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Is it a cave lion or a cave bear? As seen from the front right.
Image credit: Ria Litzenberg/University of Tubingen
Image credit: Ria Litzenberg/University of Tubingen

1 posted on 08/11/2023 1:09:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Looks like a...


2 posted on 08/11/2023 1:13:43 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: SunkenCiv

I say it is a Dire Wolf.


3 posted on 08/11/2023 1:14:31 PM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: SunkenCiv

Were the pieces superglued together?


5 posted on 08/11/2023 1:15:38 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: SunkenCiv

looks like a giant land sloth


6 posted on 08/11/2023 1:16:27 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: SunkenCiv

Be careful. Not sure where that thing’s been!


10 posted on 08/11/2023 1:21:13 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Bear....................


12 posted on 08/11/2023 1:22:40 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: SunkenCiv

The head doesn’t look like it goes to the body if the piece was a solid one-piece carving that broke apart.


13 posted on 08/11/2023 1:23:16 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: SunkenCiv

It plainly says on the side of it “O E O O H” which is Neanderthal for “Bear”.


15 posted on 08/11/2023 1:24:12 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (Don't shoot until you see the whites of their lies)
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To: SunkenCiv

That looks like pretty good art work for 35,000 years ago. I’m not sure I would want to equate to a scientific discovery of a new mammal however.

Around my neck of the woods they found some “tools” that were 8,000 years old. To me they looked pretty much like rocks.


16 posted on 08/11/2023 1:27:15 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: SunkenCiv

What ever it is, it looks like it has a halter on it’s nose. That is curious...


19 posted on 08/11/2023 1:28:22 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: SunkenCiv

Manbearpig?


20 posted on 08/11/2023 1:29:08 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: SunkenCiv
Andrewsarchus


21 posted on 08/11/2023 1:29:50 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (The Forever War is a crime against humanity)
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To: SunkenCiv

bear. that’s no lion face.


22 posted on 08/11/2023 1:30:58 PM PDT by b4me
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To: SunkenCiv

bear?


23 posted on 08/11/2023 1:37:21 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: SunkenCiv

Looks like something I would have made. No telling what mine are either.


24 posted on 08/11/2023 1:47:26 PM PDT by pas
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26 posted on 08/11/2023 2:01:52 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SunkenCiv
Cave bear?

29 posted on 08/11/2023 2:12:32 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: SunkenCiv

That ain’t nothin’ but a hound-dog.


32 posted on 08/11/2023 2:19:00 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: SunkenCiv

It’s the legendary Black Beast of Aaarrrrggh!


33 posted on 08/11/2023 2:24:23 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Muzzle looks too long for either bear or lion. I think it’s a horse.


35 posted on 08/11/2023 2:34:19 PM PDT by EinNYC
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