When we watched Yogi Bear cartoons growing up, it seemed hard to understand why the ranger was so insistent that Yogi couldn't have any picnic baskets.
And although Boo-Boo understood that the ranger wouldn't like Yogi's schemes to get people's food, even he couldn't really explain why that is.
In real life, however, there's an unfortunately clear reason why those signs warning us not to feed the bears exist and one sad case from Oregon should remind us to heed them.