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This is how dumb a bear is: He has already ascertained that the top of a pole is a good place to be (don't worry about how he came to that decision, that's a different discussion), so when he was forced down from that pole, he doesn't process the new information that the top of a pole invites humans, and attempted lynching, he immediately defaults to his previous decision to run up the next pole!
But then he finally demonstrates what has brought him 3/4 of the way up the food chain: he stops halfway up the pole, and reflects on a new concept. As he looks into the distance, about to shimmy up that pole, he sees emptiness, no humans with poles and nooses at all. That just might be a better idea than climbing this pole.
It takes him a while to process this new concept, but he eventually makes his best Darwinian decision, and runs for it!
Do bears even have a fear instinct? What animals are they afraid of?
Math.
Dogs. A yearling like this would be, anyway.
It's less fear and more about them doing calorie math. Bears won't waste the effort in most circumstances.
Humans
Depends on the bear. Black bears are known to be chickens.