Why do bears poop in the woods?

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If a bear $#!#$ in the woods and nobody is there to smell it, does it still stink?

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Asking AI, if a bear $hit$ in the woods and nobody was there to smell it would it still stink?

The short answer: yes, absolutely.

Smell doesn’t depend on someone being present to detect it. Odor is caused by volatile chemical compounds released into the air. Those molecules exist whether or not a nose is around to interpret them. So, the bear’s… contribution… would still be producing all the same compounds, drifting through the forest, unappreciated but very real.