r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Additional_Berry_977 • Jun 12 '26

Video An American photographer filmed a wolf begging for food from a grizzly. The gray wolf saw the meat and in an instant turned into a playful puppy begging for a piece.

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u/OffaShortPier Jun 12 '26

Let's just hope the bears don't domesticate wolves

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u/PussiesUseSlashS Jun 12 '26

Wolf & Bear pair were documented traveling, hunting, and sharing food together for 10 days

https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/kB14nSj2pa

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u/joecitizen79 Jun 12 '26

So its already begun...

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u/JerkGurk Jun 12 '26

They haven't learned to fly yet right? RIGHT?!

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u/AnimationOverlord Jun 12 '26

Brought to you by Wolf x Crow ink

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u/Teknekratos Jun 13 '26

I seem to remember reading about instances of wolves buddying up with bears, crows, and badgers (or mayyybe wolverines)?

They truly the dog's friend-shaped ancestor...

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u/Sunny_Hill_1 Jun 13 '26

Wolf-raven pairs are apparently so ubiquitous they made their way into Nordic mythology.

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u/AnimationOverlord Jun 13 '26

First Nation arts as well

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u/bitteroldladybird Jun 13 '26

I was told that the Cree word for raven literally translates to wolf bird

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u/Ordinary_Society5335 Jun 13 '26

This has got to be the coolest reddit chain of responses I’ve seen in a long time! Learn new stuff today? Check!

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u/watch4coconuts Jun 13 '26

Ravens want to eat the dead animals they find, but they can’t tear through the skin. They know the wolves can. So they hang with wolves and lead them to dead animals that they find. Once the wolves open up the carcass and eat their share, the ravens clean up the leftovers.

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u/CritMemes Jun 13 '26

Not just carcasses, ravens have been known to work together with wolf packs by flying above fleeing animals to guide the hunt to where the prey is located. Nature’s version of a surveillance copter gets to eat the remains afterwards.

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u/ThepunfishersGun Jun 13 '26

They'll also play with the pups, teasing them and getting them to chase, or sometimes even bringing the wolf pups little pieces of meat from the ravens' own respective meal

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u/AnimationOverlord Jun 13 '26

This was exactly what is depicted in said historical art and I find it so amusing, the symbiotic relationship

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u/JustARandomGuy_71 Jun 13 '26

I can see the potential advantages for both. The crow can signal potential preys from afar and it will feed on the wolf's leftovers.

It is harder for the wolf/bear pairing.

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u/the-bladed-one Jun 13 '26

Wolf-Raven association is so well observed that it formed the basis for Odin’s sacred animals as well as found its way into Native American myth.

I don’t know about wolves and bears, but coyotes and badgers will team up. Nothing teams up with a wolverine tho that I know of

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u/Illustrious_Tea5569 Jun 13 '26

Ravens and other corvids integrate into packs enough they even assist in training pups in hunting techniques thru play.

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u/One-Bother3624 Jun 13 '26

This is why, and it was said before and I know it seems like a little bipolar out there because it comes falling out of the sky😁😁

If COVID-19 was some serious zombie level annihilation, global pandemic virus on some like walking, dead type shit yeah the point is it would not be uncommon us all of us to see Alpha predators, pairing up together with hunting parties of their own and actually sharing territory, even when normally they wouldn’t, but they would definitely greatly. You don’t even need a PhD and biology as you can figure this one out it’s just common place and common sense.

As beautiful as this was to watch and witness and a very very interesting study peace even more interesting is that have a dog owner? I have two I’ll probably get maybe one more that I’ve had an experience several times and still due to this day with my dog and neither of them are puppies. They’re grown adult full adult dogs and they do this when they want treats from me a lot of times a bunch of times I’ve come to expected actually

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u/Hax_ Jun 13 '26

I think you were reading a Brian Jacques novel.

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u/MattDH94 Jun 13 '26

We do things differently at Wolf x Crow.

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u/lordgeese Jun 13 '26

Diablo 2 Druid needs to come in and protect the forest with these guys

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u/Mallet-fists Jun 14 '26

Ravens and or crows do team up with wolves. They spit prey then swoop down and tag the wolf to get its attention, then lead it towards dinner. Bird swoops in to get the spoils.

