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Polar Bear Dens (i.kym-cdn.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Ok, just how many places was he hiding in?

[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 weeks ago

Saddam: If I fits I sits.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago

It took awhile to find him

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago

This one got me good because Saddam Hussein was the last thing I noticed

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago

I don't know why the spider hole memes are back, but I don't need to know; I'm just glad

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I want to know how polar bears figured out that they need an air hole in their dens. Is that passed down instinctually or demonstratively? Animals are so cool.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Surely that was a suggestion by Saddam. Seems he was a really nice guy.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The ones without that instinct died. That's how natural selection works.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

The ones that didn’t figure out didn’t breed and make more bears.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Bear who made more holes survived?

Btw, don't they get snowed shut?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I think the heat produced by the bears keep the vents open, but that's an un-educated guess.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

"Well this sucks, can't breathe."

Punches hole in roof to get air

"OK, that works. Come to think of it, that's how momma did it."

The second Jurassic Park book had a neat idea. What if much of the animal behavior we see is taught and not instinctual? The dinosaurs start fouling their poorly made nests and stomping all over their eggs because they didn't have parents to emulate or teach them. Been thinking on that for over 20 years.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

What is the lower chamber for?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Extra Saddam Husseins.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

The most successful polar bears can accumulate 4-5 Saddam's per season.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

In human-built igloos, the low spots would be for collecting the coldest air.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Storing snacks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

i.e. Saddam Hussain

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

poop

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

Before I zoomed in, I thought maybe that was the poop chamber, and that was a bear poop.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

Quality scientific shitpost

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

How do you guys manage to put him in the last spot I look EVERY TIME

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What did I miss this time?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

Saddam