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19th-century Inuit artifact from the Bering Sea region, crafted from walrus ivory to depict a polar bear carrying its cub.
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SSTF lemmy.world setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world
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username_1 programming.dev username_1@programming.dev
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SSTF lemmy.world setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world
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No, the 1800s. The modern ones. Or moderner anyway.

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exaybachae startrek.website exaybachae@startrek.website
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Yeah, sure, those totally look like polar bear faces and bodies....

Did the artist see any polar bears before carving this, or were they blind and working from verbal description?

Personally, I'm petty sure this is a normal example of 19th century porn.

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AeronMelon lemmy.world aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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“You remember what a Polar Bear looks like, right?”

“Oh yeah, don’t worry about it.”

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Ioughttamow fedia.io Ioughttamow@fedia.io
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Mondays, amirite?

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danekrae lemmy.world danekrae@lemmy.world
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“You remember what a Polar Bear looks like, right?” “Oh yeah, don’t worry about it.”

I have a feeling, those who got close enough to see the details, didn't get a chance to sculpt.

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solidsmoke lemmy.world solidsmoke@lemmy.world
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Polar bear? Looks to me like they just carved some funny little guys. I'd hate for future archaeologists to find my highschool doodles and decide what animals I must have been depicting 🫪

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wyldrstallyns lemmy.dbzer0.com wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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“You remember what a Polar Bear looks like, right?” “Oh yeah, don’t worry about it.”

In the artist's defense, they'd only just returned from an expo w/ some illuminated text scribes, so 💁🏽‍♂️

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wyldrstallyns lemmy.dbzer0.com wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Polar bear? Looks to me like they just carved some funny little guys. I'd hate for future archaeologists to find my highschool doodles and decide what animals I must have been depicting 🫪

Lotsa unicorns way back then. Hung.

edit: meant "hunh", but I'm leaving it.

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Deacon lemmy.world deacon@lemmy.world
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Lotsa unicorns way back then. Hung. edit: meant "hunh", but I'm leaving it.

Unicorns just have the same horn down there. It’s all one diagonally placed bone all the way through.

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wyldrstallyns lemmy.dbzer0.com wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Unicorns just have the same horn down there. It’s all one diagonally placed bone all the way through.

IIRC, horns are keratin and antlers are bone. ☝🏼

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KraeuterRoy feddit.org KraeuterRoy@feddit.org
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Looks like it was carved out of a potato - neat!

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Naz sh.itjust.works Naz@sh.itjust.works
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Etterra discuss.online Etterra@discuss.online
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That "polar bear" has seen some shit.

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Deacon lemmy.world deacon@lemmy.world
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IIRC, horns are keratin and antlers are bone. ☝🏼

Interesting. What else can you tell us about Unicorn physiology?

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wyldrstallyns lemmy.dbzer0.com wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Interesting. What else can you tell us about Unicorn physiology?

Pretty horny from top to bottom, and all the switches between. 💁🏽‍♀️

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