The Fastest Running Bear That Ever Lived. The head-body length of the American lion is estimated to have been 1.6–2.5 m (5 ft 3 in–8 ft 2 in) and it would have stood 1.2 metres (4 ft) at the shoulder. The short-faced bear, is an extinct species of bear. The narrator said the Lion was 750 lbs. Twenty thousand years ago, lions roamed the entire planet. This bear was so massive that scientists believe it regularly weighed between 2,000 and 4,000 pounds, although newer estimates have brought down the upper end of that scal… We reserve the right to close comments at any time. Arctodus simus. The American cave lion (Panthera atrox) called this continent home and was one of the largest known cats, almost 25 per cent bigger than the lions we see in Africa and India today. MORE: Ice Bridge Filmmakers Use Special Effects To Bring Back Ice Age Animals. The last known living pair were killed in 1844 in Iceland. 4 months ago. A trainer called Booner acquired an 850-pound California grizzly bear whom he named Siskiyou. Dire wolves (Canis dirus) were a canine species that hunted the plains and forests. Short faced bear may weigh up to 2200 pounds at max and 6 feet tall at shoulder, which is about twice of the largest American lion. Not cute and endearing like present-day sloths in South America, these sloths were one of the strangest animals of the ice age. This website uses cookies for functionality, analytics and advertising purposes as described in our, http://www.youtube.com/wa...qWaXI&feature=channel, http://www.youtube.com/wa...&feature=channel_page. The American lion was not as heavily built as the saber-toothed cat Smilodon populator, which may … Archeologists Dennis Stanford and Bruce Bradley propose that people from western Eurasia (now called Europe), known as ‘Solutreans’, travelled here by crossing the Atlantic Ocean, following the giant ice shelf that covered the northern Atlantic during the ice age 20,000 years ago. It was the most common tremarctine bear in North America and many of its fossils have been found in the La Brea tar pits in southern California. South American giant short-faced bear vs. typical human. Although the bears in ice age North America were the biggest and most powerful carnivores, they had some stiff competition. Short-faced-bear vs Lion and Tiger ... their acient realitives like the american lion couldnt keep it down or the cave lion so i dobut these 2 can take down a short face bear. Lions were put against grizzly bears for the fun of the public in California’s arenas. From my own research, i actually believe this time, that the Bigcat and Bear argument is more level. Both Cave bear and Pleistocene Polar bear were known to be larger. The Lion was lunging and swinging his paw with not only his strength but the momentum of the leap. They were true travellers, ranging from the Alaskan arctic all the way south to Honduras and feeding on branches, shrubs and small trees. Scientists think they could have lived in prides, working together to hunt and raise young. Some experts think they would take down a small mastodon from time to time. They weighed as much, or more, than the short-faced bear at 1 tonne and stood  3 metres tall, growing to the size of an ox. With its superior weight and its tusks being longer than rhino horns, it kills the rhino right when they collide. Short faced bear may weigh up to 2200 pounds at max and 6 feet tall at shoulder, which is about twice of the largest American lion. Archeologists who believe that Solutrean humans came across the Atlantic from western Eurasia (what is now Europe) propose that the great auk was a lifeline that could have made their trip possible. How science works: New ideas upend old ones through a burden of proof, Filmmakers Use Special Effects To Bring Back Ice Age Animals, Here’s what we know about the solutreans, early Ice Age humans, Seal pups plunge into the icy St. Lawrence for the very first time, The weather champions of the world: How Canadians enjoy, endure and conquer the elements. But humans living in ice age North America had to deal with the real thing. Please note that comments are moderated and published according to our submission guidelines. Find out more about our show #natureofthings60. Combine this with the Bear running into the strike and it would have been a tremendous strike. The dire wolves hunted in packs, but they weren’t long-distance runners like modern-day grey wolves. The skills required for competence often are the same skills necessary to recognize competence. This happened quite a times during the past. The head-body length of the American lion is estimated to have been 1.6–2.5 m (5 ft 3 in–8 ft 2 in) and it would have stood 1.2 metres (4 ft) at the shoulder. Watch Ice Bridge on The Nature of Things to learn more about ice age North America and a hypothesis that could change the story of human history. Giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus)An animal that, standing on two legs, could reach the first floor. He was probably plain-colored, not spotted, and had large manes common to modern male lions (although some may have had small manes). The Bear was charging at high speed and the Lion leapt at the Bear, dodged the head-on attack and hit the Bear with a full power strike (more than a 'swipe'). It's thought that dire wolves evolved in South America and ventured north, while today’s grey wolves migrated from Asia, so the two species are not closely related. Thus it was smaller than its contemporary competitor for prey, the giant short-faced bear, which was the largest carnivoran of North America at the time. Nevertheless, the short-faced bear would have been a towering, frightening beast. And how can a cat knock down a 2000 pounds bear with one swipe? Top: skull of the