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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jul 8, 2020 20:07:51 GMT -5
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Post by Polar on Jul 9, 2020 19:02:21 GMT -5
Nice art!
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Post by tom on Jul 9, 2020 20:02:09 GMT -5
From reply #20 it appears there is quite a difference in the max weights between the two. The one glaring difference from all the comparison photos is the size of the head. The Cave Bear seems to have a noticeably larger head.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jul 9, 2020 20:20:36 GMT -5
The cave bear has a relatively larger head and shorter about than a Kodiak bear. I wonder how it would compare to a Steppe brown bear.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Aug 16, 2020 7:04:16 GMT -5
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Post by King Kodiak on Aug 16, 2020 8:57:20 GMT -5
This makes sense.
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Post by brobear on Aug 16, 2020 9:11:15 GMT -5
Not only do Kamchatka bears and Kodiak bears have slightly larger heavier bones per-size of bear than other brown bears, but also a slightly broader skull with a steeper forehead. All of this leads me to consider that these bears have a little higher percentage of cave bear DNA than other brown bears. -Just theory.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Aug 16, 2020 9:24:18 GMT -5
A very believeble theory since the femora of a male cave bear is similar to that of a kodiak bear. A female cave bear does have a femora similar to that of a polar bear and all cave bears have a humurus similar to that of a polar bear. This could also mean the polar bear has quite a bit of cave bear DNA inside them too.
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Post by brobear on Jan 2, 2021 1:12:36 GMT -5
Kodiak Bear - Ursus Spelaeus (model by "Prehistoric Fauna")
This would probably represent two average specimens; I've taken a closer look at Christiansen and Harris' work and the average weight for male cave bears is ~525kg based on 6 equations conducted by them (I excluded equations based on canids/felids/hyaenids and solely focused on equations based on ursids due to obvious reasons; those animal groups are only very distantly related to ursids).Great comparison picture 'Taker. We must also remember that we are comparing the classic cave bear as a species with a single ( largest ) subspecies of brown bear.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jan 3, 2021 8:30:04 GMT -5
My guess, if the Kodiak bear is 1.33 mans the cave bear is 1.45m, the polar bear might be 1.4m (slightly taller than the Kodiak bear but shorter than the cave bear on average).
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