Building a Bear-Proof Storage Locker

Mary Donahue, a college professor, champion swimmer, outdoorswoman, and, well, her list of accomplishments is very long, writes about how park rangers and staff at Yosemite National Park have attempted to make human food stores safe from bears. Bears are smart, ravenous, have a keen sense of smell, and very flexible paws.

They can manipulate many physical objects, so one food storage locker design requires the user to insert the handle into the lock before turning it.

Take bears very seriously, Donahue advises. She has a lot of practical advice for keeping yourself safe when camping in bear country.

-via Core77, who passes along the park ranger quote that "There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists."

Photos: Mary Donahue


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That is a device used to sharpen lawnmower blades. Both sides of the blade have to balance and when you sharpen one side, it throws the balance off.

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It's a prototype model for headwear for the band Devo!

Schrodinger's Cat "It's a trap!" t-shirt, men's size XL.

(Actually it's for checking the balance of mower blades during the sharpening process.)
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Celebrating birthdays has a surprisingly ancient history, as exampled in this recently excavated Western Han Dynasty Chinese birthday hat mold.

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Court Relic of the Qin dynasty (221-217 BC) Thought at the time to be an earthquake detector. This may because the court Senechal, Wy di lod was grossly obese and whenever he passed near this it would wobble on its base, generating comical snorts and giggles from the royal court. It wasn't until the philospher Lo Dun D'rti accidently sat upon the device that its true purpose was discovered. Upon being compressed a small reed rubbed against a textured surface and a comical sound emenated. This is a Chinese whoopie cushion from before the age of Christ.

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It's one of the first artificial Christmas trees. Before plastics became common, scientists searched for viable artificial Christmas trees, this early tin example was quite popular although balancing the ornaments on the shelves proved challenging after a couple of eggnogs.

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