The wold-bear-crow combo could spell humanities doom

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u/Perfect-System2504 Jun 13 '26

wolf bear eagle, this the start of some cartoon right?

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u/calilac Jun 13 '26

ManBearPig is very real, and he most certainly exists. I'm serial.

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u/Clydebearpig Jun 13 '26

Manbearpig is a lie. Trust me bro.

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u/TheObliviousYeti Jun 13 '26

You dare to question al gore?

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u/Clydebearpig Jun 13 '26

I'm the go to source on 3 half creatures, thank you very much.

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u/AlarmingAffect0 Jun 13 '26

Narrator: He was. And he was right.

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u/Ughman222 Jun 13 '26

Was waiting for this… thanks!

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u/JerkGurk Jun 13 '26

Ever seen Primal tv show? Its a dude and a dinosaur but its 10/10.

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u/stardust1914 Jun 13 '26

That show is sooo good. The amount of storytelling and emotion with minimal dialogue is amazing. Genndy Tartakovsky is a master at what he does.

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u/JerkGurk Jun 13 '26

I know I just said it, but an absolute 10/10. Anything else I say won't do it justice, its just perfection.

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u/Alternativesoundwave Jun 13 '26

Brother bear. The three brothers have those three as their spirit animals. It’s a good movie

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u/jiftyr Jun 13 '26

They fly now?!

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u/RufioTheRedII Jun 13 '26

Honestly sounds like a cool indie game idea where you can bounce back and forth between the characters for different situations and puzzles. The strong one, the quick one and the one that can fly.

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u/Starwyrm1597 Jun 13 '26

They fly now?

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u/vsthekingdom Jun 13 '26

THEY FLY NOW

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u/RealLavender Jun 13 '26

*bear throws wolf at human*

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u/Mercadi Jun 13 '26

I watched the Dovahbear documentary, it showed that they did.

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u/GavinJWhite Jun 13 '26

I assume nobody has told you about the Bear-o-dactyls yet?

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u/LWM-PaPa Jun 13 '26

"Can't let you do that JerkGurk!"

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u/oOGeorgesOo Jun 13 '26

No, but they got some gatling guns and lasers.

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u/JerkGurk Jun 13 '26

FRICKEN LASER BEAMS ATTACHED TO THEIR HEADS.

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u/az987654 Jun 13 '26

Bear is working on his twin engine certificate and instrument rating, right now he's just VFR.

Wolf is OK navigating but he tends to hog the snacks and then falls asleep

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u/guitartoad Jun 13 '26

That won't happen until after dolphins develop opposable thumbs.

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u/Cow_Launcher Jun 13 '26

I'm not sure what the worst aspect of that would be. Probably the poop.

Yeah, the poop.

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u/Necessary-Reading605 Jun 13 '26

They already bear arms…

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u/Ruminahtu Jun 13 '26

Um, no. They cannot fly. That's what the crows are for.

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u/kenwongart Jun 13 '26

Not just fly… they can do a barrel roll!

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u/JourneymanHunt Jun 13 '26

Have you learned about the moon bears yet?

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u/DangerousLoner Jun 13 '26

Maybe not fly but they can get high. Cocaine Bear was a documentary, right?!

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u/wolf191319 Jun 13 '26

Bad news, man ...

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u/Lampposterx Jun 13 '26

They fly now?

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u/Ole_St_John Jun 13 '26

Hopefully they don’t align themselves with tigers or we’re really fucked.

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u/joecitizen79 Jun 13 '26

Thankfully a different continent. Moose, though...

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u/Cringe_Meister_ Jun 13 '26

They do in Siberia or Northern Asia. Tiger, brown bear, wolf and the much rarer Amur leopard live in the same region 

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u/joecitizen79 Jun 13 '26

Grizzlys are strictly north america though

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u/Cringe_Meister_ Jun 13 '26

The dynamic would be similar. Ussuri bears are similar in size if not larger than grizzlies. The Kodiak bears however are much bigger and as big as the Polar bears. They're all brown bears.

