23-07-2025
Black bear's iced tea chug at Ontario landfill goes viral
An amateur video of a black bear chugging a bottle of iced tea at a northwestern Ontario landfill is making people laugh.
An amateur video of a black bear gulping down a bottle of Brisk Iced Tea at a northwestern Ontario landfill has gone viral, sparking amusement and disbelief online.
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A blackbear in Fort Hope First Nation is shown chugging a bottle of iced tea in July 2025. (Shayna Kyla/Facebook)
The footage, shot by Shayna Kyla at the local dump in Fort Hope First Nation earlier this month, shows the bear struggling with the bottle before managing to drink from it.
'This made me and Peg laugh,' Kyla said in her initial social media post.
'I didn't get to catch the part where he opened the bottle.'
At one point in the video, Kyla and another woman can be heard screaming 'Eee!' as the bear chugs the drink before leaving the empty bottle behind.
The clip has drawn widespread reactions, with one commenter calling the bear 'pretty smart,' while another said, 'I'm amazed, like 'Wow!' (so) smart.'
A third joked that if polar bears have Coca-Cola, black bears can have Brisk or Pepsi.
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A blackbear in Fort Hope First Nation holds a bottle of iced tea in July 2025. (Shayna Kyla/Facebook)
Before comments were disabled, the video amassed more than 100 responses. It has since been viewed more than 795,000 times and shared more than 2,000 times on Facebook.
