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10-01-2016, 09:02 PM( This post was last modified: 10-01-2016, 10:02 PM by GrizzlyClaws )
(10-01-2016, 04:44 PM)brotherbear Wrote: ( in my own words )... The giant European cave bear, being strictly a vegetarian ( according to this study - posts #110 and #120 ) was somewhat larger than our modern Kodiak bear. Now, the more protein consumed by a brown bear the bigger the bear. Coastal brown bears eat heavily on protein rich salmon and are thus bigger and heavier than their inland relatives which feed more heavily on vegetation. This makes me wonder just how the science works with the cave bear; him being so huge?
Also interesting... the measurements given on post #20 for the cave bear: 1.7m ( 5 feet 7 inches ) shoulder height and 3.5m ( 11 feet 5 inches ) from nose to rump.
They were many different species of Cave bears. Ursus spelaeus was even more herbivorous than the Giant Panda, but Ursus ingressus was as omnivorous as the Brown bears.