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    $\begingroup$ @spark Bears will even eat each other when they're hungry, I doubt domestication would stop them eating us. Ultimately they'll remain bears. $\endgroup$
    – Separatrix
    Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 12:10
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    $\begingroup$ @spark The argument here is that the exact trait that makes them desirable mounts (their ferocity in battle) makes them undesirable mounts (unless you breed that ferocity out, they'll be a liability). I would agree with that argument. $\endgroup$
    – Cronax
    Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 13:16
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    $\begingroup$ @fgysin dogs are pack animals, bears are not. It's a very important distinction that I explicitly made. $\endgroup$
    – Separatrix
    Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 13:55
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    $\begingroup$ and the reason that is important is pack animals view pack members as family and (usually) won't turn on each other even when starving. Bears are loners and have no such inhibitions. $\endgroup$
    – Jim2B
    Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 15:45
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    $\begingroup$ The morale of the mounts, though, would be higher... $\endgroup$
    – Oldcat
    Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 17:48