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Meet the Giant Bear That Was Twice the Size of Modern-Day Monsters

Forget polar bears. Thegiant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) was the true heavyweight of North America’s ancient wilderness. Standing an astonishing 3.3 meters tall on its hind legs, this extinct ...
Science Daily

Short-faced bears, largest carnivores in the Ice Age, became omnivores to survive

Based on the analysis of fossil teeth, a study shows that short-faced bears (Arctodus simus), the largest carnivores in the Ice Age, became omnivores to survive. Based on the analysis of fossil teeth ...
Post and Courier

SC diver finds rare prehistoric bear tooth fossil in Cooper River

MONCKS CORNER — A diver scouring the bottom of the Cooper River found what scientists believe is the fossilized tooth from the largest prehistoric bear to roam North America. When Eric Proulx, an ...
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The Fearsome Short-Faced Bear Gets a Makeover

A grizzly bear (the black dot in the middle of the photo) walking near the treeline in Yellowstone’s Hayden Valley. The quiet of my evening wildlife watching was suddenly broken by a thick Boston ...
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M 585, "Giant Short-Faced bear (Arctodus Simus Yukonensis) Ramains from Northern Indiana with Soogeographic and Taxonomic Reassessment of the Genus"

https://sova.si.edu/details/SIA.FA99-136#refIDd1e252 ...