It is not common for bears to walk in bipedal mode like this bear does in this video. This one has obviously learned to do this. Bears getting up to sniff and to get a better look around, or to stand up to face off with other bears is one thing... But to walk around like this bear is not advantageous for a animal designed to walk on four legs. Bears are capable of this for sure. Just look at trained walking bears, or in this case a bear that has learned to do this. This one probably lost the leg in a bear leg hold trap. Maybe at one point its leg was in so much pain before it lost the limb(for whatever reason)it learned that getting up to walk was advantageous. But it looks like it only does this on certain surfaces and for brief periods of time.
like this bear does in this video.
This one has obviously learned to do this.
Bears getting up to sniff and to get a better look around, or to stand up to face off with other bears is one thing...
But to walk around like this bear is not advantageous for a animal designed to walk on four legs.
Bears are capable of this for sure. Just look at trained walking bears, or in this case a bear that has learned to do this. This one probably lost the leg in a bear leg hold trap. Maybe at one point its leg was in so much pain before it lost the limb(for whatever reason)it learned that getting up to walk was advantageous. But it looks like it only does this on certain surfaces and for brief periods of time.