[pct-l] Bear Cannisters Again

[stevesgt at effable.com (Steve Sergeant)]

backpack45scb typed:
> Thought I'd share my experience. When not on the trail we were using one
> of our Garcia bear cannisters to store bird seed in an outside garden
> shed.  I looked in the shed after a few weeks of neglecting the yard and
> noticed scattered seed remains as well as plenty of roof rat scat. They
> had chewed a roughly 1 1/4 inch diameter hole thru the
> curved edge of the cannister. They had started at the button you push to
> open the lid and worked towards the edge of the cannister,
> destroying both the lid and cannister.

Persistence pays off!

If you're going to give creatures that much time to find a way in, you can
be sure that they eventually will.  Given enough time, even a plant could
get into a bear can.

The only thing this proves is that you shouldn't cache food unattended for
many days or weeks in such a container.