Comment on Polar bears
arrow74@lemm.ee 2 months agoAnd there was a time that humans with stone tools were like yep I can kill that
Comment on Polar bears
arrow74@lemm.ee 2 months agoAnd there was a time that humans with stone tools were like yep I can kill that
taxiiiii@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Thats how we made it this far. Some absolute morons charge ahead and get themselves killed, while everyone else shakes their head. With some animals it works, surprisingly. Others we learn to keep away from- until the next moron feels like " hey, lets try that thing again!".
arrow74@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I mean we basically successfully hunted every animal in the planet. Wouldn’t say it’s fair to call them morons
TheDoozer@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ahead of their time.
arrow74@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Nah that was their time. If you gave the average group of humans 40,000 years ago and an average group of modern day humans spears and told them to hunt a polar bear, the group from the past would be much more successful.
Obviously our technology today makes it an easier task, but I’m very impressed at what our ancestors were capable of.
Look up cave bears for a treat.
taxiiiii@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I mean, we also hunted every animal on the planet unsuccessfully and got killed by them.
did any society ever rely on polar bears as a major food source? because to me, that would seem like the absolute last resort, once everything else is dead. not an everyday-type activity, more something for the desperate or someone crazy. Then again, I’m not into stone age history.
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
polarbearscanada.ca/…/hunting_polar_bear_in_the_w…
Surprisingly, yes. The Inuit have for generations.
I was honestly expecting the answer to be that they would kill them in self defense, or if the bear was threatening a more sane food source, and eating it was only rational.