North American short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) from the Museum of Natural History in New York. The habitat of the American lion was full of other tremendous predators, such as the short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) or the so-called dire wolf (Canis dirus), which competed with the American lion … By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses. They had slender limbs compared to the heavily-built bears we see today and stood tall, reaching 4 metres when reared up — more like a grizzly bear on stilts. Please note that CBC does not endorse the opinions expressed in comments. Nevertheless, the short-faced bear would have been a towering, frightening beast. In the Far Corner: Panthera Leo Spelaea, the Cave Lion . By submitting your comments, you acknowledge that CBC has the right to reproduce, broadcast and publicize those comments or any part thereof in any manner whatsoever. The Giant Short-Faced Bear. lol. The fight takes place in the Cenozoic era. He asked for the explorers Lewis and Clark to keep a look out for giant lions while they travelled west across the country. *According to the picture, second from top ( comparison ) the short-faced bear is a foot taller at shoulder height and a foot longer than the brown bear. The Short-Faced Bear. But they were shorter and stockier, and their tusks straighter than the exaggerated curved tusks sported by their mammoth cousins. The Bear was clearly larger but it didn't appear to be 2,000 lbs. At first glance, mastodons (Mammut americanum) are very similar to mammoths, with thick fur and large tusks. Lion wins with skill Animals: Black Panther Giant Panda Incompetent people don't know they are incompetent and are unable to recognize competence in others. Nevertheless, it was not the largest bear ever lived. Near by, a large black panther is looking for a early morning meal. Panthera atrox, the North American lion of the Pleistocene Era, weighed in at about 775 pounds, stood 4 feet tall (1.22 meters), and measured 8.2 feet (2.5 meters) long; he was about 25 percent larger than the modern African lion. It could be as fast as the best modern racehorses, and with physical strength and charisma, it was able to defeat the saber-toothed tiger or the American lion.It was believed to be one of the largest predatory mammals that lived on Earth during the Ice Age. It is the momentum of the Bear more than the strike that brings the Bear down. We don’t know if these bears were ferocious hunters, chasing down their prey at 40 km/h, or far-ranging scavengers that followed the faint scent of a carcass using their acute sense of smell. Comments on this story are moderated according to our Submission Guidelines. Because of their size, they ambushed their prey, working together to bring down an animal once they had a hold of it. However, a new Nature of Things documentary, Ice Bridge, outlines the theory of two rogue archeologists who believe that people may have arrived here thousands of years earlier and from a very different place. Europeans slaughtered them in great numbers, first for their meat and then for the birds' fat and downy feathers. Comments are welcome while open. Also, notice the Lion didn't knock over the Bear with a swipe? It lived at a time when the dire wolf, the American lion and the saber-toothed cat known as Smilodon prowled the landscape. It was one of the biggest and most powerful predators the world has seen, weighing an immense 900 kilograms and standing 2 metres at the shoulder. Mastodons were homegrown elephants that evolved in North America 3.5 million years ago. Bottom: and skull of the European cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) from the … It stood 1.2 metres at the shoulder and weighed up to 420 kilograms. Kodiak Bear vs Siberian Tiger. When a giant fossilized claw was discovered in West Virginia in the late 1700s, there was great excitement over what extinct animal it could have belonged to. In prehistoric North America, the short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) ruled the land. Great auks stood over 80 centimetres tall and lived on the open ocean, except when gathered in massive colonies on land during the breeding season. If so, they would have encountered a strange cast of ferocious predators and giant herbivores who lived here during the Ice Age. In fact, the auk is a member of the razorbill family, and not a penguin at all, but when sailors came across black and white flightless birds in the southern oceans, they called them by the scientific name given to the auks — Pinguinus. How tall is that guy in the pic GrizzlyClaws? Hardy and tough, they were built to withstand the cold temperatures of the north and fend off ice age predators. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. The great auk (Pinguinus impennis) was a bird that dominated the North Atlantic during the ice age and into modern times. How did the odd Cave Lion wind up smack in the middle of an … Paleolithic art of similar lions found on cave walls in France and Russia show that the prehistoric cats had a faintly striped coat and no mane, unlike modern lions. Taking a fatal neck bite. While the auks outlasted other ice age species, humans ultimately caused their extinction. The giant short-faced bear (Arctodus Simus) was among the most terrifying predators ever to appear on the North American continent. It was the largest mammal carnivore within the last 20,000 years. The newly found South American Giant Short-faced Bear Arctotherium angustidens (discovered in 2011) was the biggest Short-faced bear ever found and was slightly taller and heavier then the polar bear (the biggest polar bear on record was 2,200 lbs but the South American Giant Short-faced bear