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In Svalbard it's basically compulsory to carry a rifle around with you.
That's really tragic. I'm not sure, since the article doesn't mention it, but the bear was probably looking for food. Here in Manitoba, we have Churchill which is known as the polar bear capital of the world. You can see polar bears digging through trash and it's absolutely heartbreaking. >

Isn't that the town where you have to keep all cars unlocked incase someone needs to get away from a bear? >

That's the one! >

I have questions (which you may or may not be able to answer):


Is petty, car-related crime like radio theft a problem there?


At what level of "persistent threat of polar bear attack" do (or should) area residents recognize a problem that is probably best resolved by ceding the land back to the local (huge and predatory) wildlife? >

I guess that it’s so remote the community is so small that living out there requires trust and cooperation. >


trust and cooperation

Sorry, I'm American; can you translate that from Canadian for me? >

“Well what you got there son is a wild liberal on the loose.  I don’t blame ya if you wanna try to shoot it, not at all.  What we do round here is leave our cars unlocked in case that liberal gets too vicious.  We can all hear your cries for help so don’t bother tryna steal anything cause we’ll know who done it.  They call that trust and cooperation round here.” >

“Now see here, sharing a resource for the safety and common good of the community’s inhabitants sounds like that there commusocialisms that Tucker told me was the devil in between cash for gold ads and bemoaning the loss of the Snickers dick vein! What if onna them gays or a brown person needs to escape from a polar bear? No siree, no thank you. We ain’t doin that. I’d rather be eviscerated, you know, to own the libs!” >

Pretty sure polar bears are the most dangerous land animals a person can encounter. >

The animals I could beat in a fight tier list claims after 475 participants that most people would agree. Bears are in the top tier. They are ridiculously strong and fast, have unavoidable tracking abilities, can climb, are intelligent, and have claws that'll end you before they even open their mouth to bite. >

Lol "It'd be close" with a dolphin?!  Are they picturing fighting them on land?  There's no way a human could even come close to defeating them in water. >

Let me get a thumb in that blowhole and let's see what's up. >

Thumb isn't girthy enough to plug it, is there another option? >

I can think of something ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°) >

They don't call it a blowhole for nothing. >

I live in an area with alligators, salt water crocodiles (unconfirmed sightings in my area but definitely present a couple hundred miles South of me), wild hogs that WILL fuck you up, five species of venomous snakes, and Bull Sharks in the river behind my house.  I respect all of them, but I don't fear them, and I've lived in close proximity to them for decades with no issues or bad incidents.
Bears in general give me the heebie jeebies, and Polar Bears in particular scare the absolute shit out of me.  I can't imagine living in an area with Polar Bears.  I don't think I'd ever get a good night's sleep if I did.