In front of it is an equally sized cave lion; a giant predatory cat, and the cave bear’s mortal enemy.
Only one will survive, while the bones of the fallen will litter the cave floor for millennia.
Er, uhm, well no. Not exactly.
See, “neither” of these two huge impressive beasts will survive. Instead, a tender, thin-skinned, un-clawed, tiny-toothed, naked tiny mammal that can't even feed itself until age 10 survived, and is still doing quire well actually. Funny that a 2-year old baby can kill a giant cave bear.
When that cave bear faces an angry mommy.
quire: one twentieth of a ream
Word of the day. ;-)
I've had bosses that were quire boys. They liked to ream in increments.
Yes, it’s funny that all those animals are gone, while I’m still here, reproducing all over the landscape, “Honey, there’s a bug in the kitchen. If you want supper, would you find it another home?”