Dunno Munson has been feeding bears from her porch for  10 years and this is what she gets.

They say bears are smart but I didn’t think they could be smart enough to figure out that to open a bear vault they you have to depress one tab, rotate the lid, depress another tab, and pop the top off.

A bear named Yellow-Yellow did just that. Even though no other bears are known to be able to pull off this trick, one bear would soon teach another.

“She’s quite talented,” said Jamie Hogan, owner of BearVault, based in San Diego. “I’m an engineer, and if one genius bear can do it, sooner or later there might be two genius bears. We’re trying to work on a new design that we can hopefully test on her.”

Luckily, Yellow-Yellow runs from people and only steals food on the sly, so officials don’t see any reason to put her down. But the situation could escalate if enough bears learn her skill. Undefeated, Hogan’s working on a prototype that could stop Yellow-Yellow.

Judging by the way she avoids human confrontation, this sure is one smart bear.

Looks like good news for bears (a other wildlife) at least the month of March.

The U.S. District Court Judge blocked the rule which allowed visitors to carry concealed, loaded guns in national parks and wildlife refuges.

The ruling was issued by the Bush administration back in January as they were leaving office and was reviewed by former Colorado Senator Ken Salazar when he became the new Interior Secretary.

The Interior Department is expected to issue a statement about the gun rule in the next month.

It was never a good idea anyway to use guns as protection against wild animals. There are other ways to protect yourself like carrying a bear spray instead.