There is a world somewhere between reality and fiction. Although ignored by many, it is very real and so are those living in it. This forum is about the natural world. Here, wild animals will be heard and respected. The forum offers a glimpse into an unknown world as well as a room with a view on the present and the future. Anyone able to speak on behalf of those living in the emerald forest and the deep blue sea is invited to join.
Another excerpt... The bear gradually disappeared from plains areas and became exclusively a mountain animal, coming down only when food was too scarce. At the same time, although the bear remained omnivorous, its diet changed: 80 percent carnivorous in antiquity, the European brown bear was probably only 40 percent carnivorous in the Middle Ages. This evolution, more-over, continued into modern times, so that today something between 85 and 90 percent of the diet of the few brown bears still living in the wild in Europe is vegetarian. *The books tells of the huge and fierce bears of the past; much unlike our modern European brown bears. I feel certain that a population of bears, living in the forests ( which no longer exists ) and feeding heavily on protein-rich meat were larger and fiercer predators than their descendants living today. I am just curious if anyone should have any data on this topic.
