Bears and Big Cats Interactions during Prehistoric Times

[Smilodon-Rex]

(12-27-2018, 06:20 PM)brotherbear Wrote: Is there any strong evidence that Panthera atrox lived and hunted in a pride like true lions? Or might they have been loners like a tiger?

 Panthera atrox may likely to live and hunt in a couple or single like tiger in usual but sometimes it may joined together as a temporary group like modern Asiatic lion or golden eagle, the most possible living model was a male which lived with several females shared the common territory. 

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   According to the latest report that Panthera spalea may lived in a small family, like what the picture shows 

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The cave walls ofChauvet and Lascaux contain brilliantly realistic images of this extinct animal, showing that it lived in prides, and that males were maneless. We know this because in a few images, the adult male scrotum is obvious, and the mane is absent. Reply