r/interestingasfuck 11h ago

Young polar bear cub after eating a seal, photographed near Svalbard by Marsel van Oosten

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u/NathanCS741 11h ago

So innocent yet predatory…

u/chefsanji_r 11h ago

That's his food,it can be predetory yet innocent.

u/nonpuissant 11h ago

yeah babies gotta eat.

Human babies look about like this around 6-7 months too, after a meal of carrot and beet puree. Or some blackberries.

u/Artistic_Tutor_2613 11h ago

And still look like this at 2 with blackberries

u/nonpuissant 10h ago

Too true.

Though with much less innocence in the case of ours. All that cute baby sweetness, where did it go 😭

u/printzonic 4h ago

Our son is 34 Martha, 34!

u/Overthinks_Questions 10h ago

Or baby seals

u/B777X_787-9 4h ago

And ketchup or tomato sauce 🤣

u/0202_tihssitidder 10h ago

Story: A penguin was driving his BMW and check engine light comes on (naturally). He drives it to a mechanic and they tell him they can look at it right away. Give them an hour.

Penguin goes across the street to a grocery store to get out of the heat. While in there he jumps into a freezer, finds some ice cream to eat, and shortly falls asleep in an ice cream daze.

He wakes up after 2 hours and rushes back to the mechanic. He apologizes for being late and the mechanic says "Don't worry about that. Hey, it looks like you blew a seal."

The penguin says "This? No, it's just ice cream."

u/aspidities_87 9h ago

Dad? Are you on Reddit again?

u/DepressingAura 11h ago

Looks like a kid that got caught with his hand in the strawberry jam 😂

u/SophieCannotStop 9h ago

Yes, he's been caught red handed.

u/Nice_Emphasis_39 47m ago

It’s ok, his lips are sealed

u/lih9 9h ago

Looks like a kid in footie pajamas.

u/yourfavgirleverr 3h ago

Better go clean up before mama bear comes home…

u/Familiar-Objective11 1h ago

“Harvey! Did you go and spoil your appetite!? I’ve been hunting all day!”

u/Impossible-Bee-5343 11h ago

One Eyeland Photography Awards 2016

Photographer: Marsel Van Oosten

Country: Netherlands

Title: Bloody cute

Caption/Description: Young polar bear cub after eating a seal. Photographed near Svalbard.

Entry Level: Professional

Type: Nature

Category: Wildlife

Award: Silver

u/SiljeLiff 10h ago

What an awesome title. Thanks for sharing.

u/DumbleDork3233 10h ago

I just…to him it was just lunch. And now he sits like this. 🥹

u/mollymcbbbbbb 1h ago

aww. so precious!

u/Good4nowbut 12m ago

I wanna squeeze those feet 🤷‍♂️

u/djsnoopmike 10h ago

What's the crime? Eating a meal? A succulent seal meal?

u/mikelbarnz666 10h ago

Truly bearocracy manifest

u/InactiveMedusa 11h ago

That's how I look after raiding the fridge at 3 a.m.

u/falardeau187 10h ago

Bloody, cold, and alone? 🫂

u/Meesayousa 9h ago

Somebody needs to check his freezer to be honest 😅

u/LitttleSaintNick 11h ago

You could probably my go up and give him a snuggle, he looks full

u/mtraven23 11h ago

ain't that the most adorable killer you ever did see?

u/Anubis-Jute 7h ago

Hmm, very similar to the predator we have at home . . .

u/NoRelation3158 6h ago

😃 thanks for the smile

u/KentooArt 10h ago

The contrast between light blue and red in this picture is pure stunning.

u/NinaCR33 11h ago

Why friend shaped if not friend?

u/Phearwyn 9h ago

Is red a friend color?

u/Ill-Luck-1397 6h ago

fluffy

u/Ladies_Pls_DM_nudes 1h ago

Idk, it's perfect for a children's hospital

u/dra_cula 11h ago

He's getting more on him than in him

u/jeromekelvin 11h ago

There's still more in him and that's the scary part

u/mindscapepix 11h ago

Looks like he had a bloody good time.

u/User_Name_Tracks 11h ago

It definitely has its red wings now

u/Mayflower-Sail-1620 10h ago

I’m sure he’s thinking, F! These stains will never come out of this! White? What I thinking wearing my Whites to a messy meal?

u/per167 9h ago

You know what to do if you get blood on your clothes, put them in cold water while blood is still fresh. So the polar bear is in the right place.

u/Mayflower-Sail-1620 9h ago

Polar Bear, thy name is OxyClean

u/Elendil1988 9h ago

I love how one of the most terrifying and powerful predators in animal world looks like a cute plush toy.

u/usernexttuesday 9h ago

My brain read this as “young polar bear cub after eating a salad” 😭 I was not prepared for the photo

u/RMFranken 1h ago

He needs a coke to wash it down!

u/MRV3N 11h ago

Cute bear ate a handful of strawberries.

u/Phearwyn 9h ago

I love strawberries. I'll have what the bear had.

u/DoookieMaxx 10h ago

This. THIS is why we have polar bibs. Damnit, Carl, you do this every time we go out.

u/Seanblowedyou93 10h ago

He’s contemplating what he’s just done

u/bizzare1985 9h ago

looks so cute, will eat you without a second thought alsoo

u/Weirdbeardstudios 7h ago

Awwww look at the nice murder teddy

u/Dawn_Of_The_Dave 5h ago

"What have I become..."

u/Tea-Jay-Dogville 4h ago

The camera man is next on the menu..

u/devenger73 2h ago

“I cant believe I ate the whole thing.”

u/Medium_Stress_4293 1h ago

Some photos of a fresh polar bear kill and pawprints from Svalbard back in 2017

u/CasinoKnightZone 11h ago

Not his fault he was born a remorseless killing machine. Who's a cute little murderer? you are, yes you are! Who loves him some screams of pain as he rips and devours flesh!? Who wants a belly rub!?

