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Post by oldindigosilverback on May 15, 2023 2:51:57 GMT -5
The cave bear probably had dietary similar to Kodiaks and black bears who are mostly herbivores and occasional meat eaters. Inviato dal mio 21061119DG utilizzando Tapatalk Cave bear morphology is similar to brown bear morphology. Only difference, the former has more robust bones as well as a shorter snout.
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Post by Gorilla king on May 11, 2024 12:09:28 GMT -5
PRIME ADULT CAVE BEARS WERE NOT HUNTED BY OTHER CARNIVORES:... Wolves are ranked as the most dangerous predators to bears by Couturier (1954), and other group hunters like cave hyenas might also have formed a threat to cave bears. Normally, in open-air settings (as opposed to hibernation sites) other carnivores will hunt the young, the weak, or the old individuals instead of the primeaged adults (Stiner, 1999). Therefore, carnivore kills are not a probable cause of the prime-dominated or living structure mortality profiles shown in Figure 4. ...www.researchgate.net/publication/366538882_Early_evidence_for_bear_exploitation_during_MIS_9_from_the_site_of_Schoningen_12_Germany
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