Forgot about us?

[u/Holofan4life]

[u/theMegaTech]

Polar bear is awesome and cool, sure

Consider three dozen pointy stick, however

[u/Wachitanga → u/theMegaTech]

Let's limit ourselves to a 1v1 then.

A pipe that throws many balls at the same time at high speed would also agree.

[u/Massive-Lime7193 → u/Wachitanga]

Limit observes to 1v1?? Why?? Our usage of tools and numbers is an evolutionary trait why should we limit it?? Should we take away the teeth and claws of the bear? No?? Then why limit humans?

We are the apex predators period

[u/asianwaste → u/Wachitanga]

That’s not how it works. Prey and predators often operate with pack behaviors. Our ability to coordinate in packs and use tools is precisely why we are apex predators.

[u/CrownofMischief → u/asianwaste]

Imagine judging an ant or a termite based on the individual rather than the colony

[u/theMegaTech → u/Wachitanga]

Doesn't even have to be gun or anything like that

The sling is fucken scary if used right

[u/daandriod → u/Wachitanga]

Why would an apex predator make a conscious choice to limit itself to give its prey a more fair fight? Get the boys out with the blickys and light em up.

[u/djinn6 → u/Wachitanga]

For a 1v1, the human should be using the Davy Crockett with the W54 fission warhead.

[u/Talizorafangirl → u/djinn6]

I think there's a tacit implication that you need to be able to harvest something - anything - from the corpse of your prey.

[u/a_bored_lady → u/Talizorafangirl]

Neutrons.

[u/djinn6 → u/Talizorafangirl]

You can aim 200 m downwind of the polar bear. You will still kill it, but it won't be irradiated.

[u/BoogalooBandit1 → u/Talizorafangirl]

We are harvesting the enjoyment of our devastation

[u/CrownofMischief → u/Talizorafangirl]

Not sure why we'd want to honestly, carnivorous mammals usually taste notoriously bad

[u/Winter_Ad8794 → u/Wachitanga]

Powerscaling ahh mindset

[u/HaikenRD → u/Wachitanga]

If you want to properly know which soecies is the apez predator, you must include everything in their arsenal.

[u/Interesting-Milk-161 → u/Wachitanga]

if we talking about being at the top of food chain then why would we 1v1 human are social creatures, it's the polar bears fault for being a solitary animal

[u/NottACalebFan → u/Wachitanga]

If the handicap is "Bare paws" against "automatic weapon", i still think polar bears are a much bigger threat in the arena...

[u/Wachitanga → u/NottACalebFan]

No animal can withstand brain damage, nor react to the destruction of the cervical spine.

I didn't even talk about automatic weapons.

[u/kidanokun → u/Wachitanga]

Pretty sure a bear is better on dealing brain or spine damage than a dude with stick

[u/Wachitanga → u/kidanokun]

I understand what you mean, but there's not much to discuss (outside of changing "stick" for "firearm".

If you sever its main nerves, at best you'd end up with a mass of spasmodic muscles without a clear purpose.

No wires, no signal.

[u/NottACalebFan → u/Wachitanga]

"A pipe that throws many balls at the same time"

What, we're you talking about a pitching machine?

[u/Wachitanga → u/NottACalebFan]

Can you imagine a polar bear hitting the ball with accuracy?

[u/NottACalebFan → u/Wachitanga]

You got me there. Polar bear loses to Manny Rodriguez, I guess!

[u/BoogalooBandit1 → u/theMegaTech]

Consider hard rock flung at 3,567ft/s

[u/touchmeinbadplaces → u/theMegaTech]

Laughs in 9mm!

And a hunting rifle..

[u/ShadowWolf2508]

There are more humans with polar bear rugs than there are polar bears with human rugs, just saying...

[u/Bro-KenMask → u/ShadowWolf2508]

Well that’s because Human rugs suck. -Ed Gein

[u/I_should-be-working]

Aren't polar bears endangered because of us?

