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mkt853 t1_itxun27 wrote

How does the bear know how to open car doors?

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96greenmonster t1_itxxn99 wrote

Clearly you never watched Jurassic Park. If a raptor can figure it out a bear can

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Unharmful_Truths t1_itz52o8 wrote

I've spent a LOT of time in upstate New York (where my dad, grandparents, etc are from). Talking like Corning, Horseheads, etc. There are a LOT of bears there. My grandfather would keep an unloaded shotgun by the window. When a bear would curiously come up and start pawing at the window and looking at us he would pick up the unloaded shotgun, pump it once and point it at the bear. EVERY TIME the bear would open its eyes wide with fear and run away.

So they are savvy enough to know what a gun is but not savvy enough to know if its loaded.

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Kinuika t1_itz82b3 wrote

To be fair I’m also savvy enough to know what a gun is but also savvy enough to get the heck away from one pointed at my face unloaded or not!

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Unharmful_Truths t1_itz87km wrote

Oh same. Except I have an old rifle in my attic and when I have people check out the roof or put in a fan or anything (my family never goes up there) I'm like "dont' be scared! it doesn't work" and then when they get their head level with the floor a rifle is pointing at their head. And I'm like "I really need to move that one day!" (same thing happens 3-years later)

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therealcocochanel OP t1_itxy2rr wrote

I’m not sure. But they also tried to open my neighbor’s front screen door. They are savvy af

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Ruca705 t1_itz0hsm wrote

Bears have been opening car doors for a long time now, I’m surprised you haven’t seen any videos before, they go viral maybe once or twice a year. I’ve even seen one where the bear climbed in, the door closed behind it, and he was stuck in the car! That was super dangerous because someone had to go let it out.

The way to avoid this is - don’t keep food in your car at ALL, I’m pretty sure one of the videos I saw the bear was going for a single banana.

And lock your doors. You get a two-for-one with this because you won’t get your car tossed by bears or people.

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