You can pet bears at least one time
You can try to pet bears at least one time.
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If not friend, why friend shaped?
I have the same question, but reverse: Why are we making teddy bears bear-shaped?
Because they are called teddy bears. It wouldnt make sense if a teddy bear would have the shape of the sun or a cat
Thanks, that perfectly explains why we decided to use an apex predator for our cuddly toys.
Teddy Roosevelt opted not to shoot a bear that someone caught for him to shoot (because it would have been like shooting fish in a barrel; iirc the bear was immobilised). The press at the time got hold of this story, turned it into a story about pity/mercy (neither applied, the bear was killed anyway, just not by getting shot by Roosevelt) and an enterprising individual made a toy based on it, which became more popular than expected.
The popularity of the toy was also a boost to Roosevelt’s popularity, which is why at least one presidential candidate at the time tried to get something similar going for himself, but possums just aren’t cuddly and a copy of a popular thing rarely manages to reach the heights of popularity the thing it tries to copy got.
Huh, thanks. I didn’t think there to be an actual answer. I figured, it was just a shape that’s easy to manufacture and good for cuddling…
They’re not soft anyways. It’s super disappointing.
It’s like running your hand over a wire bristle cleaning brush. 2/10 would not recommend. (The baby cubs are no different.)
Edit for info: it was brown bears that I got to touch. Can’t speak for black, Polar, or others.
Fuck my survival instinct, I want that hug.
You absolutely can, I’ve done it
-sent from the afterlife
From me experience bears weren’t hostile (this one was a pet), more like mega lazy fur balls
Like a big dog, in my experience…
oh no, you can definitely pet bears
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Everything is petable if you’re brave enough. If just once.
Just like “All fungi are edible, some fungi are only edible once.” - Terry Pratchett.
I think it may depend greatly on the bear, but in this case, if you’re the apple connect, they’ll let you pet them.
Just don’t run out of apples.
Someday I will die trying to pet something that doesn’t want to be pet
You can pet them… maybe only once but you can
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