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.
(01-25-2018, 02:09 AM)brotherbear Wrote: Spalea; when I was a kid, I was dinosaur crazy! I lived and breathed dinosaurs. Now, I find the Ice-Age period much more interesting. Yes, perhaps the environment was already changing. But the grizzly did, for some length of time, coexist with the Pleistocene megafauna. There is no doubt that he was not the top predator. But a boar grizzly is a tough character in any setting. It is the survival of the she-bears and cubs that would be extremely hazardous in any open country with a heavy predator population. This is the reason, ( IMO ) that most Pleistocene grizzlies of N. America held to more remote locations. But those two grizzly fossils discovered in Oklahoma question how many might have lived in locations that were heavily populated.
I was (and still kind of) dinosaur crazy too. But I find modern, Eocene, and Pleistocene nature much more interesting, especially with the interactions of bear-like ancestors/bears with other carnivores.