Arent bears suppose to hibernate in winters?

[KillWonder]

Arent bears suppose to hibernate in winters? And perhaps even other animals too. That would make this game unrealistic!

[IFIYGD]

What? A video game? Not 100% IRL realistic? Something based on a fictional story, premise and concept not matching real world reality to a T?

It can't be so! Nuuuuuuuu! You just rekt me, crushed my heart, broke my mind! I can't believe video games are not completely realistic!

[iheartmyocd]

Lol, the assumotion is A - nothing can hibernate forever in eternal winter, so their hibernation behavior has changed, or B - they've been driven all wonky by the 'event' in the same way the wolves have, aka "we know that in real live wolves ordinarily don't attack humans" while in the game my poor little cold butt is apparently the only wolf-nip toy in Canada.

Just roll with it. Willing suspension of disbelief is a key element in all video games, as long as it's explained plausibly.

[IFIYGD]

Indeed. This game is science fiction.You suspend disbelief, while sttill being immersed. Much like the suspension of disbelief when reading a book, or watching a moive like "The Thing", "S.T.A.L.K.E.R.". or "2001: A Space Odyssey". Or any other entertainment form based on fiction. Some are more "realistic" and plausible than others.

P.S.- http://www.bigcat.org/news/the-truth-about-bears-and-hibernation

[MycroftCanadaNS]

Originally posted by KillWonder:

Arent bears suppose to hibernate in winters? And perhaps even other animals too. That would make this game unrealistic!

No, they do not hibernate during the winter months.

[H34VY_R41N]

And you can not survive an airplane crush. Game over.

[karik_FIN_134]

Maybe the geomagnetic storm woke them up. And they can't sleep aymore due to that (it changed their normal behaviour idk), also they consume fat reserves faster while being awake so they need to hunt/get food

[Nil Desperandum]

All the fore-going are working possibilities of course, but there is an answer for you to bring back realism into TLD, KillWonder

But if you cannot get your head round any of these, start a new game choosing you favourite difficulty, you can then customise it using the Custom Mode, select from the list - NO BEARS - then you can pretend in game that all the bears are hibernating just as you imagine they should be - Custom Mode is an excellent way of bringing a little realism into the game.

[Yeoman]

Originally posted by karik_FIN_134:

Maybe the geomagnetic storm woke them up. And they can't sleep aymore due to that (it changed their normal behaviour idk), also they consume fat reserves faster while being awake so they need to hunt/get food

I’ve had the exact same question, and this is what I figured. Once they are woken from hibernation, assuming they’re up long enough, they stay up, so it would make sense to me that if the aurora is affecting the animals, it must have been what woke the bears.

Looking at some of the other posts here, I don’t see why people in this forum tend to flip out when someone uses the word *looks over shoulder* “realism”. I get that it’s obviously a video game, with innate limitations, but it’s not unfair to assume that certain things function in a realistic manner. If we don’t make those assumptions, we can’t possibly hope to make an informed decision on anything until we actually experience it in the game, and learn the game’s logic.

Originally posted by MycroftCanadaNS:

Originally posted by KillWonder:

Arent bears suppose to hibernate in winters? And perhaps even other animals too. That would make this game unrealistic!

No, they do not hibernate during the winter months.

Could you clarify this? Which type of bear are you talking about? Because black bears and grizzlies certainly hibernate.

[IFIYGD]

Originally posted by TheNobleYeoman:

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Originally posted by MycroftCanadaNS:

No, they do not hibernate during the winter months.

Could you clarify this? Which type of bear are you talking about? Because black bears and grizzlies certainly hibernate.

Bears do not hibernate as the article I linked about shows. Torpor is not true hibernation.
Need another source? Here you go:
https://www.scienceworld.ca/blog/do-bears-actually-hibernate

[Alcator]

Originally posted by CBF RAIN:

And you can not survive an airplane crush. Game over.

Or rather - you cannot survive one in which the plane stops abruptly in the crown of a tree and you fall another 30 meters lower...

[Nil Desperandum]

Originally posted by Alcator:

Originally posted by CBF RAIN:

And you can not survive an airplane crush. Game over.

Or rather - you cannot survive one in which the plane stops abruptly in the crown of a tree and you fall another 30 meters lower...

Folks have survived falling much further than that: Copied from The Telegraph UK newspaper.

30 years on, woman who survived 33,000 foot fall still faces questions 26 Jan 2012

British tourist dies in parachute fall 01 Jul 2009

Skydiver survives 1,000ft fall onto roof after parachute fails 15 Aug 2009

Freefall world record set by team of 108 skydivers 03 Aug 2009

Skydiver survives fall without parachute 18 May 2009

Miracle escapes: list of most amazing brushes with death 17 Aug 2009

I know you can't believe everything you read in a newspaper, but.....

[mranders]

Originally posted by IFIYGD:

Originally posted by TheNobleYeoman:

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Could you clarify this? Which type of bear are you talking about? Because black bears and grizzlies certainly hibernate.

Bears do not hibernate as the article I linked about shows. Torpor is not true hibernation.
Need another source? Here you go:
https://www.scienceworld.ca/blog/do-bears-actually-hibernate

Huh, I didn't know that. Learn something new everyday, thanks. I'm a little dissapointed though that it's not called "tuporate" because "tuporate" is funny to say.

[{O|G} Erik the Red]

Originally posted by IFIYGD:

Originally posted by TheNobleYeoman:

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Could you clarify this? Which type of bear are you talking about? Because black bears and grizzlies certainly hibernate.

Bears do not hibernate as the article I linked about shows. Torpor is not true hibernation.
Need another source? Here you go:
https://www.scienceworld.ca/blog/do-bears-actually-hibernate

Read the article, got me wondering... what are the chances the player experiences torpor? Well not so much on the food and drink, but body temp is permanently cold, and haven't passed waste in 100 days...

Also makes me wonder if all those "corpses" are just faking it, secretly being able to hibernate...

"TELL ME YOUR SECRETS, BOB!"

[Yeoman]

Originally posted by IFIYGD:

Originally posted by TheNobleYeoman:

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Could you clarify this? Which type of bear are you talking about? Because black bears and grizzlies certainly hibernate.

Bears do not hibernate as the article I linked about shows. Torpor is not true hibernation.
Need another source? Here you go:
https://www.scienceworld.ca/blog/do-bears-actually-hibernate

Oh, I read that. I mean, on a technicality they don’t “hibernate”, but their metabolism plummets, they sleep a ton, and they rarely, if ever, leave their den. They aren’t on the prowl, albiet more slowly due to torpor.

[AAAARGH!]

Yes, but hibernating bears can't eat you.