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(06-02-2016, 12:54 AM)Pckts Wrote: Agreed Polar, and if we are talking about a one ton animal being vertically dragged up a mountain side, that isn't going to be some 85kg bear or big cat, that is going to be a large animals, 185kg plus animal, and of course lb for lb a big cat or bear is stronger than a human so to accomplish such a feat you would probably need a man upwards of 600-700lbs and is as strong as an ox.
But if a man can pull 188tons of plane, he can at least budge the carcass, but we are talking about .001% of the entire human population compared to an averaged sized bear.
Yeah, budge the carcass half an inch, but not any more.
387-kg times 3 = 1161-kg or 2559 pounds, which is more than a US ton. A bear would still struggle with the carcass upwards, since the carcass is obviously not a barbell where all the weight is symmetrical; the head, neck, and behind portions of the carcass would droop lower than the abdomen (if the bear carried it there). Unequal weights are often harder to pull up.
So yes, an 85-kg brown bear can vertically-drag that carcass on a ledge, but with very extreme struggle.