{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Do you know why Sun Bears look so...weird compared to other bears? Is it the eyes?", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/643956450781184000/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: <p>Do you know why Sun Bears look so...weird compared to other bears? Is it the eyes?</p></div>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https://bunjywunjy.tumblr.com/post/636782465167622144/do-you-know-why-sun-bears-look-soweird-compared\">bunjywunjy</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p>it\u2019s not just you, sun bears just look incredibly bizarre when you stack them up against other bears!</p><p>pictured: bear</p><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"900\" data-orig-width=\"1200\"><img src=\"/media/697f3591650ed5d35b3924499a4d8e4ad497ce68_83a123b22d61.png\" data-orig-height=\"900\" data-orig-width=\"1200\" srcset=\"/media/f6caf9a19d45eee1f0111de07f214ecaea22148b_9bc733b2a791.png 75w, /media/67e790257d4a83883721ea18307d0669f894cd20_344413fa38c3.png 100w, /media/04fc6a22aaff1834d16699f4b63f99569b02b4c1_c688ee230d62.png 250w, /media/1f27e8d72b71a15af123550bd1aa314295150652_fcdc618083e6.png 400w, /media/c1d897f0587c49b1de2b99b3f656a6faf62cbf57_28ca11e2b32f.png 500w, /media/077b46107df2aeedc0cb0a596762e06efc89d6d2_84ff3640afa8.png 540w, /media/697f3591650ed5d35b3924499a4d8e4ad497ce68_83a123b22d61.png 640w, /media/896b1afc90e402c05fd1b43f316b64b6d435a37b_fb3f2831f742.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"/></figure></div><p>pictured: film extra from the first narnia movie in a hyperreallistic fursuit:</p><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"360\" data-orig-width=\"540\"><img src=\"/media/6be815aa0005416fd13da2e9f59ce5a837cb20fe_39006c66e2ef.png\" data-orig-height=\"360\" data-orig-width=\"540\" srcset=\"/media/6becd17020dddb757e785147a0d1e0a3cfd51e3f_ed0b954530cb.png 75w, /media/96106d1ccb0a1b57d2cfab42c8368c8df6859bfb_ec8043247034.png 100w, /media/5bf288b2583baecc489d5ce8973e1ec7889b3710_60e7c00feb89.png 250w, /media/4c29a748c1190ab7e72de504144d535a10afd022_22591452493f.png 400w, /media/ee49c853fab64efe8a69b1524ed18023281cc304_494db9118c54.png 500w, /media/7f621034205e0bb738d8d1d4aa30a5aa0915c592_5c46222c538e.png 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\"/></figure></div><p>but as always, there <b>are real valid reasons behind mother nature\u2019s stupid horseshit!</b></p><p>the sun bear has bizarrely humanlike limbs because, living in a hot tropical environment, they have no need for the enormous fat reserves of the temperate bears! this makes their bodies a LOT thinner and really screws up their proportions.\u00a0</p><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"800\" data-orig-width=\"600\"><img src=\"/media/82638a9fdceeee3ba5c1d8652efa1bdafae00cef_ca39ed0724bb.png\" data-orig-height=\"800\" data-orig-width=\"600\" srcset=\"/media/edafb6c65f7720a947f5e43bb66b87428f7a3a79_2aaa4f697a87.png 75w, /media/b81612cd504f4d3c9f7ce52343b38460d80989f9_98c401292c0e.png 100w, /media/5056229daedbef4fc6d50b960e7d987cc2ebc647_809c73ceee7e.png 250w, /media/e20afdf89829a77b30a5bc643fc9aad8cb473038_b326d67ec3b5.png 400w, /media/5c784d00ddd638e76dbf8cdef84d9bdf2104a598_6abf0f65da0e.png 500w, /media/902beb0fd92a4a41b059ae557980f1411e6fea03_aa5e391dc92b.png 540w, /media/82638a9fdceeee3ba5c1d8652efa1bdafae00cef_ca39ed0724bb.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"/></figure></div><p>like really, REALLY screws up.</p><p>but sun bears do actually have longer front legs than other bears, along with larger claws, longer tongues, and cartoonishly mobile muppet faces.