1. Bears are good climbers and swimmers and despite their size can run quite quickly over short distances. Bears can run more than 45 kph.
2. Bears are, on the whole, solitary animals and only really congregate together when food is plentiful, like when catching salmon in streams.
3. Bears have an excellent sense of smell, much better than a dog and possibly the best of any mammal. It is mostly used to find food but is also used to detect the scent of other bears.