We know someone who had to get rid of their beautiful brass lever door handles because a black bear was using them to open unlocked front and storm doors.
They’d forget to lock up when at home.
So they went to round knobs that even those wonderfully evolved bear paws couldn’t manage.
That said, I told them they were lucky.
We live in an area with serious crime issues.
I’d rather deal with an ursine home invader than a human one.
I saw a documentary once about the adaptability of bears, and it was absolutely amazing how they could reason out ways to get in or out of containers. I never knew they were so clever, but hearing that they sussed out a lever door handle is not surprising, considering what they were able to do in the film.