It\u2019s smarter than the average bear! <\/p>\n
One particularly cunning cub snuck into the backyard of a Connecticut home and snatched a bag of Doritos conveniently abandoned on the patio table, hilarious \u201cbear cam\u201d video shows.<\/p>\n
A bear made off with a bag of Doritos in Connecticut. Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection<\/p>\n
The footage comes from a state Department of Environmental Protection study that clipped collars onto a select number of bears emerging from hibernation to track their behavior this summer.<\/p>\n
The collars were outfitted with \u201cbear cams\u201d that provide viewers with a first-person perspective of life on all fours.<\/p>\n
One famished bear trekked through a home\u2019s backyard in search of something to eat, when it noticed an open bag of Doritos that the homeowner left on their patio table.<\/p>\n
The bear snuck into a backyard and took the open bag of chips. Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection<\/p>\n
The bear sniffed the nacho cheese chips clamping its jaws down on the top of the bag and retreating back into the woods with an extra pep in its step, according to the video shared by the state agency.<\/p>\n
The rest of the backyard was left virtually untouched, save for a few paw prints in the dirt. <\/p>\n
The \u201cbear cam\u201d project comes after Connecticut reported more than 12,000 human-bear interactions over the last year \u2014 with encounters becoming increasingly frequent as deforestation forces many bears out of their natural habitats.<\/p>\n
Multiple bears were outfitted with \u201cbear cams\u201d for a state Department of Environmental Protection study. Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection<\/p>\n
In late March, one bear tried to steal an entire rolling dumpster while its twin cubs watched in apparent confusion.<\/p>\n