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Ursus spelaeus

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A Cave Bear skull (Ursus Spelaeus) from the Carpathian Mountains in Romania

A Cave Bear skull (Ursus Spelaeus) from the Carpathian Mountains in Romania

Cave bear teeth were 1.5 to 1.75 inches long.

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Cave bear - Ursus spelaeus - skeleton

Cave bear - Ursus spelaeus - skeleton on the floor of a cave

Cave bears were primarily vegetarian, though there is fossil evidence that they resorted to resorted to cannibalism to stay alive when food was scarce.

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Fossilized cave bear paw on white background

Fossilized cave bear paw on white background

Cave bears looked much like modern bears and walked on all four paws.

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3D illustration of Cave Bear Ursus Spelaeus

3D illustration of Cave Bear Ursus Spelaeus

There were two species of cave bear, both of which were the size of modern Kodiak and polar bears.

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