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To: decimon

If cave bear = short faced bear, they were pure carnivores. Being omnivorous would have been an argument for the bears’ survival, since the leading theory for their extinction was the disappearance of herbivorous mega fauna.


14 posted on 11/26/2008 8:34:56 PM PST by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: PzLdr

Cave Bear and SHort faced bear were different species from different lineages. See Arctodus simus for Short Faced or Bulldog Bear. Very different animal and probably a lot more fightening than Cave bears.


20 posted on 11/27/2008 8:32:59 PM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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