How do we know it was by memory? What if the bear held that person hostage for a very flattering painting
this post was submitted on 25 Nov 2023
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I've seen cartoons. That man and that bear were friends
A good theory, but sadly this drawing predates the invention of the pickinick basket by at least 10 years. At least.
Not nearly as dark as I was gonna go.
I assume that chonker was tasty,
I immediately thought this poor artist was in the cave for days, periodically poking his head out, and the bear was still there, just waiting.
They got many close looks at that bear and had nothing to do but draw the thing that would finally kill them when they got desperate enough to make a run for it.
This painting might be like someone writing Jeff on the tile floor in their own blood. Or they became friends like in a Disney movie. I see no middle alternative.
Joking aside, that’s a phenomenal likeness.
It's a really nice cave drawing for sure. It even has a bit of a Disney vibe to it. I think it's because of the little ears.
Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
That's why a bear can rest at ease
With just the bare necessities of life
For what? Communication is not happening, that's for sure.
Pantomiming to ask if they take commissions
I mean, they clearly have experience in the furry category.
Not enough feet to be considered a furry artist
ThiNk aBoUT tHE eXp0SuRE!
This actually made me laugh.
Goes back in time
Bro, awesome bear!
Dude, that's a cat...
Goes back in time
Plot twist: its a self-portrait
They definitely practiced. Someone taught them. Damn.
If i came across a bear, i'd sure remember it.
In fact, the word "brown" is the morph of the original word for bear. Whatever humans used for brown was overshadowed long ago by the very experience of bear itself, and the color alone became a prevalent warning against that thing that is the single most terrifying brown in existence.
Well, maybe. There's also a competing hypothesis that says it's the other way around, i.e. "bear" is derived from "brown"; the old word for "bear" became taboo, possibly for fear that speaking the beast's name would summon it. Either way, the fear of bears has certainly left a mark on the Germanic languages.
Describes the stimulus and the response.
What we see probably isn't even the full image, either. They probably put more details and colors on it and stuff, that's just the outline. How else do you teach your buddies about what bears look like?
Is banana for scale a thing in lemmy? Maybe it's bear sized and some cave owner painted his wall with an outline using his natural bear spirograph.
Dope