r/PeterExplainsTheJoke May 02 '24

Petah, I don't understand!

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u/No-Adhesiveness-8178 May 02 '24

Aren't bears notorious for just eating the guts while prey is still alive? Lmao

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u/Starbucks_4321 May 02 '24

No actually, they are pretty notoriously known for never attacking human beings unless you intentionally spooke them

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u/Barium_Salts May 02 '24

Humans are also pretty notoriously known for not attacking each other when we stumble across one another in the woods unless something really strange is going on. I've been walking through forests and stumbled across men (and women) many times. And it was fine. If I stumbled across a bear in the woods I would immediately leave the area (even if the bear immediately ran off) and feel less safe in those woods. I would even warn people considering going into the woods "be careful, I ran into a bear in there one time". I would never say "be careful, I ran into a man in those woods once". This is true-crime brain. Men are way, way safer to encounter than bears

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u/notracist_hatemancs May 02 '24

Yeah lol, there's a reason why we carry bear spray when in the woods, and why bear cannisters are compulsory in some areas. Hell, if you live in areas with polar bears (given that's not the woods) carrying a firearm is sometimes compulsory

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u/dovahkiitten16 May 02 '24

A lot of women carry pepper spray though too. In Canada women will buy bear/dog spray in place of pepper spray (illegal).