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  Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
Posted by: Pckts - 02-15-2016, 04:20 AM - Forum: Vacations and Holidays - Replies (5)
I went to the L.A. One yesterday, I'll post pictures tomorrow but a few things I saw.

I have read that the African elephant is of similar size to a T-Rex but I say no way!
The t-Rex's they have there are massive. Larger than the mammoth skeleton and the elephants on display, larger by a huge margin. At least the ones there. I will say that the mammoth does look like it could carry more weight for its length but not enough to make up the size difference between the two.

The triceratops skull is absolutely massive, far larger than any rhino or hippo I have ever seen. They would be a serious handful for any sized predator.

The American lion was far taller than the smilodon fatalis and longer, probably not longer proportionally but longer none the less. A much more impressive skeleton. 

The ancient Naegele's jaguar or Panthera Atrox lower jaw is far more massive and impressive compared to the short faced bear.

The short faced bear skull is much larger than a grizzly or black bears.

Once again this is only a couple of specimens and most of the sex's were unknown and ages. 

All and all, it was awesome.

If any body has images or information from ones they have seen, feel free to post.
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  Bears and Big Cats Interactions during Prehistoric Times
Posted by: Spalea - 02-07-2016, 05:49 PM - Forum: Extinct Animals - Replies (49)
What do you think about this - apparently - serious link ? :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/12819243

Do you believe that it was possible that cave lions targeted cave bears as prey during their hibernation ? It was a very highly dangerous hunting - for this reason one -, only the male lions dared to attack the big bears...

In general, can we conclude that, individually of course a cave bear in Europa, an arctodus simus in North America are on the top of the food chain, are the top predators , but in prides cave lions in Europa, and american lions could perhaps compete with them ? Against an adult bear (cave bear ou arctodus as well), two or three males lions making up/constituting an very serious opposition could have the last word.
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  Pleistocene Herbivores and their Predators
Posted by: brotherbear - 02-04-2016, 07:12 AM - Forum: Prehistoric animals - Replies (12)
This topic is about the Pleistocene mega-fauna and their possible predators. 
 
What large herbivores might the Pleistocene bears have hunted?

Order Xenarthra ( sloths and armadillos )...

Family Dasypodidea included Holmesina septentrionalis an armadillo 6 feet long and 3 feet high. One of these big guys weighed roughly 600 pounds.

Family Gliptodontidae included Glyptotherium arizonae which measured roughly 10 feet long and you may add to this length a tail 4.5 feet long. This big heavily armored herbivore weighed roughly 1 ton ( 2,000 pounds ).

Family Megalonychidae included Megalonyx jeffersonii - Megalonyx meaning "giant claw" and jeffersonii after Thomas Jefferson who greatly admired this great beast. This giant ground sloth measured roughly 10 feet long.

Family Megatheriidae was another group of giant ground sloths. Eremotherium rusconii was a huge member of this family which lived in North America. A large male could measure 20 feet long and weigh up to 6,000 pounds.

Family Mylodontidae included Paramylodon harlani, a ground sloth which could measure 12 feet long and weighed roughly 3,500 pounds.

*Note: information straight from 'Ice Age Mammals of North America' by Ian M. Lange.
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  Lions of Timbavati
Posted by: Pckts - 02-04-2016, 02:05 AM - Forum: Lion - Replies (7003)
https://www.facebook.com/Lions-of-the-Timbavati-317173391716244/?fref=nf

Lions of the Timbavati

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I'm going to start posting lion updates from the Manyeleti as well. I'm not going to change the pages name though. Quite a few lions in the Manyeleti are from the Timbavati. Skorro male lion, Mbiri pride(Skybed pride), Matimba males and the Birmingham breakaway prides. I will only post lion updates from the Timbavati and the Manyeleti. The Timbavati is not that far from the Manyeleti. A nice photo of the youngest Giraffe male. Photo taken by Johan Adolf Smalman at Shindzela.

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Matimba Male
Not pretty but certainly nearing the end of his dominance. The next few years are not going to be easy for this male lion.

