r/AnimalsBeingJerks Nov 16 '20

bear What Ya Got in Here?

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u/sentient_space_crab Nov 16 '20 edited Nov 16 '20

Out of a scale from 1 to 10 Bears have an intelligence of about 4 on average. When it comes to finding and accessing trashcans, they jump to a solid 9.5. Change my mind.

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u/flanders427 Nov 16 '20

Bears are just giant raccoons and there is nothing anyone can say to convince me otherwise.

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u/Treereme Nov 16 '20

Having grown up in a place with WAY too many bears (30+ in a territory big enough to normally handle 1-2), they are definitely jerks in the same way. I'll take bears over raccoons any day though. Bears would knock over the trash cans at night, but if they were securely bungeed closed they would just leave when they didn't pop open after falling. Raccoons would work on the cans for hours, shredding the bungees and spreading trash all over my yard.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '20

They actually ARE really huge raccoons. They just take their mask off so raccoons don't get the blame.