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[–] 36 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Real convenient story to get the heat off of suspected bears disguised as humans... 🤔

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  • [–] 36 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    This is stupid, I've seen bears stand on two legs once with my own eyes and a bunch of times in onliner videos.

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  • [+] 22 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 47 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    The still photo looks sus af. The video, once it plops down and walks away on all fours, is clearly legit. Also, its jowls look pretty real.

    It does make me think this sun bear has learned to stand up and mimic humans, goofing on how gawky and awkward we look though.
    The bear is playing us. Like, it's the clever one in this whole interaction.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago

    Bears are one of the few animals beside us that are plantigrade. They walk on the same parts of their foot that we do. This is in comparison to a dog or cat or a ton of other species that walks on their toes.

    I imagine people see bears are plantigrade and unconsciously realize something is up with that, but not what. I don't think the bear is mimicking our stance, as standing up like that sometimes to look around is a bear thing already.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Huh. Another bear story. This is getting... un...

    No. I'm not gonna do it. I won't say it. I have standards.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That video did make me paws for a moment.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I really wish they would've panda camera to get a better perspective, though.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago

    It's definitely a real bear, watch the video. It's just very wierd to see it standing

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    "Denies claims" Who tf made such a loud enough claim the government felt it necessary to respond?

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    ok probably not a human, but that is one fucked up animal

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's obviously a Honey Heist that almost went wrong.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    Filing it under "some people make dumb conclusions and the Internet amplifies it"

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    Dang, this is like a reverse Sir Bearington situation

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    What if it's an alien in a bear costume?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Someone needs to just prove this and jump in to fight the bear...

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Other Chinese zoos have been accused of trying to pass off dogs dyed to look like wolves or African cats, and donkeys painted to look like zebras.

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