I have a couple of bear boxes left over from my backpacking days. These are actually round canisters which would hold about 4 gallons of sand or liquid. A bear could beat these around the world and not get in. They are latched with two small tabs which have to be depressed simultaneously while at the same time the lid is turned. It takes knowledge of what one is doing, some fine motor skills, more than a little dexterity and some strength. I found learning to do it a bit hard, and holding down the proper tabs while turning the lid is tricky.
Apparently a bear somewhere in New England had figured out how to do it. The canisters were still legal on the west coast but apparently the Forest Service planned on the ability to expand out from New England.
Bears are most closely related to dogs, who can do anything one sets their mind to training them to do.
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Bear boxes. (Canisters, really.)
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- Accidental uplift
- Bear boxes. (Canisters, really.)
- I had a feeling you'd enjoy it.
- Politics on space. Don't you get enough on CE and Flame.
- Another example?
- Just a matter of time before they come for our women...
- I always thought Rattus rattus would first achieve that status.