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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    2 months ago

    Polar bears are three times the size and weight of a silverback. They could likely prevail in a 1v2 or 1v3. 1v4 would be a fair fight.

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      2 months ago

      I mean, 1v1 is easy, 1v2 maybe even, but if there’s a group of silverbacks, what with being somewhat smart and sturdy themselves, I think they could occasionally even get a win.

      I’ve never seen a gorilla irl, but I’ve seen a taxidermied polar bear, and holy fuck those things are big. But then I think of just how versatile opposable thumbs are and of how insanely thick gorilla muscles are.

      I’m marking this as a thing I’d like to know but probably never will, what with the moral implications of setting animals on each other in blood sports.

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        2 months ago

        I’m just saying that the romans stopped putting bears into fights in the colloseum because it got boring - the bears qust wrecked everything else the romans could get their hands on.

        Or so I’ve heard, I’m not a historian.

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          2 months ago

          A bear would get obliterated by an elephant, maybe even a hippo. And the Romans could get their hands on those.