- [Randy] Our product testers come to work just like anybody else.

- (Randy) 我們的產品測試員來此工作，就像其他人一樣。

Their job here, though, is problem solving.

然而，他們在這裡負責問題解決的工作。

They're here to put their backs into it, little bit of elbow grease.

他們來這裡使勁幹活，稍微費勁的體力活。

The big difference is that they are 600-pound hungry grizzly bears.

最大的不同是，他們是饑餓的 600 磅灰色大熊。

(mysterious music)

(神秘的音樂)

(energetic music)

(充滿活力的音樂)

- [Narrator] This is Randy.

- (旁白) 這是 Randy。

He works at the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center just outside the gates of Yellowstone National Park.

他在灰熊與狼保護中心工作，就在黃石國家公園外。

When bears become habituated to human food, they often become dangerous and are either killed or put into captivity.

當熊變得習慣人類的食物，牠們通常會變得很危險，也會被殺害或被捕捉囚禁。

So to keep bears and people safe, Randy runs a program that tests coolers, trash cans and other food storage containers on live bears.

所以為了確保熊與人類的安全，Randy 執行了一個計畫，他透過活生生的熊來測試冷藏箱、垃圾桶和其他食品儲存容器。

If the containers pass the test, they're given bear-resistant certification.

如果容器通過這個測試，它們就會被授予「抗熊証明」。

(playful music)

(有趣的音樂)

- The bears here at the center are all rescued bears from the wild.

- 在保護中心的熊都是從野外救援回來的熊。

These are bears that gained access to unnatural, unsecured foods and no longer can live in the wild.

這些熊透過一些管道獲取非天然、不安全的食物，而且沒辦法再住在野外。

We have seven grizzly bears total.

我們總共有 7 隻大灰熊。

They're super, super strong; they're very, very smart, but it's that sense of smell that really gets them the food reward.

牠們超級強壯；牠們非常聰明，但透過嗅覺讓牠們能得到食物的獎勵。

Their job is to sniff out weaknesses in products.

牠們的工作就是發覺產品的弱點。

They are the ultimate testers here at the center.

牠們是保護中心裡的最終測試者。

Once the product is here, we bait the product with the bear's favorite food, whether it be fish, meat, peanut butter, honey.

一旦產品送來這裡，我們會在產品內放入熊最愛的食物當餌，不論是魚、肉、花生醬、蜂蜜。

In a way, you could say I'm the chef for the bears since I'm preparing their favorite meals to try to entice the bears to get into those products.

在某種程度上，你可以說我是這些熊的廚師，當我為牠們準備最愛的餐點，試著引誘這些熊進入那些產品。

If it's a cooler, it requires padlocks.

如果那是冷卻器，需要用掛鎖鎖上。

Put it out in the bear habitat, and let the bears at it.

放到熊的棲息地，讓熊來大鬧一番。

(jazzy music)

(爵士樂)

Once the bears start the testing process, the clock begins and it's a one-hour time frame that the bears are given in order to try to gain access to that product.

一旦熊開始進入測試程序，就會開始計時，我們給熊一小時的時間來破壞，為了讓牠們試著取得產品裡的食物。

(jazzy music)

(爵士樂)

Some of the most common techniques the bears use when they're trying to get in a product is the biting, the chewing, the clawing, yeah, a little bit of smashing.

當那些熊試著要打開一個產品，牠們最常用的技巧是咬、咀嚼、抓、沒錯，還有用砸的。

But they also do what we call the CPR method, so they're bouncing up and down with their front paws, anything to try to find that weak point in that product.

但牠們也會用我們稱作心肺復甦術的方法，所以牠們會用前爪下壓、彈回、下壓、彈回，使出渾身解數來找出產品的弱點。

A lot of times they're gonna get a little hole started and then, literally from there, they're tearing the product apart.

常常牠們會從一個小洞開始，然後，就是從那裡開始，牠們開始將產品開腸剖肚。

So it has to withstand that one hour, and if it passes, it then gets that certification of being bear-resistant.

所以產品必須要能抵抗 1 個小時的攻擊，如果通過了，就會獲得可以抵抗熊的攻擊的產品認證。

This cooler passed the test.

這個冷藏箱通過了測試。

Even though it got some damage on the top lid, they were not able to get through that outer layer.

即使在頂蓋有點損傷，但牠們沒辦法穿透外層。

All the product testing is videotaped, so the manufacturers, they're gonna review that footage.

所有的產品測試都有錄影，所以製造商可以從這些鏡頭中檢討。

If a product fails, the manufacturer's gonna have to go back to the drawing board and make some changes.

如果有個產品被淘汰，製造商就必須回去檢視製作流程並做些改變。

That would be a fail.

那會是個失敗品。

The product testing is open to the public, and hopefully when they leave here they have a better understanding of how smart and how strong bears are and how food-driven they are.

這個產品測試是對大眾公開的，希望當他們離開時，能更好地了解這些熊有多聰明、多強壯，還有食物對牠們來說有多大吸引力。

There is a saying that a fed bear is a dead bear, and it basically means that when those bears get into unnatural food sources, they're gonna be hanging around our houses, and they're more prone to get into trouble.

有句俗話是這麼說的，一隻吃飽的熊就像隻死掉的熊，這基本上就代表，當這些熊獲得非天然的食物來源，牠們就會徘徊在我們的房子，還有牠們可能製造更多麻煩。

So working here at the Grizzly Center for 20 plus years, really I've learned to appreciate and love the bears here and want to keep the bears out in the wild where they belong.

所以在灰熊中心工作 20 多年，我真的學到要好好欣賞與喜愛這些熊，也想要讓牠們回到牠們所屬的野外。

(gentle instrumental music)

(輕柔的樂器音樂)