The author Ni K'uang once described what happened when a Manchurian black bear, a relative of the Formosan, stumbled into a corn patch at night. Standing erect, it gathered an ear of corn with its front paws and then held it under its arm. But as it gathered a second ear and tried to put it under its arm, the first ear fell to the ground.
作家倪匡曾描述台灣黑熊的親戚「東北黑熊」，在夜間闖進玉米田，人立起來，用前掌採下一支玉米，夾在脅下；然後，採第二支，再夾在脅下﹘﹘不意這時脅下的第一支玉米已掉到地上。