USA: A bear destroys a car in search of lipstick that was inside | Israel Today

Traveling to countries with bears?

You should pay attention to the warning issued by the Colorado State Wildlife Organization in the United States.

In a message to travelers, the organization wrote: "For anyone traveling in the area with vehicles, please do not leave food or junk in your vehicles. The bears smell the food scraps and know how to open vehicle doors. While searching for food they do a lot of damage. In another case the bear smells lipstick, It has a special scent that attracted him, which led him to destroy the entire vehicle in search of lipstick. "

Bears know how to open car doors.

There was no food / trash left inside here, but there was lip gloss.

Its scent was enough to entice the bear to check it out.

Keep unwanted guests out of your cars by locking the doors & removing anything with a scent.https: //t.co/wr9cwDyeKu pic.twitter.com/OXTsuMjyKb

- CPW NE Region (@CPW_NE) April 25, 2022

Local media in Colorado explained that the bears are attracted to the smells of many products like air fresheners, lipsticks, sunscreens and creams in general.

The odors of the cosmetics, which are produced with a pleasant odor to humans, attract the large animals that try to reach the source of the odor and test it.

Warning for travelers.

Bear, archive,

"Beware of leaving garbage or feeding bears"

In general, wildlife organizations in the US and Canada warn locals as well as tourists not to feed bears and not to leave food outside homes in visible places or in bins. In bears that practice not hunting, but relying on the food they find next to human habitation.

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