</p><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"1080\" data-orig-width=\"1920\"><img src=\"/media/9c9bd584974c4e054829b017e4525e703943fe55_32144ba79b1e.png\" data-orig-height=\"1080\" data-orig-width=\"1920\" srcset=\"/media/cbe246a4e8362fc365527e54db0730f108d8b9e4_17952e144f24.png 75w, /media/454ed712e95158767920bcb3aa7892ac77d15f37_7cf6ad08e152.png 100w, /media/fa756c9b0cb12c903f19a874779df73455787d19_62b43b7bb81b.png 250w, /media/cb7a1004c3abeac61ca0fbf61726b2c91f192348_512c3e777244.png 400w, /media/cd7d6df95dd6191a0ac0f0ee7603922902f64d6f_15a40c150f5e.png 500w, /media/d52dffc4657d677d1a33832b9d57efb48bef139b_e084447c9329.png 540w, /media/9c9bd584974c4e054829b017e4525e703943fe55_32144ba79b1e.png 640w, /media/d08ca542bc2eb3e8ec2103a8f1506ae22a02683e_337762f0a022.png 1280w, /media/1cd20b3da3be01bc192424a26fd71fbe5a8edb71_7eeda32fbb92.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"/></figure></div><p>and for good reason: <b>sun bears are specialized predators of social insects!</b></p><p>the long legs and huge claws let the sun bear rip into beehives and termite mounds alike with wild abandon, while the long tongue and agile face assist the sun bear with getting all slurpy slurpy on the innocent hive insects and their delicious larva who were just going about their normal insect day when the sun bear rolled into town.</p><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"478\" data-orig-width=\"720\"><img src=\"/media/b4358417041261a66aa28fe0ea165ed81ea323bd_3dd6884fda36.png\" data-orig-height=\"478\" data-orig-width=\"720\" srcset=\"/media/e80aa25a779960a938404ab8b855d1c6e4c96004_92eed067849d.png 75w, /media/2b6b352ec958698c9bb8cdab69546034c754adb0_a764de63a63f.png 100w, /media/342e4dfdbaa1378200d1a58705529cc899840436_1f7f48d27d08.png 250w, /media/6b559e4f987dfb07719df1f10a057d4a9c4ded2b_40f8bd0b366b.png 400w, /media/1aba697d73f9c4b717185a7a7eb13ed3b99a133e_eac93b131416.png 500w, /media/23b8e6ed244494682664d6438904f5627c746df5_70bbffba5589.png 540w, /media/b4358417041261a66aa28fe0ea165ed81ea323bd_3dd6884fda36.png 640w, /media/995d1c2f020d20467f84dfdfa2bb9fbc2308858e_9e7c9f711af0.png 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"/></figure></div><p>\u201caaaieeee! please, not the children!\u201d</p><p>now insects aren\u2019t ALL a sun bear eats, by any means, but they DO form the bulk of the protein in the sun bear\u2019s diet, so they\u2019ve got good reasons to look the way they do!</p><p>humans just tend to find the wonky proportions pretty off-putting, and it doesn\u2019t help that many sun bears also have light-colored eyes which humans find incredibly freaky.</p><div class=\"npf_row\"><figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"313\" data-orig-width=\"472\"><img src=\"/media/fc0743bd9546be0291da4c199bb3eceefaae47ab_4376569888bc.png\" data-orig-height=\"313\" data-orig-width=\"472\" srcset=\"/media/5dcc2ec33ed794368aa498fbf1de50dd3a13e4bc_9a712bc6c575.png 75w, /media/be2814aa8f769b7936db2ff7c8bb0736659d33db_71dc876f758e.png 100w, /media/4467b3f3e9b206c491f5da9a5ba8ff717fc3c11b_8af012e5f565.png 250w, /media/1ec5a97ccba50eda289e4d6ee0ec9aecf743e75d_087b5a6b3a12.png 400w, /media/c1d57c773f3293d453301c988405ea96e6a57da8_c1f5bfb7209e.png 472w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\"/></figure></div><p>NYEGH okay that is pretty awful.\u00a0</p><p>anyway<b> tldr sun bears look weird because the bear family tried to produce an anteater, and they didn\u2019t do a half-bad job at it!</b></p></blockquote>", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/697f3591650ed5d35b3924499a4d8e4ad497ce68_83a123b22d61.png", "thumbnail_width": 640, "thumbnail_height": 480}