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Arctodus simus, Short Faced Bear
(Reader Contribution to 10 Most Amazing Extinct Animals)
Arctodus simus, also known as the giant short-faced bear, is an extinct species of bear. The genus Arctodus is known as the short-faced or bulldog bears. It was native to prehistoric North America from about 800 thousand years ago, and became extinct about 12,500 years ago. Males from the Yukon region - the largest representatives of the species - would have stood about 1.6 m (5.3 ft) at the shoulder (on all fours), 3.7 m (12 ft) upright and may have weighed about 1135 kg (2500 lb).[citation needed] Modern Kodiak and Polar bears reach and even exceed this weight, and captive Kodiaks (and other Brown bears) are commonly overweight and even obese due to abundant food and low activity requirements, leading to extremely high weights. The instances of overweight and obese captive Polar Bears are very rare and so specimens of such extreme weights are found, albeit rarely, in the wild.
sent by Harry Charles
1/7/2010
source: http://www.wildlifenews.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlife_news.view_article&issue_id=41&articles_id=232
3 votes
1/7/2010
source: http://www.wildlifenews.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlife_news.view_article&issue_id=41&articles_id=232
3 votes
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