has emerged a new record for the largest category and the worst bear ever found a way. A bear prehistoric South America and weighs 1600 kilograms and standing height reached 3.4 meters to the champion, according to recent findings. Previously, North America with a giant bear the weight of 1134 pounds was recorded as the largest prehistoric bear. For modern bears, a record held by Alaskan polar bears with 998 kilograms.
Bears South America to explore the American continent about 500,000 to 2 million years ago. According to scientists, the bear is the largest and most powerful carnivores that exist in his day. "As a carnivore, nothing rivals the power of this South American bears, "said Blaine Schubert, paleontologists from the East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee.
unique bear bones were found in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1935. New- Recently, the bones are examined again by Schubert and Leopoldo Soibelzon, a palaeontologist from Argentina who specializes in researching South American fossil bears. The researchers measured the upper arm bone upper arm almost as big as an elephant, so the rest of the bear body size can be estimated. The study also suggests that older male bears are experiencing tremendous wound in his lifetime.
Size Very Important "" Do not know what to eat and how he ate, the question arises as to realize the bear was very different from his brother, the North American bears, "said Schubert. For comparison, the South American bear species grow and then shrink over time, unlike the North American bear species continues to grow.
Schubert menginfokan that the abundant supply of prey and a little competition, making a bear of South America became the ruler of the continent. However, in line with the evolution of carnivores, the bear had to adapt and become more omnivorous, like modern bears. In North America, increasing the size of bears, to its advantage. dagger-toothed cats and other predators been away, according to some researchers. North American Power may bear the same with ice age animals, like camels and mammoths.
Source: National Geographic Indonesia
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