Polar Bear Kills Brit in Norway

[Simon Le Tom]

Polar Bears are bad ass.

 

[TCIB]

Am I correct in thinking that polar bears are the only animals (with one obvious exception) that kill purely for killing's sake?

No bud, many apex predators have been documented as acting in a "killing frenzy" when prey is plentyful. One i can think of now is watching a Leopard go nuts jumping on gazelle in a camoflaged bushy area.
Something spooked them and the all bolted through this bush and the leopard was seen to kill at least 9 of them with no hope of ever eating it all.

It's a myth about foxes doing it for fun though. They fully intend on taking all chickens away but generally they are very skittish and easily spooked so the sight of a bunch of dead hens means something disturbed his lunch.

 

[wayne71]

Am I correct in thinking that polar bears are the only animals (with one obvious exception) that kill purely for killing's sake?

No bud, many apex predators have been documented as acting in a "killing frenzy" when prey is plentyful. One i can think of now is watching a Leopard go nuts jumping on gazelle in a camoflaged bushy area.
Something spooked them and the all bolted through this bush and the leopard was seen to kill at least 9 of them with no hope of ever eating it all.

It's a myth about foxes doing it for fun though. They fully intend on taking all chickens away but generally they are very skittish and easily spooked so the sight of a bunch of dead hens means something disturbed his lunch.

A fox killed my mates hens (I think he had eight) over a period of a couple of months, never ate a single one.

 

[stonerblue]

Am I correct in thinking that polar bears are the only animals (with one obvious exception) that kill purely for killing's sake?

They are the only mammal that will actively hunt down humans

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Am I correct in thinking that polar bears are the only animals (with one obvious exception) that kill purely for killing's sake?

They are the only mammal that will actively hunt down humans

You've gotta love 'em just for that. It just ever so slightly helps to redress the balance of man over beast.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Is the exception a killer whale?!?

I'd forgotten about them. They're right nasty fuckers.

-- Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:19 pm --

My only real experience of polar bears is the one on the Fox's Glacier Mints advert and to be fair to him, he was pretty patient with that annoying fox.

That fox was a prick. I guess I was incorrect!!

Not so !!
Foxy was very clever and got himself into a new advert for Shephead Neame and Old Speckled Hen Beer !!

I hear that's only because he had a good agent.

 

[Pigeonho]

I felt bad when I read the initial report it had been shot dead. Presumed the authorities had done it, which would have been out of order. It was the guys on the camp as the attack happened though, so fair enough.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

I was half listening to the radio last night. Did I hear correctly that the one that got killed had decided to punch the bear on the nose and that is pretty much why the bear took his head off? Or did I just dream that?

 

[Pigeonho]

I was half listening to the radio last night. Did I hear correctly that the one that got killed had decided to punch the bear on the nose and that is pretty much why the bear took his head off?

I would imagine the bop on the nose didn't really register with the bear, more the panic and chaos it was causing in the tent. I can't imagine the horror of waking up with one of those beasts in the tent with you, ripping into anything that moved. It's an awful story, but if you go into the beats lair, expect the beast to bite.

 

[pee dubya]

Am I correct in thinking that polar bears are the only animals (with one obvious exception) that kill purely for killing's sake?

They are the only mammal that will actively hunt down humans

Hmm, bit of a myth that? Tigers in particular are known for it in certain areas.