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doug thomas
(sparky52804) - MLife

Locale: Eastern Iowa
Cough drops on 10/20/2012 08:49:25 MDT Print View

Anyone have any idea if bears, or other woodland creature would be attracted to menthol cough drops, just curious?
Mark Ries
(mtmnmark) - M

Locale: IOWAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Re: Cough drops on 10/20/2012 08:59:58 MDT Print View

My Vote is yes they are. Koala bears have been known to kill people for their menthol cough drops.
Mike V
(deadbox) - F - M

Locale: Midwest
RE:"Cough drops" on 10/20/2012 09:38:46 MDT Print View

Anything with a detectable odor runs the risk of attracting critters, cough drops included.
Joseph Reeves
(Umnak)

Locale: Southeast Alaska
Re: Cough drops on 10/20/2012 12:45:25 MDT Print View

I don't think they would be more or less attracted to menthol cough drops than anything else. I'm mostly familiar with brown bears and they seem to either ignore or pounce on food (be it ours or theirs) depending on their mood.