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Here's a photo of some of the Giraffe males with the 3 Avoca males. Taken by Brad Marais at Makanyi Lodge. I've seen quite a few comments regarding the 5 Giraffe males and the 3 Avoca males. I'll give you some information on them and I will tell you why they've 'joined up'. The Giraffe males are a coalition of 5 males and they are between 4-6 years old. The 3 Avoca males are between 5-8 years old. The Avoca pride is a breakaway pride from the Giraffe pride and that means the Avoca males and the Giraffe males are related to each other. The 3 Avoca males came from the Avoca pride and the Giraffe males came from the Giraffe pride. They have been seen together numerous of times. Both coalitions were fathered by the 3 old Ross males. It will be interesting to see what happens. Will they move as a coalition of 8 males?

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Some great sightings yesterday and this morning with a very relaxed African wild cat in broad daylight. The hyena den was very active with 8 youngsters playing outside and to top it off last night the old Ross male getting active in the north. This morning elephants all over Timbavati and some plains game having a drink.

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Shindzela Safari Camp
The new Avoca cubs. Fathered by the Giraffe males or the Avoca males.


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Yesterday we had cleo female leopard resting in a marula tree on scott 2. A few dagga boys resting about and a herd of elephants moving past the lodge. The 2 Ross break away females moving west on our entrance road. marula female leopard resting in a tree in the north. a herd of 50 elephants crossing the road in front of us.

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The 3 Trilogy males resting at twins dam. A very big mamba in a tree. Female cheetah drinking water at Kambaku dam. 6 lions we do not know 2 females with 4 cubs +- 10 month old

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Kambaku Safari Lodge

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One of the Hercules Pride females is a monster lioness. Her size is seriously impressive, and if she had a mane, she could pass as a male! In addition to this, she and her sister, plus 4 subadult cubs, have aggressive attitudes that stem from a life of solitude. Their territory is deep inside the neighbouring property where very little vehicle activity is permitted, so they are not nearly as habituated as the Ross Breakaway lionesses.

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and the much debated estimated or weighed 280kg lion?

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Note that this isn't to start another debate, simply put, he is one of the more infamous lions and especially from Timbavati so I figured he'd deserve a little screen time as well.
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  Tigers of North-Eastern India
Posted by: Pckts - 02-02-2016, 04:42 AM - Forum: Tiger - Replies (679)
Since the Sunderban tiger thread has gone so well and the images have been fantastic I figured that a thread on Kaziranga and the Tigers that live there would be cool.

While the Tigers in the Sunderbans and Kaziranga are the same Sub Species, the differences between them are as great as the differences between any other tiger sub species.

So lets take a look at the Habitat, terrain and the flora and fauna that live there.

Kaziranga National Park 


is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India. The sanctuary, which hosts two-thirds of the world's great one-horned rhinoceroses is a World Heritage Site.[1] According to the census held in March 2015, which was jointly conducted by the Forest Department of the Government of Assam and some recognized wildlife NGOs, the rhino population in Kaziranga National Park is 2,401. It comprises 1,651 adult rhinos (663 male, 802 are females, 186 unsexed); 294 sub-adults (90 males, 114 females, 90 unsexed); 251 juveniles and 205 cubs.[2] Kaziranga is home to the highest density of tigers among protected areas in the world, and was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006. The park is home to large breeding populations of elephants, wild water buffalo, and swamp deer.[3] Kaziranga is recognized as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International for conservation of avifaunal species. When compared with other protected areas in India, Kaziranga has achieved notable success in wildlife conservation. Located on the edge of the Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot, the park combines high species diversity and visibility.

Kaziranga is a vast expanse of tall elephant grass, marshland, and dense tropical moist broadleaf forests, crisscrossed by four major rivers, including the Brahmaputra, and the park includes numerous small bodies of water. Kaziranga has been the theme of several books, songs, and documentaries. The park celebrated its centennial in 2005 after its establishment in 1905 as a reserve forest.



The Kaziranga National Park lies at the edge of eastern Himalayas, with the mighty Brahmaputra flowing in its vicinity. It lies between latitudes 26°34' N to 26°46' N and longitudes 93°08' E to 93° 36' in the 9A Indo-Burma bio-geographical region. Spread over the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of Assam, the Kaziranga National Park covers a vast area of 430 sq km. It is about 217 km away from Guwahati, which is quite accessible place from other parts of the country by road, rail and air. Other places near the Kaziranga include Jorhat (97 km) and Furkating (75 km).


