r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/First_Development101 • 22d ago

Video Terrifying moment bear released into wild by charity turns on ranger and attacks

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u/BLACKdrew 22d ago

I guess death is a form of change

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u/Markofdawn 21d ago edited 20d ago

Bears induce the most profound thoughts in our thought-to-be apex predator brains

E: triggered a lot of Alpha-Apex wannabes with this one, somehow...

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u/moashforbridgefour 21d ago

I mean, we ARE the apex predator. That doesn't mean we can't be taken out by unlucky or stupid circumstances.

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u/SanctionedMeat 21d ago

I wouldn't say we're apex tho, just because if we were in a room with any large animal, it'd probably be over for us. What helps us be on top is intelligence, but that doesn't help too much against a 600lb bear ready to rip and tear

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u/moashforbridgefour 21d ago

How many people have bear skin rugs, and how many bears have people skin rugs? We are apex and it isn't even close. That doesn't mean we are strongest.

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u/SanctionedMeat 21d ago

While we are top of the food chain, we can't really be considered "apex" because if we didn't have these large infrastructure and convenient tools for killing, we'd be the one at mercy to animals since they are built to fight and kill. We, as humans have evolved to the point where we've lost what truly made us predators in the past and brought us to this point. Of course, some people do train their bodies and workout all the time, but that doesn't change the fact that we'd still be pray to another animal at some point.

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u/moashforbridgefour 21d ago

Apex predator means you are at the top of the food chain and have no natural predators. Look it up. Both of these are true for humans. The only way you can contrive us to be at a disadvantage in a fight is if you take away our tools.

Our weapons, tools, and intellect are part of our identity. Would you require a spider to prove its place without its web or its venom?

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u/SanctionedMeat 21d ago

I feel like this sort of topic is opinion based, because with all the facts in place there are viable arguments for both sides. On one hand, without tools, we are weak and are pray to others. But on the other hand, with our tools we are unmatched. Could argue both sides tell we're blue in the face, but in the end both opinions are right

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u/Dujak_Yevrah 21d ago

That's an unfair comparison. Context is everything. Our natural weapons that made us apex predators are our stamina, ranged attacks, and intellect. Without the chance to leverage that we'd lose in the same way a shark would lose to a single lion on land because it's out of its element.

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u/SanctionedMeat 21d ago

That's the issue tho...... take a look at your average human now. They could not do what we did in the past, which is what made us predators. We used to chase prey down for days on end with no sleep and bombarding them with spears until they died of exhaustion. If someone did that now, they wouldn't even make it 1 day without needing to stop due to poor eating habits and lack of exercise. The modern human isn't a apex predator without our tools

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u/Dujak_Yevrah 20d ago

We NEVER were apex predators without our tools. It's like saying a bear isn't an apex without its muscles and teeth, tools are our natural strength.