CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoWhat's the rarest animal you've seen in person?message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down11
arrow-up144arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the rarest animal you've seen in person?CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareSGforce@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoI guess nobody can tell how big they are from photos. There’s never someone standing next to them for comparison.
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoSeriously! 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