True, but while I think startled would be a standard immediate reaction, the followup is going to be very circumstantial. In a large urban environment like NYC? The “bear’s” reaction is going to be as much of an indicator of response as anything else. “This creature isn’t acting like a bear and isn’t normally found in this circumstance, it’s almost certainly safe to stop and examine it …” If I ran into this out on one of the local forested trails, I’d be a lot less likely to stick around for anatomical comparisons! (They’re almost unknown in this part of Wisconsin, but it’s not an absolute impossibility.)
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