A THIEVING bear gets his paws stuck into a rubbish bin.

The cheeky black animal was caught on a Ring doorbell camera brazenly making off with the trash.

The funny footage was taken from a home in Connecticut, US.

in August another bear made headlines, after zoo workers were forced to deny it was a human in disguise.

Videos of Angela, a bear in the Hangzhou Zoo in eastern China, went viral after she astounded visitors by walking on her hind legs and waving.

Noticing her slender legs, baggy roles of fur around the hips and typically uncharacteristic behaviour, people across the world have been poking fun at and questioning Angela’s authenticity.

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With each bizarre viral video, the zoo has been overwhelmed by allegations a person is hiding under a suit of fur.

The zoo responded to the wild claims from the perspective of four-year-old Angela: “Some people think I stand like a person. It seems you don’t understand me very well.”

“When it comes to bears, the first thing that comes to mind is a huge figure and amazing power … But not all bears are behemoths and danger personified.

“We Malayan bears are petite, the smallest bear in the world.”

They also claimed that a human inside a heavy costume would never survive the soaring summer temperatures of around 40C.

“If a person did wear a bear costume, they would be lying down within minutes due to the heat,” a spokesman said.

Hangzhou Zoo has been enjoying a visitor boom following the viral videos of Angela, as 20,000 people are reported to be making the trip to see her daily.