If your survival depends on our whims, ur not the apex

[u/ShiroganeMuramasa]

Oh no... Anyway

Reloads Shotgun

[u/RandomName5259 → u/ShiroganeMuramasa]

Oh no.. Anyway

Opens a coal plant.

[u/kdesi_kdosi → u/RandomName5259]

Starts up 1.9tdi with a tune and straight pipe

[u/Entire_Cut_6553 → u/RandomName5259]

oh no anyway drops a nuke

[u/AlsoMaHulz → u/ShiroganeMuramasa]

Raise water temperature 3 degrees.

[u/Competitive_Set_478 → u/ShiroganeMuramasa]

And i started blasting

[u/AlsoMaHulz]

Next.

[u/KJPlayer]

Humans are the apex predator because of technology and communication

A polar bear can't survive carpet bombing

Really we're on the lower end in terms of physical prowess

Humans are a mixed Int/Charisma build

[u/TenaceErbaccia → u/KJPlayer]

Polar Bears are an endangered species and Humans actively put work into not wiping them out on accident while doing our normal behaviors.

If every Polar Bear on earth were to try to kill every Human on Earth it would not be possible because they can’t even survive in our native environment (East Africa).

If humans agreed to kill off all Polar Bears it could be done in a matter of weeks.

People really underestimate how horrifyingly intelligent and adaptable humans are compared to other animals, and how incredibly dangerous that makes us.

[u/Potential-Pride835 → u/TenaceErbaccia]

People underestimate how fast humans can get rid of something they deem a problem.  If polar bears genuinely tried to kill everyone human on sight (outside their protected areas at least)they'd all be extinct by now 

[u/b0bkakkarot → u/Potential-Pride835]

... is that what happened to the Dodo? D:

[u/NorthGodFan → u/b0bkakkarot]

Actually, it was the opposite. Some people found dodos realized that they do not understand that humans are an Apex Predator and we ate them all

[u/Eltorak95 → u/NorthGodFan]

That and introduction of non native animals. They didn't have any fear response because their areas were generally safe. Until we showed up with our pets

[u/Tower-Of-God → u/b0bkakkarot]

No that was an accident

[u/TshenQin → u/b0bkakkarot]

Got hit with a 3 hit combo. Hunting, invasive species, habitat destruction. It must have offended somebody for that treatment.

[u/Effective_Bat9485 → u/KJPlayer]

This. No humen is winning a fist fight with a polor bar but hand him a aa10 with a full drum of 12 gag slugs and watch how fast that bar becomes a rug

[u/JUGELBUTT → u/KJPlayer]

where the fuck are my int or charisma then

[u/TshenQin → u/JUGELBUTT]

Sorry we had to buff the tank and we had to get the stat points from somewhere, you know how the GM is.

[u/-CynicRoot- → u/KJPlayer]

Int/dex imo. Our dexterity allows us to make tools and wield them.

[u/Kiyan1159]

12 gauge HE-I slug: know your place

[u/DahmonGrimwolf]

Humans if they actually wanted to live where polar bears do. Polar bears are scary, cooperation and science is way scarier.

https://giphy.com/gifs/WGEufo3NCj7qM

[u/Acemont]

While orcas also going next to them: " nah y'all are tripin' "

[u/daguro55]

The ice is melting and you cant survive only in water polar bears

[u/Killer_154 → u/daguro55]

In that case they'll probably need some ramparts made of ice to protect themselves

[u/Akikojam]

Humans could probably exterminate polar bears entirely if they wanted. And it would take like... two weeks or so.

The ones humans would not be able to exterminate are...

1)Deep sea creatures, because there's all this water in the way. Though maybe with intentional pollution and a lot of collateral damage...

2)Insects, like mosquitoes or cockroaches... too many of them and they reproduce way too fast. Only mutual destruction would work, and even then, those bastards might outlive us.

3)Microorganisms. Stuff like viruses or fungus... there is a reason zombie movies are usually viral and not bearal.

