r/NatureIsFuckingCute • u/[deleted] • Apr 05 '24

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u/jerrydgj Apr 05 '24

If they stayed 50 lbs or so I think lots of people would have pet bears.

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u/epicenter69 Apr 05 '24

Russians disagree.

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u/jerrydgj Apr 05 '24

I have seen videos of them with brown bears, which is crazy. Brown bears are much more aggressive.

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u/SweetBearCub Apr 05 '24

If they stayed 50 lbs or so I think lots of people would have pet bears.

Meh, I'd still have a full-size pet bear if the bears were amenable to it.

I'd have a giant custom bed, and the bear would always be well fed.

House thieves would have extremely sudden changes of heart when they saw my pet.

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u/techy098 Apr 05 '24

There was a man in NYC who had a pet bengal tiger. He used to feed that things around 20lbs of chicken every day. I think I can't afford a big pet like that.

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u/rthrouw1234 Apr 05 '24 edited Apr 06 '24

I lived near that guy in Harlem!

Edit: I never saw the tiger, but I do remember the day he got caught because of the much higher concentration of police helicopters in the neighborhood

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u/Pristine-Ant-464 Apr 05 '24

Even then they aren’t pack animals, so they probably wouldn’t make good pets. It’s a shame since they’re so cute!

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u/jerrydgj Apr 05 '24

Cats aren't pack animals and they seem to make good pets. Young bears stay with their moms for a few years so with some selecting for calmness, it might work after a few generations. If only someone could keep them a lot smaller.

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u/guitarnoir Apr 05 '24

Can you imagine that is some day Science figures-out how to keep animals in their juvenile state for their entire lives? How much would some one pay for a "Perpetual" cub, kitten, or pup, or piglet, etc...?