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We learn, for example, that there’s far more to the penicillin story than the casual history of Alexander Fleming’s eureka moment.

Before opening for the day, staff at Sequoia Park Zoo in Eureka were conducting a routine inspection of the Redwood Sky Walk — a self-guided tour of local redwood history and ecology — when they were surprised by a unique visitor.

Directly behind the zoo is the wooded area of Eureka’s 60-acre Sequoia Park, and that’s where the bear is believed to have come from, said Laura Montagna, public information officer for the Police Department.

The Eureka Police Department got a call about the curious visitor around 9:30 a.m. and responded to the zoo along with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

There have been reports of several bears in the Eureka area in the last year and a half, she said.