Comment on Polar bears
taxiiiii@lemmy.world 3 days agoI 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 3 days 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.
taxiiiii@lemmy.world 3 days ago
thanks for rhe source!