Snopes.com: Is it 'Berenstain' or 'Berenstein' Bears? Classic case of Mandela Effect, explained
Is it 'Berenstain' or 'Berenstein' Bears? Classic case of Mandela Effect, explained
What this means for bears and scents: If you use vacuum sealing bags with an aluminum liner, or mylar bags with an aluminum liner, and you properly use them, these would be much better than nylofume bags and the like for limiting scent diffusion.
The science of scent, bears, and ways to severely restrict odor ...
I’m sure there are plenty of stories of people warding off bears with guns and also many with bear spray. And thousands more by avoiding contact by making lots of noise, keeping a clean camp, and not being around food-conditioned bears. We do what we can here in Alaska trying to get new people to do the right thing, but it’s a sisyphean task.
Reasons some areas don’t approve bear bags are: 1. As seen in the video, hanging from tree encourages bears to damage the trees. 2. Bear proof containers need to be idiot proof as well as bear proof. It takes and IQ of at least 90 to figure how to hang these things… far above what many hikers are capable of… :))) (really, the cans are just more fool proof… no knot skills or picking ...
In episode 99 of the BPL podcast we're going to learn about how bears smell, and what you can do to hide your food from the nose of a bear.
What is even worse is that bears seem to know the transition period when you've first walked into camp, maybe you are preparing a meal, but the food has not yet been stored high in a tree. I've seen some black bear activity right around meal time. At night when my backpack is empty, I generally leave it flattened out on the ground beside my tent.