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OgnokTheRager t1_isc53fr wrote

BAWGAWD!!! THAT BARREL HAD A FAMILY!! NIKITA JUST SENT IT STRAIGHT TO DAVY JONES LOCKER!!

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Stunnahman t1_iscgowo wrote

WATCH OUT!!! WATCH OUT!!!!!

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wildmoose45 t1_ise40qz wrote

STOP THE MATCH!!! STOP THE DAMN MATCH!!

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Skysalter t1_iseiepf wrote

BOBBY LASHLEY! I'LL BE A SON OF A BITCH!

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ermonski t1_iseq8vi wrote

You thought it was a polar bear but IT'S ME AUSTIN! IT'S ME AUSTIN!!!

IT WAS ME ALL ALONG AUSTIN!!!

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F_ckYo_ t1_iscv80m wrote

Think of all his little 4oz cups at home

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nefrpitou t1_isc731g wrote

"You want to swim, huh? Sure let's see how far you swim. Ohhh very good, very good. You fucking piece of shit"

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TheBestMePlausible t1_iscb9r1 wrote

It’s practicing hunting for seals beneath the ice. If this were a nature program, we would now be watching baby polar bears covered in blood, playing around in the carcass of a dead seal.

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carpediem6792 t1_isd2yjr wrote

Yup. In nature, what we call play is training.

It's also social engineering, and pecking orders.

Animals got it more together than we give them credit for.

Add language and thumbs and we could be looking at a game changer.

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mekatzer t1_isdkjpu wrote

Play is training for humans too

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RaiyenZ t1_ise8aw7 wrote

That's why I tell people I'm training when I'm gaming

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bmrtt t1_ise9972 wrote

You don’t understand, I just have to master my civilian slaughtering skills in GTA.

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RaiyenZ t1_iseijww wrote

Hey man, perseverance is a good skill to have. You could've stopped at participation but you're going for mastery.

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evvoke t1_ise2xyo wrote

>add language and thumbs

Then you get Humans.

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Idkhfjeje t1_iselg2l wrote

Play isn't just some random useless thing we do. It's the most beneficial learning experience for children

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junkyardgerard t1_isdeion wrote

Yeah kind of a bummer to watch tbh

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The_Elizardbeth t1_isdvd8c wrote

Why? It is literally how nature functions. Edit: obviously not the zoo portion.

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AJ_Crowley_29 t1_it7mdm3 wrote

I mean, this is literally why zoos give animals toys; to stimulate their natural behaviors.

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kautau t1_iseit1a wrote

Aquarium worker here. I’ve worked in an enclosure just like this. Polar bear enclosure, the bear was looking peaceful, sunbathing. There was an orca enclosure next door I had just washed before the whale was placed back in. These two enclosures were only separated by a thin layer of glass, customers liked to see them interact sometimes. But one day, the glass broke. The orca quickly swam through the water, and leapt into the air, grabbing the bear and basically slamming it against the floor of the bear enclosure, breaking it as the bear smashed through it. It was so crazy and then I remembered that the same thing happened where in 1998, The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and he plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table.

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Brownie420 t1_iscr9sx wrote

Really gonna mistime the drop in the song with the event happening, and then cut the gif before the song actually drops. Who are the people who make these fucking videos

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nowake t1_iseu18f wrote

same ones who will take a video of a paper taped to the wall and then use photoshop to write some shit on that paper in the video that will generate a reaction from the comments section.

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polaarbear t1_isf0o6q wrote

People who don't listen to EDM music and are just stealing something that that think is popular rather than actually understanding the concept of a drop.

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rokomotto t1_isi38c3 wrote

What music? It's a gif for me.

Edit: sorry I mean gif.

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Kegeldix t1_iscq88h wrote

Infinitely better with the sound off

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jonsticles t1_isdkg6f wrote

Is this Nikita that used to be at the Kansas City Zoo, but was moved to have a better mating partner?

Nikita was great!

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Dark_Tendencies_ t1_ish8437 wrote

I want to say she’s at the Hogle Zoo in Utah!

