For some, there’s nothing quite as relaxing as taking a dip in a hot tub at the end of the day. It makes sense; you’re in warm, bubbling water, gazing at the stars. If you’re lucky, maybe your soundtrack includes crickets or a hooting owl. Sounds blissful, right?<\/p>\n
One bear<\/a> seems very interested in taking a late-night soak. Captured in a clip shared on Instagram, we see this incredibly clever bear get right to work, removing the cover of a hot tub. But what he does next surprised everyone. Take a look!<\/p>\n “Smarter than the average bear,” the caption states.<\/p>\n Too true! Look at this bear<\/a> get right to work removing that cover.<\/p>\n Viewers were impressed with this bear’s hustle.<\/p>\n “Stepping up his Bear Cave game \ud83d\ude4c\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc4f\u2764\ufe0f,” one person said.<\/p>\n Love that! A hot tub would be a nice addition for sure.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc36<\/a>SIGN UP to get \u201cpawsitivity\u201d delivered right to your inbox with inspiring & entertaining stories about our furry & feathered friends<\/a>\ud83d\udc3e\ud83d\udc3e<\/a><\/p>\n “Wow, he really wanted to go swimming \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02,” another pointed out.<\/p>\n Yes! Look at that dedication as he moves the cover to the side using his paws and teeth.<\/p>\n “Have fun enjoying that hot tub at night, knowing bears visit. \ud83e\udd23,” someone else commented.<\/p>\n Yikes, good point! You might be willing to make room for a friend or neighbor, but a large bear? Hmmm.<\/p>\n Related: Labrador Comes Face-to-Face With a Bear and Says ‘Not Today, Sir’<\/a><\/p>\n “That will teach them to latch the cover next time\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02,” someone else noted.<\/p>\n I don’t know, something tells me this bear is so smart, he could pop that latch in a flash! Who’s with me?<\/p>\n Turns Out, the Bear Wasn’t There for a Soak<\/p>\n After all that work, you expected to see this bear hop in and chill, right? Well, it turns out he had other things in mind.<\/p>\n “I thought he wanted to soak. But he wanted a new bed. Very smart,” one impressed viewer said.<\/p>\n Aw, so sweet. We have to imagine the ground gets pretty hard on the back night after night. Why not indulge in a hot tub cover when you can?<\/p>\n We have to wonder what the hot tub owners thought when they awoke to find the hot tub cover far from where they left it! Good thing they had this footage to solve the mystery, and we’re so glad they shared it!<\/p>\n This story was originally published by Parade Pets<\/a> on May 2, 2026, where it first appeared in the Pet News<\/a> section. Add Parade Pets as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For some, there’s nothing quite as relaxing as taking a dip in a hot tub at the end…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[199116,85,46,199118,141,199117,386],"class_list":["post-423201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-hot-tub","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-removing-the-cover","tag-science","tag-smarter-than-the-average-bear","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}