I knew they were big bears but not TWICE A HUMAN size! I didn’t even google this image for the polar bear I wanted to see how big a black bear is.

guess I’m never going to Antarctica!

edit: okay we got ANOTHER TIL. Apparently polar bears don’t live in Antarctica!

…I need to watch more nature documentaries…

  • pachrist@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 days ago

    I think the sizes shown are probably biggest specimen. Black bears can get pretty big, but I’ve never encountered one that was taller than me.

    • RFKJrsBrainworm@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      12 days ago

      I saw a black bear in Virginia crossing the street on a polite Tuesday mid- morning a few years ago…the god-damned thing was as big as I imagined grizzly bears are…it was huge.

    • Raiderkev@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      12 days ago

      The first black bear I ever saw in the wild was this beefy boi. Fucker was huge. Didn’t see him on his hind legs, but I would imagine he was close to 6’ if he did stand on them.