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jonsticles t1_ish9ozc wrote

Hmm.I was thinking it was east coast, like NC. But I have no confidence in that.

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Dark_Tendencies_ t1_ishajnf wrote

Google and one other comment say Utah! We have a yearly membership and are there often, I thought the name was familiar.

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jonsticles t1_ishayxs wrote

Did the other comment confirm that this video is in Utah? Same Nikita?

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Dark_Tendencies_ t1_ishbkvw wrote

No, no confirmation! I just researched far enough to see why it seemed familiar. The enclosure and the bears name are identical to what I’ve seen at Hogle Zoo🙂

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EMPulseKC t1_isck0wp wrote

"IT WAS ME, BARREL!" ^(aw,sonuvabitch!) "IT WAS ME ALL ALONG!"

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Shoegazer75 t1_isdac9n wrote

Ha! Nikita used to dive for the visitors at the KC zoo all the time. I've got a pic of him and my son when he did one. Glad to see he hasn't changed!

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Colloqy t1_ise7h5y wrote

I remember him doing that in KC as well, he put on a great show! Where is he now? I remember hearing him going to another zoo to try for baby polar bears but I don’t remember where.

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Scutwork t1_isc7ol0 wrote

Does it really take so much effort to stand upright? That was a lot of little hops.

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GrilledCheeser t1_iscd7r4 wrote

It’s not about that. It’s about “feeling it out”. Basically it’s practicing it’s attack tactics. My Cats do it too but they wiggle their butts.

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ryan2stix t1_isd5aih wrote

The old Chris Benoit

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coldestdetroit t1_ise99dj wrote

This is what happens when a highly intelligent sentient animal gets locked in a mini enclosure thats probably 1/10000000000000000000000 the size of its natural habitat:( it gets bored

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cayden2 t1_isegdyh wrote

But hey, at least it's alive. Global warming is screwing polar bears over BAD and threat of starvation is an ever present threat. Don't get me wrong, trapping a sentient apex predator in an enclosure is fucked up, but at least there are people trying to minimize the damage caused by others.

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TIMSONBOB t1_isigejg wrote

Whats the advantage of keeping the species alive like that despite for entertainment and personal gain of the zoo owners?

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tallcupofwater t1_iscv3yi wrote

Can you imagine taking a flying head butt from a polar bear?

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thexbigxgreen t1_isdsykk wrote

How on Earth does someone miss the beat drop that badly?

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berusplants t1_ise99hc wrote

Yey, slave animal does a cute thing

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Mrspygmypiggy t1_isfllp4 wrote

That polar bear is a part of a breeding program to breed more bears so you know they don’t become extinct.

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keetojm t1_isd3749 wrote

Shit he is going to murder his wife and kid. That’s the Chris Benoit head butt.

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IslandDoggo t1_isfokhc wrote

Yeah I came here to say this bear is in contravention of wwe rules the diving headbutt is banned because of Chris Benoit murdering his family

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MEd_Mama_ t1_isdoaq9 wrote

Utah Hogle zoo! Those bears are always messing around.

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0xB0BAFE77 t1_ise5ec6 wrote

Best viewed with mute on.

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rbooz t1_isdrl4g wrote

As someone named Nikita I kinda dig bear having the same name...

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chronoboy1985 t1_isdkk4k wrote

Followed up with a hurricanrana and a bronco buster!

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alexaurus_rex t1_iscjf8t wrote

this is it. the peak of evolution. the apex predator of the world.
you may not like it, but it's true.

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Dunge23 t1_iscr854 wrote

Only time I have ever seen this bear not swimming in the same exact circle for hours on end in its enclosure

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Normous16 t1_iscwifq wrote

Buffalo zoo??

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Dunge23 t1_iscyjcs wrote

Kansas City. You can kinda see it in this video but he would swim to the glass and kick off it, then do a little loop and do it again all day every day. Check the comment as well

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CornCobKnows t1_isczoml wrote

He had a tenure at the NC zoo and did almost the exact thing every day as well

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Colloqy t1_ise7pft wrote

Happy to see him still hamming it up!

