Smarter than your average bear.

• Position: WILDLIFE - Brief article

The test bears at the Folsom City Zoo in California couldn't get it open, and it stumped 1,000-pound grizzlies in Yellowstone National Park. But in a corner of the Adirondack Mountains in New York, campers found that the Bear Vault 500--a canister designed to keep food safe from bears--was being broken into. The culprit? A small, shy black bear named Yellow-Yellow [for the yellow ear tags used to keep track of her]. Wildlife officials say the 125-pound bear has figured out a complex Locking system--similar to a childproof medicine bottle--that baffles even some humans. She apparently depresses one tab with her teeth, turns the Lid, uses her teeth on the second tab, then opens the canister. Bears prowling campgrounds for food can be quite dangerous, so many parks require campers to store food in bear-proof...