Gene Seach wrote:[color=blue]
> Bear taps into cans of campers' beer
>
> The Associated Press - August 20,2004
>
> BAKER LAKE, Wash. - When state Fish and Wildlife agents recently found a
> black bear passed out on the lawn of Baker Lake Resort, there were some
> clues scattered nearby - dozens of empty cans of Rainier Beer.
>
> The bear apparently got into campers' coolers and used his claws and teeth
> to puncture the cans. And not just any cans.
> "He drank the Rainier and wouldn't drink the Busch beer,'' said Lisa
> Broxson, bookkeeper at the campground and cabins resort east of Mount Baker.
>
> Fish and Wildlife enforcement Sgt. Bill Heinck said the bear did try one can
> of Busch, but ignored the rest. The beast then consumed about 36 cans of
> Rainier.
>
> A wildlife agent tried to chase the bear from the campground but the animal
> just climbed a tree to sleep it off for another four hours. Agents finally
> herded the bear away, but it returned the next morning.
>
> Agents then used a large, humane trap to capture it for relocation, baiting
> the trap with the usual: doughnuts, honey and, in this case, two cans of
> Rainier.
>
> That did the trick.
>
> "This is a new one on me,'' Heinck said. "I've known them to get into cans,
> but nothing like this. And it definitely had a preference.''
>
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That's interesting. While neither beer is particularly flavorsome, I'd
noticed in the past that I got a headache from Busch beer after just one
can. I'd assumed I had a mild allergy to some ingredient or additive.
It's nice to see other creatures share my opinion.

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