Bears on drugs! Russian bears scavange for fuel, inhaling the fumes to get high. - Polidicks

[URL="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2294757/Bear-ly-conscious-Russian-creatures-pass-developing-aviation-fuel-addiction-sniffing-discarded-gas-barrels.html"][DAILYMAIL][/URL] (there are articles by other servers but the DM one has most pictures and seems best written so fuck the system) [quote] Photographer Igor Shpilenok spent seven months observing the bears The brown bears live at the Kronotsky Nature Reserve in Russia's far east By [URL="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Helen+Lawson"]Helen Lawson[/URL] [B]PUBLISHED:[/B] 14:46 GMT, 17 March 2013 | [B]UPDATED:[/B] 07:59 GMT, 18 March 2013 These brown bears are keen to play with discarded barrels - because they have developed a nose for aviation fuel. The creatures sniff kerosene and gasoline from containers left in the Kronotsky Nature Reserve in the far east of Russia. They take deep breaths for minutes at a time before digging a shallow hole and lying in a 'nirvana' position. [IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/03/17/article-2294757-18BA474C000005DC-222_634x373.jpg[/IMG] A bear lies back in the 'nirvana' position in the snow after sniffing aviation fuel [IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/03/17/article-2294757-18BA4750000005DC-355_634x398.jpg[/IMG] Dozens of brown bears sniff air fuel from barrels left on the plains of South Kamchatka Sanctuary in Russia's Far East [IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/03/17/article-2294757-18BA4748000005DC-122_634x342.jpg[/IMG] A brown bear named Suzemka explores a discarded barrel in the sanctuary, which is a Unesco-protected World Heritage site The fuel is used to power generators and helicopters used by nature reserve workers. Photographer Igor Shpilenok, 52, spent seven months with the community of bears. He said some of the addicted predators even stalked helicopters, waiting for take off and drops of fuel to leak onto the hard soil for them to hoover up. He added: 'In another case a helicopter brought a few barrels of gasoline. 'Workers of the nature reserve didn't take them in time and a female bear named Suzemka - who is apparently fasciated by the smell of fuel - used the opportunity. 'She seems to be one of the addicts.' The Kronotsky Nature Reserve, in South Kamchatka, is home to more than 700 brown bears. [IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/03/17/article-2294757-18BA4744000005DC-388_634x386.jpg[/IMG] Suzemka rolls the barrel along the ground in the sanctuary to claim it as her own [IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/03/17/article-2294757-18BA4740000005DC-838_634x388.jpg[/IMG] Suzemka takes a deep breath of kerosene through a crack in the fuel container [/quote]

It's common in places like Alaska to hoist fuel up in trees (not because bears can't climb, oh they can all too well) but to prevent them from smelling it in the first place. Bears [I]love[/I] the smell of fuel.

Hey, red and white barrels. :v:

Only in Russia

[quote]He said some of the addicted predators even stalked helicopters[/quote] :suicide: Well i'm out if bears are stalking helicopters now.

[QUOTE=mac338;39966922]It's common in places like Alaska to hoist fuel up in trees (not because bears can't climb, oh they can all too well) but to prevent them from smelling it in the first place. Bears [I]love[/I] the smell of fuel.[/QUOTE] i know a lot of people like the smell of fuel too. not like huffing it or w/e its just a nice smell why is this

Bears are people too

I don't blame them, I like the smell of fuel.

damn we fucked up bad

[QUOTE=DOG-GY;39967581]i know a lot of people like the smell of fuel too. not like huffing it or w/e its just a nice smell why is this[/QUOTE] Because it's trying to trick you into drinking some of it. Don't fall for its lies!

[QUOTE=gamefreek76;39967992]Because it's trying to trick you into drinking some of it. Don't fall for its lies![/QUOTE] nah i prefer crude oil

How can they tell them apart from the normal Russian junkies?

[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;39969338]How can they tell them apart from the normal Russian junkies?[/QUOTE] bears don't drunk drive in russia as much as the people do

Vodka, carcams, aerolites, accents and kerosene-high bears. That's why I love Russia.

[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;39969338]How can they tell them apart from the normal Russian junkies?[/QUOTE] They're not diving onto traffic for insurance money.