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Normous16 t1_itgb7yw wrote

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. The polar bear at the buffalo zoo does the same. Repeated loop from glass to wall, never seen him do anything else.

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lukehardy t1_iscxvqt wrote

That move Might have something to do with Chris Benoit killing his wife and son. That bear should consider a safer finisher.

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spm7368 t1_isdmhsz wrote

Isn’t this the Kansas City zoo

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TheFilipinoFeline t1_ise52z4 wrote

And here you have the polar bear as he would in the wild. No not the diving bear but the one taking this video. Did you see it? That polar bear is chill!

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TryingT0Wr1t3 t1_ise9cog wrote

I've seen this move in Donkey Kong Country

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TheGameSlave2 t1_isema3c wrote

Careful with that flying headbutt. Don't wanna get a concussion. Nice form, though.

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rigby__ t1_iseq57r wrote

Sad. Just bored to tears.

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Plz_PM_Steam_Keys t1_iserumb wrote

I thought he was going to jump and balance himself on it somehow

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TheW83 t1_isevy1v wrote

Is that a 55 gallon drum??

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nmonster99 t1_isey95i wrote

With the flying headbutt!

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TheFox30 t1_isf059x wrote

Is this a full size barrel?

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cubus31415 t1_isg39a0 wrote

The best part of this is that the announcers are like "oh, he’s going to do the headbutt!"

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DeviantStrain t1_isg5ibu wrote

On the one hand i am fully aware that this polar bear will gladly eviscerate me and munch on me like a picnic

On the other hand awh big doggy

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Ahem122 t1_isic8h6 wrote

Why do I vibe with this fucking polar bear, more than I do anyone else in my life?

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Moorebetter t1_isesuru wrote

I love Nikita, she used to be at the KC Zoo, and was a main attraction who did stuff like this all the time. I believe she went to this zoo to be a mating pair for a new generation of polar bears, but I'm not sure.

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potpro t1_iscjjej wrote

Makes me feel sad he will never get to hunt so he has to practice breaking ice this way.

..but everyone else keep up the "look at the cute derpy huggable animal!"

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notpetelambert t1_iscm6dd wrote

Many if not most zoo animals are not capable of returning to the wild. Either they were born in captivity, or they have an injury or disease that would mean they would not survive their natural environment. It can be sad to see an animal in captivity, but releasing an unfit animal into the wild is probably more cruel than allowing them to survive in captivity.

That said, not all zoos provide adequate environment, diet, healthcare, and enrichment for their animals, so it's important to do your research and learn what animals need to thrive, so you can make an educated judgement.

On the other hand, zoos are an excellent tool for keeping critically endangered species alive and reintroducing them to the environment! I recently visited the Santa Barbara zoo, where they had a large California Condor exhibit. The condors there were flightless due to injuries or deformations, but they and some other captive condors at other locations were able to produce offspring- that were then released into the wild, helping to bolster their near-extinct population.

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potpro t1_isf7xp6 wrote

Nothing you said i disagreed with. Is what i said not sad to you?

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notpetelambert t1_isf93jt wrote

Kinda, yes. That's why I wanted to counter with a little positivity.

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Moiny1 t1_isebxsl wrote

Caging 8700 species for entertainment to save 48 is the wrong way to do it.

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MuddyWaterTeamster t1_isegktv wrote

> Many if not most zoo animals are not capable of returning to the wild. Either they were born in captivity, or they have an injury or disease that would mean they would not survive their natural environment.

So we have to have zoos because animals get born in captivity, but animals get born in captivity because every mid-sized city needs to have a zoo.

> On the other hand, zoos are an excellent tool for keeping critically endangered species alive and reintroducing them to the environment!

Apparently not if they got born in captivity! Conservation in an environment that doesn’t make them completely maladapted to the outside world is a thing that exists.

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notpetelambert t1_isf6f4k wrote

>The condors there were flightless due to injuries or deformations, but they and some other captive condors at other locations were able to produce offspring- that were then released into the wild, helping to bolster their near-extinct population.

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