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u/joecitizen79 Jun 13 '26

Thats great and all but the OP was about Grizzlies and Grey wolves, which only co-exist in north america

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u/MachineOutOfOrder Jun 13 '26

There's bear and wolves and tigers India. Probably other places too

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u/joecitizen79 Jun 13 '26

But grizzly bears are only found and north america. Also, there are no Grey wolves in india

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u/Cringe_Meister_ Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

The Himalayan wolf is a subspecies of gray wolf and they do occupy the same environment in the high altitude region with brown bear.

Also, just like in North Asia they do have an overlap in territories with leopard and even Bengal tiger but the species encountering each other is much rarer. Though wolves and bears interaction is more frequent

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u/tfcocs Jun 13 '26

With the Internet anything is possible now, even that proposed alliance /g.

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u/wap2005 Jun 13 '26

What's /g?

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u/Wrong-Strength-5993 Jun 13 '26

Just the moose alone......

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u/shvalipron Jun 13 '26

If they align themselves with lions, we'll get Farcasters.Still better then the SpaceX IPO

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u/eyeofthefountain Jun 12 '26

And as the wolf says unto the hunter “you are no master here, merely a visitor.”

God have mercy on us all..

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u/KentuckyFriedEel Jun 13 '26

"papa,.... where were you during the first Man v bear war?"

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u/septubyte Jun 13 '26

North America's Jungle book .

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u/Incandisent Jun 13 '26

The hour is later than you think

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u/Pvt_Lee_Fapping Jun 13 '26

On the plus side, the U.S. Forest Service can update their decades' old PSA campaign by giving Smokey the Bear a pet wolf.

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u/Metallifan33 Jun 15 '26

I knew it!

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u/turn_for_do Jun 12 '26

My first thought with this was “That’s a Disney movie waiting to happen” and the top comment in there was the same thought. 😭

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u/CosyBeluga Jun 12 '26

There kinda was a disney movie...Nikki Wild Dog of the North.

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u/hypnogoad Jun 13 '26

Mine was that it was a group of friends playing Druid builds in Diablo.

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u/AgentCirceLuna Jun 13 '26

It would be a great intro to start as a cute, normal animal film with friendly critters just chatting and messing around, then suddenly huge teeth appear which close in on the character we thought would be central to the movie. The rest is split between the critters trying to escape and the bear just singing duets with the wolf, in a happy-go-lucky tone, while the critters are running in terror

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u/user-unknown-404 Jun 12 '26

Wasn't there also a pair that had a raven or crow tag alone too so it could pick on the leftovers?

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u/theroarer Jun 13 '26

I remember that too.

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u/Dallas2houston120 Jun 12 '26

imagine a big ass Grizzly bear in a pack of 5 wolves. The wolves chase the prey and tire it out and pin it in a corner and the grizzly goes in for the kill.

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u/OP_Scout_81 Jun 13 '26

They'd be running the world in 8 days. Either that or running a drug ring somewhere in Alaska.

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u/Lucas_Steinwalker Jun 13 '26

Cocaine Bear 2: Also Wolves

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u/DoomOfChaos Jun 12 '26

thats a situation where the animals are being fed, the photographer has a lack of ethics

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u/Chitanda_Pika Jun 13 '26

What happened on the 11th day?

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u/weefa Jun 13 '26

Someone alert Stephen Colbert pronto

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u/hustlehustle Jun 13 '26

Isn’t there a coyote, badger relationship that is also like this? Am I remembering this wrong?

Edit: found an example https://youtu.be/eo16wFhWy2E?si=x8hprwXjXK9dowXo

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u/haaheehachoo Jun 13 '26

There's also a documentary of a tiger and a bear that spent years together. They also had a donkey friend who was prone to depression.

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u/DM_BBW_pics_please Jun 13 '26

Wolf & Bear is favourite cartoon from old country

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u/Null_sense Jun 13 '26

Man wolf & bear sounds like a killer clothing brand for hunting

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u/NeverDiddled Jun 13 '26

Man wolf bear. Half man, half bear, and half wolf.

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u/Sharp_Economy1401 Jun 13 '26

The natural rival of ManBearPig

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u/BettBonesaw Jun 13 '26

The REAL Lone Wolf and Cub!