u/SiljeLiff 10h ago

That is proper punk rock.

u/nellynelly9 10h ago

This would be a sick metal album cover

u/plutino- 9h ago

Cutie patootie murder mittens

u/atharvbadkas 9h ago

Tf you looking at?

u/pnwal-junction 8h ago

"Want some Coke?"

u/maitshee 8h ago

Floof

u/whisksnwhisky 7h ago

“Please, sir, may I have some gore?”

u/AppleOld5779 6h ago

He looks ashamed of what he just did

u/PermissionJaded5510 4h ago

Surely has to be top 3 most dangerous animals in the world

u/tirename 3h ago

Looks like he has post-seal clarity.

u/taheromar 3h ago

So bloody cute

u/Anannapina 3h ago

That pose!

u/phuqYouTwo 3h ago

I just wanted my classic bottle of coca cola back 🫪

u/ProtonCanon 2h ago

"You're next."

u/Individual-Iron-6370 11h ago

Looks guilty, too.

u/rockstoned4 11h ago

Me eating pomegranate for the first time.

u/LeatherSlight3242 11h ago

Kids when they get ahold of their mom's lipstick

u/lain_ic 11h ago

“Seal”. More like the last person with a camera that bothered it.

u/HotSummerfeetMeat 11h ago

Nom nom nom

u/IndependentTotal9280 10h ago

So proper but frightening

u/raygan_reddit_banned 10h ago

I thought they only want Coke Cola

/s

u/Brief_Article_6075 10h ago

Good job , if photographer was a bit nearer it would be his blood

u/bt65 10h ago

Oh how I miss my god friend, he looked so tasty that I HAD to eat him, but i have no one to play hide and seek with no more... oh my belly is soo full i can barely move...

u/let_meTry 10h ago

Looks can be deceiving.

u/stonkerooni 10h ago

He big sad but big full :/

u/Few_Judge1188 9h ago

He’s waiting for the desert .

u/shirre88 9h ago

Cute but deadly

u/RomanRefrigerator 9h ago

Cub: I'd do it again

u/anoraq 8h ago

«Is this all there is to life? If all I do is gorging on seals, am I really living?»

u/Super-Investment-780 8h ago

Mom said it’s my turn to play Xbox.

u/Impossible_Crazy_654 8h ago

„Now I need something sweet…“

u/Few-You4510 8h ago

how kids look at you after eating an entire box of crayons

u/aleqqqs 7h ago

What is the charge? Can he not enjoy a succulent seal?

u/throwitintheair22 7h ago

How they get the blood off?

u/Flaveurr 6h ago

Sometimes they live near water

u/throwitintheair22 4h ago

And it all comes off ?

u/vAzhure 2h ago

Here in Russia, we often use snow to clean our carpets. So, imagine a bear as a carpet. 🤣

u/A1Aaron18 7h ago

Look at those fuckin paws!!

u/Rudzis17 7h ago

What have I done???

u/LazyMousse3598 7h ago

Nature is graphic.

u/thesamenightmares 6h ago

The smug face of a man with a full belly.

u/Acceptare 6h ago

So cute I would pet him

u/lesteadfastgentleman 6h ago

Me when I'm on a cut and the wife bought the good ice cream.

u/CenderzeSwarm 5h ago

Oosten is the c-cheese in Swedish. The more you know ig

u/primavera31 5h ago

They grow up so fast, don't they?

u/No-Direction-4487 5h ago

Full of soup ❌ Full of seal ✅

u/Affectionate-Army738 5h ago

A single drop on my tshirt from my finger cut when preparing my salad stains forever no matter what chemical I use to remove it and then these mfs bathe in blood like a sick dracula and the next day their fur is like fresh out of dry cleaning

u/sorigah 5h ago

Like my kid eating pasta

u/32BitBrit 4h ago

Polar porch pirate plastered with paint

u/RaspberryOk4588 4h ago

Yo dude, got a beer? -bear

u/TheFoxandTheSandor 3h ago

You've got red on you

u/Mahaloth 3h ago

"And what haunts me, is that in all the faces of all the bears that Treadwell ever filmed, I discover no kinship, no understanding, no mercy. I see only the overwhelming indifference of nature. To me, there is no such thing as a secret world of the bears. And this blank stare speaks only of a half-bored interest in food."

u/Mother_Ad_3561 2h ago

Bro just crushed a whole ass bag of hot Cheetos

u/ConfessorKahlan 2h ago

wish i could live on svalbard.

u/SuddenPaint7983 2h ago

Look cute, adorable but....

u/J3RRYTHEDAMAJA 2h ago

“I should buy a boat.”

u/Familiar-Objective11 1h ago

God, it looks just like a third grader after having eaten a slice of pizza.

u/AuraTickler 1h ago

What have I done cub

u/Apollosolace88 35m ago

Did he have a Coca Cola with his lunch? 😅

u/Rio1339 29m ago

too mutch Ketchup

u/ZeroheartX 20m ago

Bet he could wash it down with ice cold coke cola

u/Pale-Contribution291 2m ago

not an orca in sight

u/Any-Evening-4070 8h ago

Bloody cute

u/jmbrjr 11h ago

Me as a kid after eating those red pistachios.

u/Possible_Resolution4 11h ago

Year 2000 math says this guy shouldn’t be alive, yet alone looking healthy.

What happened to the hockey stick?

u/HollowSynergy 7h ago

And humans stupidly enough want to bring kids to a world this brutal, yeah and the cycle of unconscious goes on

u/Jlu030962 5h ago

?????????????

u/SoggyValuable6575 10h ago

Killer. Lets all leave upvotes to a killer, sure