[Illusion]

These brown bears in Russia’s far east have developed a habit of sniffing discarded barrels formerly filled with aviation fuel until they pass out.



The containers were left in the Kronotsky Nature Reserve and the nearby creatures picked on their strong smell of kerosene and gasoline.



The animals love this smell so much that they have begun deeply inhaling the fumes for minutes at a time before digging shallow holes for themselves to lie in once they’ve achieved their desired state.



These bears are suspected to be of the largest brown bears in the world, weighing 1,200 pounds. The fuel is used to power generators and helicopters used by nature reserve workers.



Photos were taken by Igor Shpilenok, 52, who spent seven months documenting this specific community of bears.



Igor said that some of the bears have become so addicted to these barrels that they stalk deporting helicopters, waiting for them to take off and leave drops of fuel into the hard soil for them to sniff.

[Faline]

[kellyhound]

ntfu

[banana dick]

wtf thats fucking sad

[knuggy]

there are plenty of natural flora that animals could ingest to get off.
too bad they're going after some harmful petroleum products that we have discarded.

[Illusion]

Kind of reminds me of this.

[gatagato]

I thought it was BS until I saw that last pic

[DarwinsMistake]

Originally Posted by Illusion ↗

These brown bears in Russia’s far east have developed a habit of sniffing discarded barrels formerly filled with aviation fuel until they pass out.



The containers were left in the Kronotsky Nature Reserve and the nearby creatures picked on their strong smell of kerosene and gasoline.



The animals love this smell so much that they have begun deeply inhaling the fumes for minutes at a time before digging shallow holes for themselves to lie in once they’ve achieved their desired state.



These bears are suspected to be of the largest brown bears in the world, weighing 1,200 pounds. The fuel is used to power generators and helicopters used by nature reserve workers.



Photos were taken by Igor Shpilenok, 52, who spent seven months documenting this specific community of bears.



Igor said that some of the bears have become so addicted to these barrels that they stalk deporting helicopters, waiting for them to take off and leave drops of fuel into the hard soil for them to sniff.

The largest?Come to Kodiak..I'll show you large bears..

[DarwinsMistake]

Oh and what I was talking about is a good sized bear here is over 1500 pounds..And I know of a recent one that just shocked many at a bit over 1700 pounds..Next to the polar the Kodiak is the largest of the brown bears in the world! sorry Russia ya'll just keep falling short.. But on the same note..None of our bears are wasting away sniffing fuel barrels

[DarwinsMistake]

I wish all the bears I have dealt with were this nice..Bye bear !