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(12-02-2016, 06:38 PM)parvez Wrote: bear muscles, amazing though feel pretty sad for the bear. If we remove fur the face looks similar to a dog, no doubt they originated from dog like ancestors. The head and mouth seem to contain fast twitching muscle fibres which are labelled white.
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The forelimbs seem to contain plenty of fast-twitch fibers. Again, we might have to reconsider if big cats really do possess a higher fast-twitch fiber ratio than bears.
Mammalian predators in general seem to possess more fast-twitch fibers than most other living creatures.