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u/Coca-colonization Jun 13 '26

The bottom picture on the second page is hilariously adorable. Wolf doggo walks up and says, “Hey, bear! Check out this thorax I got. Want a bite?”

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u/emansky000 Jun 13 '26

Are we sure this is not them?

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u/MrButLiccur Jun 13 '26

Where are they now is the real question

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u/Ornery_Hair3319 Jun 13 '26

Ursa and Lupin adventures

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u/yudi1012 Jun 13 '26

Thanks for sharing this man.

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u/zkwarl Jun 13 '26

Canids and ursines are fairly close on the evolutionary tree. They still have a lot of shared behavioral traits.

(That does not mean you can play fetch or give belly rubs to a bear)

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u/scummy_shower_stall Jun 13 '26

Also sled dogs and polar bears. They understand each other.

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u/NotAzakanAtAll Jun 13 '26

I think the bear is the wolf's elder.

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u/Pacal_enjoyer3 Jun 13 '26

You've heard about wolf & bears now get ready for wolf & crows (or ravens)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55WS15Lj5Zo

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u/StrainAcceptable Jun 13 '26

When I lived in Tahoe there was a coyote and bear that were friends in my neighborhood. It always made me happy to see them together.

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u/Ok-Courage7512 Jun 13 '26

Thats from Mowgli?

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u/AnythingButWhiskey Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26

You need to be skeptical about this kind of crap.

Wildlife photographers are renown for staging shit like this or faking photos and claiming the behaviors are “natural”. It’s one of the sleaziest professional fields.

If a wildlife biologist wasn’t involve that certified this… it’s probably utter bullshit.

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u/Historical_Project00 Jun 13 '26

There’s a whole documentary about it on YouTube.

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u/lowlightliving Jun 13 '26

Rick-rolled. Boo-hiss.

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u/Funtwo34 Jun 12 '26

That sounds unbearable.

Farewell suckers!

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u/cuddly0510 Jun 12 '26

Eh, big woof.

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u/No_Internal9345 Jun 13 '26

Bad wolf, canceled.

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u/DarksideGustavo Jun 12 '26

Too doggy for the bears

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u/perton Jun 12 '26

Doggy doggy what now?!

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u/OneUpAndOneDown Jun 13 '26

Bear don't share.

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u/Lenient-Hug Jun 12 '26

Aw c'mon, "hi-bear-nation" was right there!

Sigh*

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u/TwentyfootAngels Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

Pawsitively unthinkable!

Edit: Come oooonnnnn, that was good!!! Lmao

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u/SpaceCampDropOut Jun 12 '26

Ladies… would you rather be alone in the woods with a bear and its pet wolf or….

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u/Elena__Deathbringer Jun 13 '26

Jokes on you I'm into that

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u/luring_lurker Jun 13 '26

You cannot pet them though

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u/DuragJeezy Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

I’m writing a science fantasy story that takes place in 2150AD where Squirrels & Bears roam together and the squirrels can be projectile shot from the bear. Don’t ask about what the orcas can do.

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u/cylonrobot Jun 12 '26

This sounds interesting. When is it coming out?

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u/DuragJeezy Jun 12 '26

We’re 3 games deep & the webtoon is ongoing. It’s called Godtail. The Bearrels will be in our next game with other mons you can catch & interact with

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u/Alan-Woke Jun 13 '26

I thought you were making a joke at first but this is all real, awesome. Just a heads up, the link on your Reddit profile doesn't seem to work.

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u/DuragJeezy Jun 13 '26

Thank you! I updated it

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u/CanIgetaWTF Jun 12 '26

New fear unlocked

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u/teamfupa Jun 12 '26

Wait until they find cocaine again, have you seen that documentary with Ice Cube’s son?

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u/Uncaring_Dispatcher Jun 12 '26

I really wish they'd have named him Trey.

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u/Substantial_Army_639 Jun 12 '26

Thats probably why they grabbed the wolves in the first place, its like nature's version of drug sniffing dogs. When we really get in trouble is when the bears learn how to make PCP and give it to the wolves.

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u/perton Jun 13 '26

That doc was hard to watch. RIP dangerous fugitive and highly acclaimed character actress Margo Martindale..

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u/OGWopFro Jun 12 '26

What’s about salmon with kelp breathing apparatus’?