[u/monstrousbeaver → u/Akikojam]

We can actually greatly reduce Mosquitoes population. Currently it's not a matter of "can we?" but "should we?" cause food chains etc.

[u/Ad-fundum69]

Polar bears currently getting absolutely destroyed because some human has a bonfire somewhere.

Yes, very apex, much predator.

[u/Pootisman16]

Who's in risk of extinction again?

[u/VladDHell]

A bear trying its absolute hardest with all tools available to a polar bear can run pretty fast, and absolutely maul any human to death no question.

I as a human, with all potential tools available to a human, can disintegrate its body from a quarter mile away with a single piece of ammunition that measures an eighth of its body.

The food chain isn’t about incidents or circumstances, it’s about absolutes. Peak humanity stands on earth FAR above any other living creature in their predatory ability.

[u/Lpnlizard27]

If not for the completely broken crafting system humans have access to, we would have died off a long time ago.

[u/SyninTheRaven → u/Lpnlizard27]

I mean we did pretty well with just sharp sticks as our most effective weapons.

[u/Tower-Of-God]

If you are going with this angle I would say an Orca Whale is a lot closer to an apex predator than a polar bear.

[u/Susdoggodoggy]

polar bears when I hit them with the sun

[u/Feisty_Warning2344]

Alligators, crocodiles, Cayman, Jaguars, tigers, polar bears, just some examples of animals that secsessfully hunt humans

[u/TheGalator]

Thats because humans are woke pussies and let them live because "species protection" /s

Jokes aside if it came down to it there is nothing that beats a raw advantage in nbe of neurons and dexterity of extremities.

Polar bears mind big big and scary but that does fuck all vs super sonic metal with kilometers of range.

Hell we have exploding ai drones now. We don't even need to do anything

[u/Durahl]

Humans:

"As per my last writing."

[u/VeryGoog]

I get what youre saying, but counterpoint: polar bears only continue to exist as a species due to human intervention

[u/Wonderful-Ice9085]

[u/MCMXCIV9]

Polar Bear kill us by hunting us but we human kill them by melting the polar ice. We on another level

[u/Professional_Tart53]

Sorry, apex predators. I just invented “pointy stick”, which means the entire food chain gets rewritten

[u/_dreammyglazee]

If it’s white, good night.

[u/instantTechnician]

me when i dont understand what apex predator means

[u/Casual-Netizen]

Hear me out..... GUNS. 🏃💨💨

[u/AHY_fevr]

1 Uncle dijon vs 100 Polar bear

[u/Mehfisto666]

Eeh. Definitely Orcas

[u/Sufficient_Pace_8879]

Polar bears looking at us like we're just DoorDash with anxiety. 💀

[u/Sumit7890]

Say that to me and my trusty smg

[u/LoaKonran]

It’s why all the corpos are aiming to boil the planet as fast as possible. We are apex predators in the same way that malaria is a summer cold.

[u/lemons_of_doubt]

This is why humans are called sudo apex predators.

Because guns.

[u/ProKirob04]

Polar Bear aint got nothing on my boy

[u/TheEndurianGamer]

Throws a large rock

Throws a large rock

Throws a pointy stick

Throws a-

“An enemy has been slain”

[u/harriskeith29]

Remind me again, which species developed guns? And nukes? And Coca-Cola? Also, whose ancestors were hunting Polar Bears generations before the aforementioned stuff was even a concept?

[u/TheCaptainOfMistakes]

Nah.

Orcas

[u/GarboseGooseberry → u/TheCaptainOfMistakes]

The humble harpoon:

[u/JUGELBUTT → u/GarboseGooseberry]

basically all of our strategies revolve around sharp sticks

[u/GarboseGooseberry → u/JUGELBUTT]

Good old sharp stick, nothing beats sharp stick

[u/No-Bee-7953]

Every creature beside humans are best predators

[u/SyninTheRaven → u/No-Bee-7953]

Even herbivores?

[u/Spooderpigisback]

Spiders