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

Ok, just how many places was he hiding in?

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

Saddam: If I fits I sits.

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

It took awhile to find him

[–] CommissarVulpin 35 points 3 months ago

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

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

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

[–] TheTetrapod 19 points 3 months 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.

[–] hakunawazo 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Bear who made more holes survived?

Btw, don't they get snowed shut?

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

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

[–] shalafi 7 points 3 months 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.

[–] Feathercrown 13 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

What is the lower chamber for?

[–] ZILtoid1991 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Extra Saddam Husseins.

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

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

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

Storing snacks.

[–] EtherWhack 4 points 3 months ago

i.e. Saddam Hussain

[–] perviouslyiner 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

[–] jaybone 12 points 3 months ago

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

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

Quality scientific shitpost

[–] Shard 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What did I miss this time?

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

Saddam