Bears of the Pleistocene

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The Bear Almanac - The European cave bear is one of the best-known ice age mammals. It inhabited mountainous and hill regions in the area of present day Germany, France, and Russia and lasted in Europe and Russia for two ice ages. It's head was very large, with a broad, domed skull and steep forehead; it had small eyes, upward-opening nostrils, and a grinding jaw. The body was stout, with long thighs; short, massive shins; large in-turned feet; the large bones close in structure to those of the grizzly bear. Males weighed up to 880 pounds. The cave bear was a specialist, a distinct herbivore, considerably more a browser than a predator. Ursus spelaeus was hunted and worshipped by Neanderthal man and has been found in burial positions. Reply