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Kaziranga, Jan 2016. Kaziranga is called "Serengeti of India". For grassland landscape and the teeming wildlife. Here, in one frame--swamp deer rub against each other, a rhino feeds and a water buffalo looks up. Egrets dot the edge of the marsh. We could not turn our eyes away. Please do visit. — at Kaziranga National Park.

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Feel free to post any wildlife or habitat images here, stories or observations and most importantly, TIGERS!
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  Coalitions of Kruger National Park
Posted by: Tshokwane - 01-29-2016, 08:51 PM - Forum: Lion - Replies (10820)
Taking advantage of updates through facebook(that for all its faults it's rather useful in this case), I want to use this thread to talk and learn about coalitions and individual males seen in the Kruger Park, and also in the Timbavati and Manyeleti(to the north of Sabi Sands).

Since we do this a lot with the lions of Sabi Sands, it will be good to know and learn more about their neighbours.
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  Survival Skills of Bears
Posted by: brotherbear - 01-28-2016, 06:26 PM - Forum: Bears - Replies (133)
The Bear Almanac by Gary Brown - Brown bears, native to the Old and New Worlds, live in a temperate climate and are found from the Arctic tundra to the edge of the Gobi Desert.
 
The Grizzly Almanac by Robert H. Busch.

In 1964, when Alaska experienced the worst earthquake in its history, grizzlies were noticed heading for the hills prior to the event. Many biologists believe that the animals could detect the tiny tremors in the earth that preceded the big quake and left the lowlands as a result.  
  
This topic is about the special skills as well as the physical and mental attributes which make the bears among the animal kingdom's most successful survivors. 
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  Amazing Facts
Posted by: brotherbear - 01-27-2016, 05:21 PM - Forum: Miscellaneous - Replies (4)
tell everyone about those amazing facts about your favorite animals. 
 
Amazing facts about the Grizzly, some recently learned:

http://www.all-creatures.org/bear/b-bearintel.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/arctic-be...gence/779/

#1 - Bears possess the largest and most convoluted brains relative to their size of any land mammal. In the animal kingdom, their intelligence compares with that of higher primates.

http://sectionhiker.com/bears_sense_of_smell/

#2 - Bears are thought to have the best sense of smell of any animal on earth. For example, the average dog's sense of smell is 100 times better than a humans. A blood hound's sense of smell is 300 times better. A bear's sense of smell is 7 times better than a blood hounds or 2,100 times better than a humans.

http://shaggygod.proboards.com/thread/11...rful-force

#3 - Quote: It seems that carpal bone have a high resistance to mechanical deformation. Grizzly bear front paws are surprisingly heavy due to massive carpal bones?
In my own words: The grizzly's ability to deliver a powerful paw strike is undeniable.

http://wildfact.com/forum/attachment.php?aid=207

In conclusion, no significant evidence provided any leads towards increased muscle strength deterioration or muscle mass deterioration in post­prime brown bears, yet evidence had been found of increased muscle volume deterioration in post­prime brown bears as. The brown bears who were experimented on were shortly released back into their respective locations within Yellowstone National Park after the study commenced. These findings suggest that brown bears, if not all bear species as a whole, are able to retain their muscle mass and maximum muscle strength well past their prime years, unlike most other animals.
The muscle mass of the three year old bear was relatively low due to its low total weight, and the muscle mass of the oldest specimen concurred with the relatively high amounts of Ib fibres: the densest muscle fibres discovered in mammalian and reptilian bodies so far.
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  Strange Sea Creatures
Posted by: parvez - 01-26-2016, 10:25 PM - Forum: Aquatic Animals and Amphibians - Replies (11)
I have been watching many interesting youtube videos since months. But now I got opportunity to share them here. 
It is said that only a little part of ocean is known to man. Seeing these videos, it certainly appears to prove those words.
Bloop



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Video amazing facts about sharks !
Posted by: amine13 - 01-24-2016, 10:17 PM - Forum: Aquatic Animals and Amphibians - Replies (6)
Ancient Sharks lived before land vertebrates populated earth and even before than many plants developed on continents. While they were very different from those found today, sharks have been on this planet for long time.
The shark species as we know them have been around for 400 million years. This means that they were here when dinosaurs were around. A record breaking evolutionary creature cannot be anything but amazing, with an anatomy which has been improved over those million years of evolution. Here below in the video there are some of the most amazing facts about sharks.
enjoy :) 




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