A discriminating drinker

[Decolliber]

“We noticed a huge black bear sleeping on the lawn, and wondered what was going on,” campsite worker Lisa Broxson told reporters at the Baker Lake Resort near Seattle. “But when we got closer we could see what had happened. He was surrounded by dozens of empty beer cans, which he’d stolen from the campers’ cool boxes and had managed to open with his claws and teeth. And now he was sleeping off the effects in the sun.”
Wildlife ranger Sgt Bill Heinck took up the story. “The bear had drunk about thirty-six cans of beer, and he was clearly a beer sophisticate. At first, he’d tried a can of mass-market Busch beer. But he obviously didn’t like it, because he ignored the other cans, and switched to Rainier beer, which is a local ale and much superior. When he woke up, he stumbled off unsteadily into the woods, but he returned the next day, looking for more drink. A hard-drinking bear hanging around the campsite could be dangerous, so we set a trap for him, with doughnuts, honey, and enough Rainier beer for him to anaesthetise himself again. Sure enough, we found him drunk and asleep a few hours later, and he’s now been sent for relocation, far away from human habitation. And from beer.”

Yakima Herald-Republic, 19 August 2004.

[RickM]

Here's another discriminating drinker.....