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This Florida black bear got pizza. This one got none. Watch as they visit family home
A Florida black bear snags a slice of pizza from a rubbish can on a pair’s entrance porch in Altamonte Springs on Might 9, 2022. The surveillance video was broadcast on Fox 35 on Might 13, 2022.
Fox 35
One black bear went out for pizza. One black bear obtained none.
A household in Florida’s Altamonte Springs watched surveillance video from their residence to see two black bears stroll down their driveway onto a lit path. They walked as much as the entrance porch the place they discovered their model of a takeout pizza window.
Watch bears hunt pizza
Tim and Amanda Hoover watched on Monday night time as the primary bear “sniffed the trash can, knocked it over, grabbed a bit of pizza and took off,” Tim Hoover instructed Fox 35.
You possibly can see that content material bear take the slice and casually stroll away because the second bear locations its order from the identical, uh, pizza store. When that bear finds none, the bear audibly offers a sniff — in seeming frustration — and follows the identical route off the porch, which appears to set off an alarm.
Thursday night time, the 2 “clients” returned, Hoover instructed the station on Friday. “Final night time, I’m sitting there. I’m like, spouse had gone out this morning and stated the trash can was knocked over. I’m like, ‘Oh no. Guess what? We had guests once more final night time.’ So I went again by way of the video and positive sufficient, about 11:20, right here they arrive.”
The couple say they’re going to proceed checking their digicam at night time to ensure there aren’t any bears in the event that they need to head out.
Dwelling with bears
“Bears will congregate in areas of excessive meals density,” in keeping with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fee. The Florida black bear is the one species within the state.
“Bears are an necessary a part of Florida’s ecosystem,” the fee notes. “To keep away from conflicts, don’t strategy or feed bears.”
The Hoovers instructed Fox 35 they’re trying into getting “bear-proof rubbish cans” — thus heeding one of many Fish and Wildlife Fee’s tips about residing with bears.
If it’s essential to report bears in your neighborhood contact MyFWC.com/About and enter bear within the search field.