Within the framework of the present book, especially two questions emerged about the bear and its natural behaviour in the wild: Do bears attack while standing upright, and are they really as slow and dumb as often described in fables and fairy tales? Bears stand upright for a variety of reasons, often simply to obtain a better overview, but never to charge at an opponent. When bears are truly aggressive and intend to attack a prey or opponent, they attack very fast by charging in great leaps and bounds on all four legs, but never on their hind legs. Upon making contact, bears then commonly rear on their hind legs and fight by biting as well as by swatting with their powerful front arms and claws at their opponent or prey. The myth of the slow and dumb bear may be rooted in their sometimes slow and seemingly clumsy gait and movements, and the fact that other animals, such as foxes or ravens, may follow a bear’s trail in order to to use it as a food indicator. However, scientists working on animal intelligence as well as researchers working with bears agree that bears should be considered a highly intelligent species with an incredible adaptability and ingenuity especially when it comes to gaining access to food.