Darwin award for the day - Page 2

HunterICX · 04-13-09, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

however, changing the whole area just because of two incidents (it is already the second time somebody jumps to the bears, I think).

thats caused by people not beeing responsable for their own actions, if they can they will blame it on others.

HunterICX

Letum · 04-13-09, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Frame57

IMO I would say yes, because it is like when a wild lion in Africa gets the taste for human flesh it becomes a man eater and has to be hunted down and killed. These bears even though in a zoo would be no different. They would see the otherwise pesky people who come to the zoo as being something to eat.

That bear certainly got a taste!

antikristuseke · 04-13-09, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Frame57

IMO I would say yes, because it is like when a wild lion in Africa gets the taste for human flesh it becomes a man eater and has to be hunted down and killed. These bears even though in a zoo would be no different. They would see the otherwise pesky people who come to the zoo as being something to eat.

Unless you can provide a citation for this, I am going to call shenanigans. I would put my money on geting revenge on said lion more than said lion begining to systematicaly pray on humans.

AVGWarhawk · 04-13-09, 11:32 AM

Whatever the case, I'm betting those bears would have the hersey squirts after eating that woman.

Digital_Trucker · 04-13-09, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Whatever the case, I'm betting those bears would have the hersey squirts after eating that woman.

I bet that drumstick looked awfully appetizing to the the bear.

UnderseaLcpl · 04-13-09, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by antikristuseke

Unless you can provide a citation for this, I am going to call shenanigans. I would put my money on geting revenge on said lion more than said lion begining to systematicaly pray on humans.

Besides the citation of "The Ghost in the Darkness"?

I'm not going to go to too much trouble to research this but wiki indicates a unique tendency amongst lions to become man-eaters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-eater

Whether or not polar bears have the same tendency I cannot say. A couple sites I checked out were conservationist sites, which put the average death toll at 2 humans per year or so due to polar bear attacks.
Official statistics cite around 30 bear attacks per year but do not name individual species. The case is hard to compare no matter what methods are used because polar bears live in very sparsely populated areas most of the time.
Polar bears are very territorial and solitary predators, which might make them react violently to intrusive humans, but whether or not they could become compulsive man-eaters is something I do not know.

SteamWake · 04-13-09, 12:58 PM

Lions developing a 'taste' for humans is not news and is quite true.

Mankinds encroachment onto their territoys, and reducing the amount of avaialble game worsens the situation. Sometimes the big cats resort to this out of necessity.

porphy · 04-13-09, 04:15 PM

I don't think polar bears need to acquire the taste of humans. They are one of the few animals that look at humans as food right from the start...

No wonder you are not allowed to travel by foot on Svalbard without a rifle and some one who knows how to shoot.

The sign says, "valid for the whole of Svalbard"

Letum · 04-13-09, 04:27 PM

Besides, what does it matter if it has a taste for humans when it is in a zoo.
How would you treat it any different to other zoo bears?
Responsible zoo handlers don't give the bears any chances to be violent.

Frame57 · 04-13-09, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by antikristuseke

Unless you can provide a citation for this, I am going to call shenanigans. I would put my money on geting revenge on said lion more than said lion begining to systematicaly pray on humans.

Call it what you want, I just am using my God given gray matter on the subject. Thinkers do not need to reference a quick snipet they find on the net. I am sure that your keyboard is quite capable of finding oh, lets say Man-eaters. Yes, that would be a good start. I am sure you will find a recent incident of an African Lion which became a man eater and systematically stalked Africans right in their own huts. It has nothing to do with revenge at all.

fatty · 04-13-09, 08:57 PM

These polar bears need to be put down ASAP before they stalk Africans in their own huts.

FIREWALL · 04-13-09, 09:00 PM

Bears gotta eat too.

Of course that cow would'a gave them all the runs for a few days.

Frame57 · 04-13-09, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by fatty

These polar bears need to be put down ASAP before they stalk Africans in their own huts.

Not at all, I originally stated that if they ate this stupid women it was a possibilty that that would be their fate. Not that it should be. The possibilty of these bears seeing their care takers as being food is a possibilty.

UnderseaLcpl · 04-14-09, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Frame57

The possibilty of these bears seeing their care takers as being food is a possibilty.

This statement is approved by the Department of Redundancy Department

Letum · 04-14-09, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Frame57

The possibility of these bears seeing their care takers as being food is a possibility.

I would guess that the bears already see their caretakers as food. Most zoos go for a hands-off approach with large carnivores.

'The possibility of 'x' is a possibility' is true for all x btw.

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Lions developing a 'taste' for humans is not news and is quite true. Mankinds encroachment onto their territoys, and reducing the amount of avaialble game worsens the situation. Sometimes the big cats resort to this out of necessity. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

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porphy Commodore Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 603 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I don't think polar bears need to acquire the taste of humans. They are one of the few animals that look at humans as food right from the start... No wonder you are not allowed to travel by foot on Svalbard without a rifle and some one who knows how to shoot. The sign says, "valid for the whole of Svalbard" __________________ "The only remedy for madness is the innocence of facts." O. Mirbeu "A paranoid is simply someone in possession of all the facts." W. B.

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Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Besides, what does it matter if it has a taste for humans when it is in a zoo. How would you treat it any different to other zoo bears? Responsible zoo handlers don't give the bears any chances to be violent. __________________

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FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Bears gotta eat too. Of course that cow would'a gave them all the runs for a few days. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

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fatty The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,448 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	These polar bears need to be put down ASAP before they stalk Africans in their own huts.