A bear that can open windows and use taps is on the loose after attacking four people in Japan.
The “extremely intelligent” creature is on the loose in Fukushima, Japan where police and hunters are trying to locate it after rampaging through an office block and a factory.
The bear was caught on CCTV on Wednesday chasing and then mauling a worker in a company car park before a motorist scared the creature away by driving at it.
The startled animal made a dash for a nearby office building where it attacked another man before fleeing again.
The bear then injured two more people before making its way into an electronics factory where workers saw the clever beast use its paws to turn on a tap and have a drink.
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Trained personnel armed with tranquiliser guns were deployed to the factory and four traps were set at the entrance but the canny creature avoided them all by unlatching a locked window and escaping to freedom. Media reports showed images of scratch marks around the lock.
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