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Polar bear on board a Soviet icebreaker, 1970. (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 days ago by thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net to c/soviet@hexbear.net

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[–] Utter_Karate@hexbear.net 21 points 3 days ago

It's cute, but that bear looks too young and way too tired to be operating heavy machinery.

[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

the evil tankie soviets made bears work

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Stalin made all the animals work. it's in the documentary Animal Farm

[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 20 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Stalin also made kangaroos smoke comically oversized cigarettes

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

pooh-wtf Roo, no!

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

This is the Kangaroo Chronicles origin story.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 3 days ago

[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago

The apex predator but they caught you looking like this brow

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's piloting the boat!

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 12 points 3 days ago

It already ate the captain

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Fun Fact this is how all Soviet icebreakers were piloted, because cosmists discovered that polar bears had a psychic connection to the ice think-about-it

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago

Looking at the controls like cat-confused