Comment on Polar bears
arrow74@lemm.ee 3 weeks agoI mean we basically successfully hunted every animal in the planet. Wouldn’t say it’s fair to call them morons
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.
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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.
thanks for rhe source!
TheDoozer@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ahead of their time.
arrow74@lemm.ee 3 weeks 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.