Bears and Big Cats Interactions during Prehistoric Times

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@brotherbear:

As you say all depends on the level of sociability of these extinct lions: cave lions and panthera athrox.

I have read according to the rock paintings studies that, - male cave lions having very small mane, thus being not very different from the females -, this lion specie was supposed not to be as sociable as the modern african lions. In this case cave lions had to live in small groups. About them we cannot speak of pride.
If it is the same thing about panthera atrox, you're quite right, three or four big cats cannot dissuade a short faced bear to take their meal. In the opposite case (atrox having a high level of sociability), ten or so males and females should have been able to stand up to a big bear (10 X 250 kilos > big bear's weight).

But yes, I must fantasize a little bit... Did we find any short faced bear's bones with big cats' tooth or claws marks as we did as concerns cave bears and lions ? Reply