Police have shot and killed a polar bear that came ashore in northwestern Iceland, the first sighting of a polar bear there since 2016. It might have hitched a ride from Greenland on a floating iceberg.

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    1 month ago

    Nobody in the article said it was hunting humans. That’s pure exaggeration and fever dream shit from the comments section. This entire fucking comments section just assumes polar bears prefer to hunt humans.

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      1 month ago

      It’s not just an assumption. Polar bears will hunt humans. They’re the absolute apex predator in their habitat so why shouldn’t they just hunt everything that moves?

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        1 month ago

        Because most animals, including polar bears, have learned to be wary of groups of humans. And nobody is saying they won’t hunt humans. But the article doesn’t support that this one was. The comment section is acting like they’re obligated to hunt humans.

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          1 month ago

          Polar bears are absolutely not wary of humans. You keep talking about the topic as if you don’t really know anything about them.

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          1 month ago

          Lol, polar bears do not avoid humans, that’s like running away from food

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      1 month ago

      They do kill and hunt humans. It’s a fact, not an assumption. It was a threat to people, going closer to inhabited areas. What were they supposed to do, check if this one is a vegan?

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        1 month ago

        Nobody said it doesn’t happen. But the article doesn’t support that it was happening there.