CraigOhMyEggotoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml·12 days agoWhat's the rarest animal you've seen in person?message-squarearrow-up146arrow-down11message-square51fedilink
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the rarest animal you've seen in person?CraigOhMyEggotoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml·12 days agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareSGforcearrow-up3arrow-down0·11 days agolinkfedilinkI guess nobody can tell how big they are from photos. There’s never someone standing next to them for comparison.
minus-squareegretsarrow-up3arrow-down0·11 days agolinkfedilinkSeriously! They’re the biggest land carnivores bar none. If you’re 5’ - 5’6" a bigger polar bear will be able to look you levelly in the eye while on all fours* and on its hind legs, it’ll be more than half your height again. *survivability of said staring contest is low
I guess nobody can tell how big they are from photos. There’s never someone standing next to them for comparison.
Seriously! They’re the biggest land carnivores bar none. If you’re 5’ - 5’6" a bigger polar bear will be able to look you levelly in the eye while on all fours* and on its hind legs, it’ll be more than half your height again.
*survivability of said staring contest is low