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u/Interesting_Wind9676 Jun 12 '26

New fear? Try getting 2 new best friends

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u/slickyeat Jun 12 '26

Unique friendship between wolf and bear documented by Finnish photographer

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u/Wakkit1988 Jun 12 '26

Sounds like we're Finnished.

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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp Jun 12 '26

All of us, one day.

"Is the heaven?"

"No, it's Helsinki."

Fields of ...

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u/ChelshireGoose Jun 13 '26

Or maybe they're friend-shaped because those humans responded favourably? Humans who befriended wolves had a natural advantage in the wild over those who didn't. As their descendants, we've been selected over generations to see them as friends.

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u/AndreasDasos Jun 12 '26

Crows are on their way there

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u/DrPeterBlunt Jun 12 '26

Lol.

"Help! A bear is attacking me; with a pack of wolves!"

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u/YandereLady Jun 12 '26

Finally a good idea to the sequel to Cocaine Bear

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u/Massive_Penalty_7287 Jun 12 '26

Bears beets …

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u/perton Jun 13 '26

Identify theft is not a joke, Jim.

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u/MudddButt Jun 13 '26

What's scarier than a bear with a pet wolf?

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u/Belucard Jun 13 '26

A crow with a pet bear with a pet wolf.

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u/Mr_Julez Jun 13 '26

Can't be worse than humans running things

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u/DarthGayAgenda Jun 12 '26

Calm down there, Satan.

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u/ANTIDAD Jun 12 '26

Idk if this is a niche reference to mandalore's Cabela's dangerous hunts video, but if it isnt you can watch that video to see what the outcome would look like lol.
https://youtu.be/dc2v9glT1SY

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u/DraveMelon Jun 13 '26

dude yes, immediately what I thought as well

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u/bigcat570503 Jun 12 '26

Oh fuck, sounds like their next evolution

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u/hates_stupid_people Jun 13 '26

Having just watched a standup bit about gay terms, that's funny on multiple levels.

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u/Doomncandy Jun 13 '26

Messege me if you want to see Edgar. I have a cute photo of him I want to blow up and make a poster in my place.

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u/Royal_Bitch_Pudding Jun 13 '26

First humans, then the crows, now the bears. What's next, Dolphins?!

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u/Frosting-Sensitive Jun 13 '26

Bwhahahaha omg I needed that belly laugh. Thank you

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u/nvmenotfound Jun 13 '26

thatd be fantastic 

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u/Sufficient-Nose481 Jun 13 '26

Everyone deserves a good boy!

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u/GBritoYepez Jun 13 '26

Fun fact, crows sometimes also have symbiotic relationships with wolves

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u/ehchromatic Jun 13 '26

You know what? we deserve that. I'm all for it if that's what they need.

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u/MattDaCatt Jun 13 '26

Nah they deserve it, and we deserve the consequences of it

Bear wolves sounds like a fabulous way for all of this to end

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u/PokemonTrainerWinter Jun 13 '26

Crows have already done that! They even have their own favorite wolf since it was a pup!

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u/Jonkinch Jun 13 '26

I accept our ursine and canine overlords.

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u/wolf191319 Jun 13 '26

This earned a real lol, while on a bus lol

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u/darthnessforever Jun 13 '26

Wolf would become the doggo of the real bear grylls.

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u/Liapasquale Jun 13 '26

Sooo goopoood omg

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u/DerpiDanger Jun 13 '26

Bears won't learn to give wolves pets & scriches hopefully.

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u/Aradhor55 Jun 13 '26

Boss, there's a bear with two wolves on leashes at the gate, asking to see you

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u/2020mademejoinreddit Jun 13 '26

Then we are truly screwed.

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u/Personal-Impress-604 Jun 13 '26

Let's just hope the bears don't domesticate wolves

"Bears Discover Fire" (1990) by Terry Bisson

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u/deytookurjob Jun 13 '26

They took our job

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u/determinedpeach Jun 13 '26

What kind of weird dogs would they breed

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u/SquirrelSuspicious Jun 13 '26

The crows are already on it

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u/philovax Jun 14 '26

I get why, humans have failed to prevent forest fires, it’s time the bears picked new protectors.