Still Waters Posted March 20, 2018 #1 Share Posted March 20, 2018 It was discovered on the banks of the Salado River, northwest of the province of Buenos Aires, a paleontological site has revealed a lot of fossils in recent weeks. The skull and jaw of this giant bear were almost complete. https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/a-giant-bear-of-late-pleistocene-was.html#jTXpOFp3AODPVVrX.97 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khol Posted March 21, 2018 #2 Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) Reading that I was thinking how crazy it would be to be chased by that huge animal and thought well prehistoric humans probably would have.. and it led me to this http://www.toptenz.net/10-terrifying-animals-lived-alongside-prehistoric-man.php Its hard to imagine what the wildlife would be like back then and what these people encountered. Ground Sloths 20 feet long wieghing 4 tons ? wtf ! a time machine would be so cool Edited March 21, 2018 by khol spelling 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted March 21, 2018 #3 Share Posted March 21, 2018 How large was the bear? I don't speak Spanish... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted March 21, 2018 Author #4 Share Posted March 21, 2018 9 hours ago, and then said: How large was the bear? I don't speak Spanish... The video might not reveal how large the bear was. I've been looking at other source links online but none of them that I can see give the size of the bear. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sameerr Posted March 21, 2018 #5 Share Posted March 21, 2018 16 hours ago, and then said: How large was the bear? I don't speak Spanish... This new discovery has a skull which is awesome and i wonder if this specimen is in similar size to A.angustidens. This bear belongs to the genus of the Arctotherium as mentioned in the source. The largest bear known is Arctotherium Angustidens which weighs over a tonne and it is the largest known terrestrial mammalian carnivore. That specimen is only known from a humerus as i guess. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted March 21, 2018 #6 Share Posted March 21, 2018 48 minutes ago, Sameerr said: This new discovery has a skull which is awesome and i wonder if this specimen is in similar size to A.angustidens. This bear belongs to the genus of the Arctotherium as mentioned in the source. The largest bear known is Arctotherium Angustidens which weighs over a tonne and it is the largest known terrestrial mammalian carnivore. That specimen is only known from a humerus as i guess. Thanks for the info. I guess I just noticed article and assumed there would be some mention of the size of the bear for someone who knew nothing of these things. No worries It sounds like a really BIG bear... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sameerr Posted March 22, 2018 #7 Share Posted March 22, 2018 7 hours ago, and then said: Thanks for the info. I guess I just noticed article and assumed there would be some mention of the size of the bear for someone who knew nothing of these things. No worries It sounds like a really BIG bear... https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=342093969460292&id=100009790754391&set=a.134209756915382.1073741827.100009790754391&source=56 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted March 22, 2018 #8 Share Posted March 22, 2018 On 21/03/2018 at 6:00 AM, and then said: How large was the bear? I don't speak Spanish... Just to say that this is one of those phrases best appreciated out of context. It's worth noting too that this bear still has family in South America, the small (fir a bear) spectacled bear. One of whom would go on to make it big in London. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted March 22, 2018 #9 Share Posted March 22, 2018 4 hours ago, oldrover said: Just to say that this is one of those phrases best appreciated out of context. It's worth noting too that this bear still has family in South America, the small (fir a bear) spectacled bear. One of whom would go on to make it big in London. I don't understand what you're attempting to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted March 22, 2018 #10 Share Posted March 22, 2018 9 minutes ago, and then said: I don't understand what you're attempting to say. Your comment makes perfect sense in the context of this thread, but I was saying that in isolation it'd strike you as being very unusual. As to the rest of it, it was just two general comments not directed at anyone in particular. But what I meant by them is that there is a surviving member of the same group this giant bear belonged to, and that's the spectacled bear, which is a very small bear. And as this is the only species of bear found in South America, and Paddington was from 'darkest Peru' he was a spectacled bear, and the Paddington stories by Michael Bond are set in London. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nnicolette Posted March 22, 2018 #11 Share Posted March 22, 2018 On 3/20/2018 at 7:20 PM, khol said: Reading that I was thinking how crazy it would be to be chased by that huge animal and thought well prehistoric humans probably would have.. and it led me to this http://www.toptenz.net/10-terrifying-animals-lived-alongside-prehistoric-man.php Its hard to imagine what the wildlife would be like back then and what these people encountered. Ground Sloths 20 feet long wieghing 4 tons ? wtf ! a time machine would be so cool Sounds like an easy feast... no wonder they are gone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted March 22, 2018 #12 Share Posted March 22, 2018 3 hours ago, oldrover said: Your comment makes perfect sense in the context of this thread, but I was saying that in isolation it'd strike you as being very unusual. As to the rest of it, it was just two general comments not directed at anyone in particular. But what I meant by them is that there is a surviving member of the same group this giant bear belonged to, and that's the spectacled bear, which is a very small bear. And as this is the only species of bear found in South America, and Paddington was from 'darkest Peru' he was a spectacled bear, and the Paddington stories by Michael Bond are set in London. Thank you for clearing that up. I'm a bit slow on the uptake at times 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrover Posted March 22, 2018 #13 Share Posted March 22, 2018 3 hours ago, NicoletteS said: Sounds like an easy feast... Really? Today's sloths are small animals, and part of why they so sluggish is to avoid detection by keen eyed harpy eagles. One of their major predators. These ground sloths though were related but different. Like most 4 ton animals with hugely powerful arms and ten inch claws, they didn't worry too much about predation. These things would have been much more active. And you'd fancy that as easy meal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khol Posted March 23, 2018 #14 Share Posted March 23, 2018 7 hours ago, NicoletteS said: Sounds like an easy feast... no wonder they are gone. And according to this your absolutely right http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2005/08/humans-drove-giant-sloths-extinction @oldrover I also forget google at times ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nnicolette Posted March 23, 2018 #15 Share Posted March 23, 2018 4 hours ago, oldrover said: Really? Today's sloths are small animals, and part of why they so sluggish is to avoid detection by keen eyed harpy eagles. One of their major predators. These ground sloths though were related but different. Like most 4 ton animals with hugely powerful arms and ten inch claws, they didn't worry too much about predation. These things would have been much more active. And you'd fancy that as easy meal? I wouldn't say easy to kill but I'm guessing easy to catch and a bountiful feast so yeah a likely target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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