@CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 6 months agoWhat's the rarest animal you've seen in person?message-square42fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down11
arrow-up142arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the rarest animal you've seen in person?@CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 6 months agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-square@SGforce@lemmy.calinkfedilink3•6 months agoI guess nobody can tell how big they are from photos. There’s never someone standing next to them for comparison.
minus-square@egrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•6 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