Bear floored by smell of coffee

It's become a staple of many commuters' journey to work – a knockout cup of coffee. But for one forest tripper, the morning pick-me-up proved a little too much to bear.

Starbucks the grizzly bear was knocked off his feet when he sniffed a coffee mug left behind by a group of walkers.

The predator, whose species has the keenest sense of smell on Earth, was completely bowled over by the aroma.

'We were watching bears catch fish when out came the grizzly.

Although the cup was empty, the bear still went loopy over the smell,' said Doug Read, who was walking in British Columbia, Canada.