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lokitdwn t1_itxpkgt wrote

Good opportunity to utilize the door locks

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No-Zookeepergame2559 t1_itxqz50 wrote

They opened my neighbors refrigerator in their garage a few weeks ago and then did the same to my garage fridge a week later. Needless to say we are being much more careful about closing our garage doors right away.

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mkt853 t1_itxun27 wrote

How does the bear know how to open car doors?

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yudkib t1_itxv6i3 wrote

I’m sure Fox News was the first to report about a black bear checking for unlocked cars

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King_Calvo t1_itxx5kt wrote

Oh yeah when I visited a bear preserve in Montana they were explaining how a bear can get into a locked car in about five minutes. Don’t leave snacks there

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werdnak84 t1_ity0s8x wrote

OUT OF THE WAY! HE'S GOTTA GET TO WORK!

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Backpacker7385 t1_ity3ir1 wrote

Bears are pretty smart when it comes to getting into things that smell good. Reminds me of the old park ranger story about how there’s a lot of overlap between the dumbest humans and the smartest bears when it comes to “bear proof” trash cans and food storage containers.

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BanditCT t1_ity624r wrote

“Honey! Ubers here!”

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LazyUpvote88 t1_ity7bfg wrote

It almost looks like a dude in a bear suit. Love these beasts!

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lokitdwn t1_ityego6 wrote

I wonder if there's any relation to Stephanowski, there heads are very similar🐻

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InvisibleTeeth t1_itylqii wrote

Silly bear, thats not where the catalytic converter is.

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pgm_01 t1_itynoht wrote

This is why you should not leave your pic-a-nic basket in the car.

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buried_lede t1_ityoc37 wrote

They are good at this. I am in mortal fear I will wake up to find one in my house.

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LuckyWrench t1_ityuc8r wrote

He looks like he’s wondering if he left the stove on

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QueenOfQuok t1_ityzlan wrote

Yeah? He's just going for a day hike and getting stuff out of his car. Don't be rude.

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jules13131382 t1_ityzugl wrote

He’s from the uk and forgot that drivers side is on the right for the yanks

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cryptocratic7 t1_itz06ky wrote

In Lamont CT even the bears are feeling the pinch. They are stealing prius, picnic basket and mufflers.

Edit: downvotes for truth 🥳

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Ruca705 t1_itz0hsm wrote

Replying to mkt853 (#250,761)

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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TerpPhysicist t1_itz31n7 wrote

These catalytic converter thieves are getting out of control!

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Unharmful_Truths t1_itz4xbx wrote

Everybody needs a designated driver. This big guy called an Uber because he had been overserved on fermented berries. I think we should APPLAUD his behavior.

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Unharmful_Truths t1_itz52o8 wrote

Replying to 96greenmonster (#251,148)

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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midmodmad t1_itz5f6e wrote

r/bearsdoinghumanthings like leaving for work.

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Halifax199 t1_itz6zvc wrote

No food, no bears. Pretty simple.

DEEP wants everyone to be afraid so that they can start killing them. Because DEEP is all about the killing.

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Reginold_Rock t1_itz7oxp wrote

Just maybeeee ct should open a bear season. I personally wouldn’t like a bear being that close to me lol.

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Unharmful_Truths t1_itz87km wrote

Replying to Kinuika (#256,214)

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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PracticableSolution t1_itzazxp wrote

A park ranger once said that there’s a considerable amount of overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bear and the dumbest tourist

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krispzz t1_itzb5s5 wrote

and they say car thefts are down!

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mkt853 t1_itzds4a wrote

Replying to buried_lede (#254,032)

Since a bear weighs as much as it does, could it in theory break into a locked door just by leaning on it or using a little bit of force? If a human can kick in a locked door, I imagine a bear weighing much more could exert a lot more force on a door than a human.

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yudkib t1_itzea31 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#256,545)

The joke wouldn’t be funny if it didn’t resonate with people. The problem you’re having is entirely of the Republican’s doing. I was registered as a republican but got tired of the constant dog whistling. Give it a shot, you might like it.

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RamenBoy21 t1_itzmiel wrote

>I got an uber ad under this post

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meesch_mosh t1_itzqr2s wrote

We watched a bear open the neighbor’s car door last year. Sniffed around, left the car and tried the same thing on the vehicle next to it. Not a scratch on either car.

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okwhynot64 t1_itztaqw wrote

So what? He needed a lift...!

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Halifax199 t1_itzz4jm wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#257,804)

Your reply is simplistic, but bear biology/life history is quite complex. Elder females not only regulate population, they teach their young the way of the bear. Kill the females and it's a bloody free for all with rogue animals having to fend for themselves and unregulated breeding. There are many instances of this in nature - bears, deer, coyote, elephants - where hunting causes increases in animal-human conflict and population size (the latter from compensatory reproduction). The only way hunting works is through eradication, and then you have removed all of the other functions of bear, deer, etc. from the forest - like plant/tree propagule dispersal, nutrient cycling, and more. As the animal control officer/LEO in the CT town with the biggest bear-human interaction problem told us, he doesn't have a bear problem, he has a people problem. NO REWARDS, NO BEARS. There's simple for you.

I've done 30+ years as a forest ecologist in CT and even longer as a student of the primary literature of behavioral and population ecology. I've seen this in play all across New England including on forestlands in Maine on properties of up to 10,000 acres.

DEEP is counting on you not knowing (or caring about) any of this. They are all about killing, logging, and destroying, the very antithesis of environmental protection.

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SueBeee t1_iu0fylv wrote

I'm moving to Litchfield county next month. This will totally not happen to us, with our house in the middle of the woods, right?

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tebus81 t1_iu0zfc1 wrote

Where the hell did I leave my ID?!

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SeanFromQueens t1_iu10yxq wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#265,193)

But the next disease is what we're trying to avoid not the disease discovered from a surreptitiously decline of biodiversity that gave rise to disease carrying mice in South Eastern CT 40+ years ago. Let's learn from our past and do better.

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rabidpirate t1_iu11lh1 wrote

A garbage animal standing next to a garbage car, it's poetic.

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buried_lede t1_iu12v0x wrote

Replying to mkt853 (#257,031)

I have really good strong doors, but I watched a bunch of YouTube videos one day about how to bear proof your home or cabin and saw some where bears just ripped through exterior walls, lol. I am now paranoid about every weak spot of the property. I also close windows in the kitchen when I am cooking.

I am being a bit of a wreck over worrying it but whatever helps you sleep at night

Weak spots on doors are usually the door jams. If they can lean or pick at the frame of the door and it’s weak, they can get in

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keriiiiii t1_iu13kkx wrote

economy's so bad even bears have to get a second job

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No-Zookeepergame2559 t1_iu1zfd6 wrote

Replying to Money-Measurement961 (#265,983)

I live in Simsbury and second this. Spend 2 days here and if you’re looking you’ll see one. Just walk around Penwood State Forest or McLean Game refuge or better get drive around until you find a neighborhood where it’s trash collection day and just keep circling… you’ll see one… especially if you go in the early morning.

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tydi16 t1_iu23h54 wrote

Jesus Christ people he’s clearly got places to be, can y’all just leave him be?

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yesitsreallyme203 t1_iu26e09 wrote

These bears just get away with home invasions and now burglary 🤣

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