Black bears range in color from black and dark brown to cinnamon or even blond. Bears have an acute sense of smell. They can scent a person as much as a mile away and detect molecules of food on clothing that had been carried in a backpack with food. The strength of bears is also legendary. They have been known to tear into freezers, rip into vehicles and campers and smash down doors and walls to get to food.
Bears are very intelligent and curious and have good memories.
A bear which has learned that ice chests contain food may curiously approach a car, peek through the window, see an ice chest and break into the car. A female black bear learned to use rocks to trigger traps. She would wait in a nearby tree for the traps to be set, coming down when the humans had left to trigger the traps and eat the bait.