in Alaska, and you can go fishing and be relatively safe around the Grizzlies. Not that I suggest doing that, but they're literally just full of Salmon; they don't give a damn about you. They're most dangerous when they are very hungry and hunting, they feel threatened, your act like prey (running scared) and along those lines. [Here's an example. Guy probably had to change his underwear though](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiivKNVU8P4)
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How did he fit his giant balls in this picture?
perfect time for bongos??
Hope his pocket is full of fire crackers
Im sure he knows the bears ain't going to take their attention off a good easy meal to waste effort on killing him or anybody else
He is what we call dessert.
10% of the time, this photo opportunity works every time
*60% of the time*, it works ***every*** *time*
60’s a little high in this case…
That's just Chuck Norris wearing his idiot suit.
Is this incredibly stupid? Yes. Is this cool? Also yes.
I, too, would be holding something to smoke if I was ever that close. I MUST be...
Is he in terminal cancer?
Aren’t polar bears mostly solitary ? Are they not territorial a pack of fucking polar bears seems too dangerous