When chasing prey or escaping, the bear will gallop. If the snow begins to support the bear's weight, it reverts back to its usual gait. On soft and sinking terrain (such as deep snow) the bear walks with its legs clearly spread and places its fore and hind legs in the same tracks. On hard terrain the bear usually walks with narrow steps. The width of a bear's step varies widely. The bear often places its fore legs slightly inwards and its hind legs straight forward. The length of a bear's walking step is 90–140 cm. When a bear walks, its hind leg hits the ground in front of the fore paw print, which creates tracks that resemble the footprints of a human walking without shoes. The bear usually moves by walking, i.e., it moves with at least one paw on the ground at any one time. The bear's hindpaw print is 18–25 cm long without the claws. The forepaw prints of females, young males and cubs are under 13 cm wide. If the forepaw print is over 13 cm wide, the animal is almost always an adult male. The print of a bear's forepaw is 12–15 cm long without the claws. The impressions left by the bear's five toes and claws are often visible in its paw prints. When the bear is moving across a harder surface, the heel's impression may not be visible, which makes the bear's forepaw print short and wide. The bear is a plantigrade, which means the impression of its heel is most often visible in the paw print. The impression left by the bear's foot is slightly wider and more triangular than a human footprint. The paw print of a bear's hindpaw slightly resembles the footprint of a human. The bear has the largest tracks of all of Finland's native species.
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