favoredponcho@lemmy.zip to Crazy Fucking Videos@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoArizona lineman successfully coaxed a bear off a utility pole after it climbed to the top and was in danger of being electrocutedi.imgur.comvideomessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1307arrow-down14
arrow-up1303arrow-down1videoArizona lineman successfully coaxed a bear off a utility pole after it climbed to the top and was in danger of being electrocutedi.imgur.comfavoredponcho@lemmy.zip to Crazy Fucking Videos@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareRekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoDo bears even have a fear instinct? What animals are they afraid of?
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIt’s less fear and more about them doing calorie math. Bears won’t waste the effort in most circumstances.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoDepends on the bear. Black bears are known to be chickens.
minus-squareJimVanDeventer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoDogs. A yearling like this would be, anyway.
minus-squareImhotep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoOther bears and mooses maybe ? Even if you’re the apex predator you try not to get hurt during the fight - an injury could mean death. this requires some form of sense for danger is my guess and stating the obvious: fear of fire, heights etc
Do bears even have a fear instinct? What animals are they afraid of?
It’s less fear and more about them doing calorie math. Bears won’t waste the effort in most circumstances.
Depends on the bear. Black bears are known to be chickens.
Humans
Dogs. A yearling like this would be, anyway.
Math.
Other bears and mooses maybe ?
Even if you’re the apex predator you try not to get hurt during the fight - an injury could mean death. this requires some form of sense for danger is my guess
and stating the obvious: fear of fire, heights etc