Bear Picks Up and Straightens Traffic Cone

[Martin Eden]

Was this ursine part of the road crew?

[Lovie777]

1. Fascinating ....

[TigressDem]

2. Didn't you know? Smokey The Bear has a cousin Earl with the DOT.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Were there other cones? So he knew to align them?

[Karadeniz]

4. Has probably seen upright cones and knows how they should look...

[Joinfortmill]

5. Lol

[2naSalit]

6. That looks like...

The same place and same cone that a wolf played with a few years back!

[Blues Heron]

7. OCD Bear

everything has to be JUST SO!

[vanlassie]

15. Female, mom.

😉

[homegirl]

27. That was

my first reaction.

[AndyS]

16. Not OCD, CDO because all the letters are in the right order . . .

[appalachiablue]

17. +1

[Demobrat]

8. Oh look he's so cute.

I wanna pet him.

[BOSSHOG]

9. Must be a Woke Bear. Always striving to do the right thing

[3catwoman3]

10. This has been posted here before. I loved it then, and...

...I love it now.

I know I'll watch it several times.

[Martin Eden]

13. Yes, the otter thread reminded me of it

Otter in a swimming pool brought cones to the deck as a person was cleaning it.

[judesedit]

11. Another example of animal intelligence

[niyad]

12. That bear probably did more work than some of the crew, judging by what I

generally see.

[AndyS]

18. I'm told that the guy with the flag gets paid more than the guy with the shovel . . .

. . . 'cause ya' can't lean on a flag.

[Rebl2]

14. He likes order and

neatness in his surroundings.

[jgmiller]

19. There's a longer version of this video

He's following another bear and the first bear knocked the cone over. Bears don't get credit for how smart they really are. There are lots of videos of them checking doors on cars by pulling the handle. The problem is they don't seem to understand when they get in the car and the door closes behind them how to pull the handle and push the door open.

[Duppers]

29. True, bears don't get enough credit for their intelligence.

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According to PBS:

"Zookeepers and animal trainers consider bears to be smarter than dogs. The bear's cunning is legendary when it comes to guarding itself against danger from hunters and poachers. The animal's uncanny ability to evade human predators during hunting season could almost be considered forethought.Jun 10, 2008"

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/arctic-bears-bear-intelligence/779/#:~:text=Zookeepers%20and%20animal%20trainers%20consider,could%20almost%20be%20considered%20forethought.


Edited to include link.

[BigmanPigman]

20. Clevern

[intrepidity]

21. ...and so nonchalant

Just love it.

[kairos12]

22. His work makes the crew look not so good

so trouble is bruin between them.

[TlalocW]

23. In the past

I've hung out at the bear pit at zoos and tried to convince people that the bears were just people in bear suits (enough people believed me that they asked zoo employees when the bears were coming back, and they came and asked me to stop).

Maybe I was actually right.

[lpbk2713]

24. Keeping his home in order.

Doing a little bit of light housekeeping.

"What would the neighbors think?"

[barbtries]

25. maybe a little OCD

but that is very cool that it was caught on camera

[liberalla]

26. Thank you Bear!

A very kind and thoughtful bear.

[IronLionZion]

28. This is what it's come to with the labor shortage

road crews are getting more furry. That bear is being a good citizen.

[IcyPeas]

30. Smarter than the Average Bear.... Yogi Bear