A bear has had a bit of an adventure after it broke into a family's home and helped itself to a lasagne from their freezer.

Humans and wildlife have been living fairly harmoniously for thousands of years, but as our species grows, we are encroaching on their natural habitat.

While this can often be a bad thing, the wildlife in question can also find ways to adapt to their new surroundings - and in the case of one bear, learn how to use a freezer.

A black bear in Barkhamsted, Connecticut, recently displayed a penchant for Italian cuisine, breaking into a local home to satisfy its lasagna cravings.

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The audacious break-in was caught on homeowner Helena Richardson's Ring security camera and has since gone viral.

The video footage reveals the bear's 35-minute adventure, during which it effortlessly bypassed a screen door and made its way to the kitchen. In the opening scenes, the curious bear can be seen in the house's foyer before heading straight for the kitchen, where it had one goal in mind – the refrigerator.

The tagged black bear, initially seen on all fours, stood up on its hind legs, opened the freezer drawer, and skillfully retrieved a platter of frozen lasagna with its mouth.

Once the food prize was secured, the bear left the freezer door ajar and perched itself atop the freezer to reach an open window. The getaway was nothing short of extraordinary as the bear bounded out of the kitchen window and onto the outdoor deck, all while clutching the lasagna.

Watch the incredible footage below:

During the bear's escapade, no humans were present in the Connecticut residence. Richardson, the homeowner, recounted her amazement when she received a notification from her Ring doorbell at work, alerting her to the uninvited guest in her home.

"I knew no one was supposed to be at home at that time. So I checked, and it was the bear," Richardson shared to CBS 58. "You can see him going from room to room, as comfortable as I am in my house."

"It's very hard to believe," she added. "My mom made me some lasagna, I left it in the freezer, and the bear just, you know, took it."

According to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), this bear joins a list of approximately 70 other bears that have broken into homes in Connecticut this year.

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DEEP has previously issued warnings about habituated bears, which are bears that have lost their natural fear of humans due to exposure to human-sourced foods and trash, including bird food and pet food, leading them to seek refuge inside residences.

To mitigate potential bear encounters, DEEP advises Connecticut residents to refrain from feeding bears intentionally or accidentally, and remove birdfeeders and bird food from late March through November.

They also advise storing garbage in secure, airtight containers within enclosed storage areas, maintaining clean barbecue grills, avoiding leaving pet food outdoors, supervising pets when they are outside, abstaining from placing meat scraps and sweet foods in compost piles, and never approaching bears.

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Celebrity survivalist Bear Grylls has made a career out of doing many disgusting things in order to show viewers how to survive in the wild. Some of these questionable practices include drinking his own urine out of a snakeskin, sleeping in an inside-out sheep carcass in order to escape the cold, and even giving himself an enema out at sea.

Amazingly, his outrageous expeditions have attracted numerous celebrities to join him on his survival quests, including the likes of Zac Efron, Channing Tatum, and even President Barack Obama.

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Now, on a recent episode of Bear Grylls Running Wild, Grylls was joined by former Spice Girl and reality television judge Mel B for some adventuring. However, things got very awkward when the pair ran into a bit of trouble after discovering a jellyfish.

Grylls carefully picked up the washed-up jellyfish, telling Mel B how it can actually be eaten, but the sea creature was slippery and slid out of Grylls's hand, causing him to be stung by one of the tentacles. He appeared to be in a lot of pain so Mel B did what she had to do.

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Yes, that's right. She peed on him.

Grylls admitted that he was out of urine, himself, so, with the pain intensifying, he let Mel B drop her pants and urinate over his hand. Mel B didn't hesitate to perform the act and Grylls did say that it helped to relieve some of his pain.

Check out the video below for a reminder on why you should never play with jellies:

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However, some people on the internet are calling foul, claiming that the whole thing may have been set up considering that peeing on a jellyfish sting to relieve the pain is actually useless and is only an urban myth. In fact, Grylls has commented on the incident, claiming he did do a bit of pretending.

In an interview on ITV's This Morning, Grylls admitting that he embellished how much on an effect Mel B's selfless act had on his jellyfish sting. To be fair, he did tell Mel B that his hand still stung and only added that it felt a bit better.

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"[It didn't make] a huge difference, but I didn't wanna be rude. It helped a little bit. But it wasn't the miracle cure I'd been hoping for. I was like, 'Oh great, that's such a relief!'" Grylls told the morning show hosts.

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While Mel B was only doing what countless movies and TV shows had taught her to do, Scientific American says that urine likely isn't going to help the pain and in some cases could make it worse. It's recommended to wash the area with salt water. Freshwater could make the sting more painful.

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Jellyfish have specialized cells called nematocysts, which contain venom and cause the stinging sensation. Any change to the balance of solutes including the concentration of salt inside and outside these cells causes more stinging.

Therefore, adding freshwater would dilute the salt concentrations, causing an imbalance, which would lead to more pain. So what does this have to do with urine? Well, urine is made up of a mixture of salts and electrolytes, but the balance will vary depending on the person and what they've eaten.

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So if the urine is too dilute, then it would act like freshwater and cause more pain, not less. It's recommended to flush the area with salt water, or vinegar if it's available. Then, to ensure all of the nematocysts are gone, later up with some shaving cream and scrape the area clean with a hard edge.

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The pain should subside on its own, usually within 24 hours. Until then, topical pain relievers are fine to use. Depending on the jellyfish, there's no need to be concerned, but in some places, like Australia, lifeguards are prepared with morphine and antivenom solutions for the more deadly varieties of jellies.

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So, while it's unlikely Mel B's pee had much of an effect on Bear Grylls's jellyfish sting, assuming her pee was rather salty, it is possible it could have helped a bit. However, in the future, it's best to just use seawater to flush the area. There's no need for public urination.

