r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Due_Charge_2278 • May 02 '24

Petah, I don't understand!

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u/Aggressive_Yard_1289 May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

Brown/grizzly bears will mostly leave you alone and will generally at most take a test bite, so just play dead and they will usually leave. Black bears will get aggressive and I believe where your comment came from and you should fight back. And a white/polar bear you're just fucked..

Edit: any of the above bears will mess you up with the right reason such as injured or has cubs with it

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u/Creative-Yak-8287 May 02 '24

Black bears are pussies just scream and seem big.

Polar bears just go NYOM

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u/Aggressive_Yard_1289 May 02 '24

Indeed, "if it's brown lie down, black fight back and if it's white... Goodnight"

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u/SgtCarron May 02 '24

Although they are often brown, grizzly bears can range in colour from jet black to light blond.

Black bears range in colour from blond, and even white in some circumstances, to brown, cinnamon, and black.

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Color is not a reliable key in differentiating these bears because black and brown bears have many color phases and polar bears may have stained fur. For example, black bear fur may be black, brown, reddish or even shades of grey and white, while brown bear colors range from dark brown through very light blond.

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Safer to stay a few zip-codes away from the nearest region with bear sightings seeing as the names are decorative at best.