Picking up a hitchhiker can be dangerous, especially if he's a black bear.
A young black bear rode into downtown Vancouver, Canada, in a garbage truck on Monday.
It is believed the bear hitched a ride from north Vancouver, said officer Alex Desjardins in the Vancouver Sun.
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“It’s a vehicle equipped to load containers, so presumably, the bear was in the container and transferred into the truck,” Desjardins said. “The operator then conducted business in Vancouver -– either pick-up or drop-off –- and that’s when he noticed he had a bear in his truck.”
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The year-and-a-half-old bear was rescued by a team of police officers. After shooting it with a tranquilizer dart, one brave police officer had to climb up and push the bear off the truck into a tarp held by other officers.
The bear was released in the upper Squamish Valley on Tuesday.
Tags: Animal Behavior, Animals, Weird News, Wildlife Conservation
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