Anyone who has spent any time house sharing knows to keep an eye on the horizon for food vultures.

Certain kind of housemates know no boundaries when it comes to the fridge, grabbing anything and everything, as long as it is in date. It is infuriating. However, no matter how annoying food vultures may be, at least they won’t put your life in danger if you catch them in the act. When that kind of thief comes knocking, you’re better off leaving them to it. 

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Fortunately for real estate agent Lobin Frizzell, she managed to avoid crossing paths with an adult black bear who allegedly managed to open her car door, jump onto the back seat and steal her lobster roll and French fries. 

The Maine resident - ironically, from the town of Sandwich - had picked up her dinner from local eatery, the Bay Haven Lobster Pound, before taking a few bites and deciding to save it for later. Arriving home after dropping off a client at Portland International Airport, Frizzell began to prepare for dinner in her kitchen, forgetting she had left the lobster roll unattended with the window rolled down. It was then that the bear struck.

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It was only after she returned to her vehicle that she realised what had happened. Approaching the car she soon spotted that there was no sandwich in sight, and only a few fries spread across the seats. She then saw the set of giant muddy paw-prints plastered all over the upholstery, leaving no doubt as to who was responsible.

Craving lobster? Check out these crispy lobster rolls with lemon mayo:

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Despite her relatively close brush with an angry bear, Frizzell was in good spirits after the incident.

She told NBC Boston, "I literally went to the idea of him sitting in there with his arm on the armrest and his big paws on my sandwich. I was just really, really... I was bummed." She went on to add, "He did leave me three French fries so I thought that was kind." Clearly Frizzell is more forgiving than some housemates.

I really couldn't imagine living in close proximity to any sort of wild animal. In fact, it completely blows my mind that there are people who are willing to keep some of the world's most deadly predators as pets. And bears certainly aren't exempt from my fear of predatory animals.

Because while it might be true that they are, generally speaking, unlikely to prey on humans, they're still much bigger and much more imposing than I will ever be.

So if I ever got caught up in an incident involving a bear, well, quite frankly - I wouldn't stand a chance.

And this alarming footage of a wild bear charging toward a car in Alaska is basically proof that my fear is perfectly justifiable:

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The people involved in the incident - a fishing guide, Cody Kunau and his friend Samantha - were driving to Yakutat Lodge when the heart-stopping encounter took place.

"On July 2nd [2017], my friend Samantha and I were driving to the lodge for dinner when we encountered a bear far ahead in the road," Cody explains. "This is a somewhat normal occurrence for here."

"Usually, the bears run off and catching a close-up glimpse is hard. We slowed our vehicle down to where we saw the bear cross the road when suddenly it erupted from the bushes and came after our vehicle."

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Following the incident, the pair decided to turn back around to see what was making the bear so agitated. They saw no cubs, prey or anything that could explain the bear's erratic behaviour.

But it didn't end there - the same bear charged toward Cody and Samantha again prompting them to head to the lodge to warn everyone of the potential danger.

"This is a popular road in town located maybe 500 yards from the lodge so we wanted to let people know not to walk or bike there," Cody continued. "In the rearview mirror, we witnessed the bear also chase another vehicle that passed by after us without the occupants even knowing.

"They were heading to our lodge for dinner too. Even though I was in a car, it was one of the scariest moments of my life!"

Ladies and gentlemen, by now we're well used to the madness KFC subject us to on a regular basis. Head to a branch of Colonel Sanders flagship fried chicken and you'll have yourself a delicious meal truly fit of the moniker "Finger-Lickin' Good". But spend any sort of time on the internet, and it's a different story.

Would you like a fire log that smells like gravy? What about $11,000 if you named your baby after founder Colonel Harland Sanders? A romance novel featuring the face of KFC as a handsome sailor, perhaps? All things you could get from KFC at some point.

But nothing has gone quite as far as this, and if you ask me, they've gone a little too far this time.

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A welcome addition in front of a fireplace located in any high-class mansion, a bearskin rug is a fluffy addition to any living room that's only horrifying if you think about it too hard. But you know what would make any such decoration worse? Having Colonel Sanders' face, hands and feet attached to it.

Yes, it's true: as part of your Valentine's Day celebrations, KFC want you to get nice and cosy with your special someone on top of the fluffy, flayed faux-corpse of its founder. But don't just take my word for it: Andrea Zahumensky, the chief marketing officer of KFC US, backs that idea up.

"I'm no dating expert, but the only thing I can think of that's more romantic than eating fried chicken on Valentine's Day, is eating fried chicken on a faux bearskin rug created in the likeness of the greatest chicken salesman of all time.”

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So... assuming you've got a special someone who you'd like to scare away until the end of time, there are quite a few ways to secure yourself this rather unique bearskin rug (I would say "win", but that word feels like somewhat of a stretch). You're going to need a Reddit account.

There are three ways for fans to win, and they require varying levels of skill, folks. First, those of you with a talent in photo editing, I've got some good news: you all you do to win one is "transform an image of the Colonel Sanders rug into a humorous, outlandish or romantic digital masterpiece".

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"We made a .psd for you to mess with. Make it weird but please be cool, our bosses are watching and inappropriate submissions mean you can’t win the rug," they added, so please keep things safe for work.

If you're more of a writer, then try your hand at the storytelling contest: "You and your Valentine arrive at a romantic cabin in the woods. You walk inside to discover a Colonel Sanders Bearskin Rug. Best story wins."

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Finally, you can grab a pen and pencil and enter the drawing contest: "Draw this Colonel Sanders Bearskin Rug into a scene and win one IRL." That's three ways to 'win' that bearskin rug, so you've got no excuse for horrifying the object of your affections this Valentine's Day.