averaged 3,500 lbs), the upper arm bone of this animal is almost as big as an elephant's. Although these sloths looked fearsome, they fed on leaves and twigs of the northern forests and posed no threat to possible human newcomers. The two circle around trying to stow stare down. A strange cast of ferocious predators and giant herbivores lived here during the ice age. Rangier and longer legged than any bear today, it was about five feet at the shoulders when walking and stood as tall as 12 feet on its hind legs. The panther strikes early on the panda to start the fight. It is sunrise over a Chinese forest, and a panda is returning to it’s den. This is quite simply, the largest bear ever discovered and by default, a contender for the largest carnivorous land mammal ever to live. the rhino sees movement and feels threatened, so it charges, the elephant sees the attack, and counters. Lion vs Short Faced Bear. Elephant vs Rhino. Thus it was smaller than its contemporary competitor for prey, the giant short-faced bear, which was the largest carnivoran of North America at the time. These giants were slow and awkward moving. Also called the bulldog bear, the giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus) was undoubtedly the fastest running bear that ever lived. Smilodon American lion The American Lion was roaming around, The Smilodon jumps onto it's banck out of no where, the Smilodon goes for the throat, but the American lion kicks the Sabre-toothes tiger off, only leaving a scratch on it's chest. i actually find these really interesting. Ironically, the Cave Lion (Panthera leo spelaea) received its name in reference to the Cave Bear.This big cat didn't actually live in caves; rather, its moniker derives from the fact that Panthera leo spelaea fossils have been discovered mixed in with Cave Bear remains. The popular show ‘Game of Thrones’ brought the fictional ‘direwolf’ to the screen, depicting them as intimidating beasts. Note: The CBC does not necessarily endorse any of the views posted. Perfectly adapted to the cold conditions of the north, mastodons had short ears and tails to help conserve heat and a thick coat of fur. But other, more plucky animals managed to hold on a bit longer. Panthera had long legs, five retractable claws on each of its four feet and powerful teeth and jaws, with a bite force of more than 1,800 pounds … That claw didn’t belong to a fearsome meat eater, but to a massive, cumbersome sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii). The Bear is actually thrown off balance and this is what causes it to go down. A large American Lion tipped the scales at just over 700 llbs, a very large cat and a ferocious predator, but the Short-faced Bear probably weighed in at around 2200 llbs and chased everything away from its kills and probably their kills too. Before becoming president, Thomas Jefferson was head of the American Philosophical Society and certain that the claw was the remnant of a monstrous predator. lol, prehistoric version of animal face-off. Diagram courtesy Blaine Schubert. Thus it was smaller than its contemporary competitor for prey, the giant short-faced bear, which was the largest carnivoran of North America at the time. This would mean that he is so slight of build ( gracile ) that he appears to be short of body length and long of leg. Unfortunately, the shifting climate at the end of the ice age, combined with the competition with humans for food, led to the demise of the dire wolf and many other ancient predators about 10,000 to 20,000 years ago. It was flightless, but a great swimmer, with black and white markings that resemble penguins. Travelling for months across the ice and sea, humans hunted the auks for food and a source of oil as they bridged the distance between continents. Most archeologists agree that human beings reached North America 14,000 years ago, crossing a land bridge that existed between eastern Russia and modern-day Alaska. The American lion was not as heavily built as the saber-toothed cat Smilodon populator, which may have weighed up to 360–470 kilograms (790–1,000 lb). The Arctotherium angustidens was isolated primarily to South America during the Pleistocene epoch 2.5 million to 11,000 years ago. I found the ending was unrealistically scripted. Toward the end, the panther jumps on a wide-open opportunity and pins the panda. Prey in the ice age was plentiful; horses, deer, and camels roamed the land in great numbers. Probably less than 1,500 lbs. Thus it was smaller than its contemporary competitor for prey, the giant short-faced bear, which was the largest carnivoran of North America at the time. same thing as previous fight. The short-faced bear (Arctodus sp.) They were similar to modern grey wolves, but heavier, with bigger heads, jaws and teeth giving them a strong bite, ideal for killing large prey like camels, horses, and bison. To encourage thoughtful and respectful conversations, first and last names will appear with each submission to CBC/Radio-Canada's online communities (except in children and youth-oriented communities). is an extinct bear genus that inhabited North America during the Pleistocene epoch from about 1.8 Mya until 11,000 years ago. Season 3, Episode 22 Sabre-Toothed Tiger vs Short-Faced Bear; Season 3, Episode 25 American Lion vs. Smilodon; Season 3, Episode 25 Cassowary vs. Grey Wolf; Secretary Bird vs. Spitting Cobra; Smilodon vs Phorusrhacos; Smilodon vs Short Faced Bear; Smilodon vs Siberian Tiger; These giant woolly pachyderms were still wandering the North American continent when humans arrived over the Bering Sea land bridge and were certainly here when the Solutreans are thought to have arrived on the eastern shores. If this is true, then the short-faced bear is not short-bodied.