'Beary' smart! ITBP jawans dress up as bears to chase away raiding monkeys

In a video going viral, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel can be seen dressed in a bear costume to chase away monkeys from raiding their camp.

Mirthi (Uttarakhand): In a chase sequence worthy of prime time television news - a group of 'invaders' slowly closing in on an Indian security force base. Just as the intruders are about to launch a full-blown attack, they are met with resistance by two brave jawans, who successfully thwart their 'mission of destruction'.

Only the 'invaders' are a scurrying pack of monkeys and the jawans are Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel dressed up as 'bears' in a bid to scare away the nimble-footed critters from raiding their camp in Uttarakhand's Mirthi.

A video of the unique exercise went viral on social media with Twitterti having a field day.

A Twitter user going by the name Neeta Sharma, a journalist working with NDTV, shared the video with the caption, "#ITBP jawans found a unique way to scare monkeys in #Uttrakhand They dressed like jungle bears! See how monkeys ran away in seconds @ITBP_official"

• #ITBP jawans found a unique way to scare monkeys in #Uttrakhand They dressed like jungle bears ! See how monkeys ran away in seconds @ITBP_official pic.twitter.com/YrxskKWAq3

  — Neeta Sharma (@NEETAS11) March 9, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  #ITBP jawans found a unique way to scare monkeys in #Uttrakhand They dressed like jungle bears ! See how monkeys ran away in seconds @ITBP_official pic.twitter.com/YrxskKWAq3

  — Neeta Sharma (@NEETAS11) March 9, 2020

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  #ITBP jawans found a unique way to scare monkeys in #Uttrakhand They dressed like jungle bears ! See how monkeys ran away in seconds @ITBP_official pic.twitter.com/YrxskKWAq3

  — Neeta Sharma (@NEETAS11) March 9, 2020

To which Veer Bhadra replied that the monkeys would eventually find their way to counter the strategy, an opinion backed by several other Twitter users.

• Monkeys adapt very fast , this game can't fool them for too long.

  — Veer Bhadra (@sanghifromsouth) March 9, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  Monkeys adapt very fast , this game can't fool them for too long.

  — Veer Bhadra (@sanghifromsouth) March 9, 2020

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  Monkeys adapt very fast , this game can't fool them for too long.

  — Veer Bhadra (@sanghifromsouth) March 9, 2020

• Ha ha gud one. Naturally monkeys will evolve to differentiate

  — Nittish Raghavendar (@nittish_sr) March 9, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  Ha ha gud one. Naturally monkeys will evolve to differentiate

  — Nittish Raghavendar (@nittish_sr) March 9, 2020

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  Ha ha gud one. Naturally monkeys will evolve to differentiate

  — Nittish Raghavendar (@nittish_sr) March 9, 2020

• They are too intelligent, they will soon found a hack. I have tried lot of things and most of times it started well but within few days they get plan.

  — Wiki babu (@vikashgd) March 9, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  They are too intelligent, they will soon found a hack. I have tried lot of things and most of times it started well but within few days they get plan.

  — Wiki babu (@vikashgd) March 9, 2020

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  They are too intelligent, they will soon found a hack. I have tried lot of things and most of times it started well but within few days they get plan.

  — Wiki babu (@vikashgd) March 9, 2020

Several also compared it to the strategy adopted by Ahmedabad airport officials, who were seen, in a viral video, donning a bear costume to chase away monkeys from the airport premises.

• This was also tried in Ahmedabad airport few weeks back I guess. 🤔 @jgopikrishnan70

  — Biswajeet Dash (@biswajeetdash) March 9, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  This was also tried in Ahmedabad airport few weeks back I guess. 🤔 @jgopikrishnan70

  — Biswajeet Dash (@biswajeetdash) March 9, 2020

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  This was also tried in Ahmedabad airport few weeks back I guess. 🤔 @jgopikrishnan70

  — Biswajeet Dash (@biswajeetdash) March 9, 2020

• It's really desi way😎
  But It is done at Ahmedabad airport and some other places also previously.

  — Anshul Sharma (@anshul_sharma05) March 9, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  It's really desi way😎
  But It is done at Ahmedabad airport and some other places also previously.

  — Anshul Sharma (@anshul_sharma05) March 9, 2020

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  It's really desi way😎
  But It is done at Ahmedabad airport and some other places also previously.

  — Anshul Sharma (@anshul_sharma05) March 9, 2020