Could Short-Faced Bear Survive Nowadays?

Could Short-Faced Bear Survive Nowadays?

The short-faced bears that once roamed North America belonged to the genus Arctodus. Two species were found on the continent during the Pleistocene- the lesser short-faced bear, Arctodus pristinus which predominantly lived during the early Pleistocene, and the giant short-faced bear, Arctodus simus, which predominantly lived towards the end of the Pleistocene. Both species likely overlapped with each other but Arctodus simus evolved from Arctodus pristinus.
The bears were similar in appearance to today's bears but considerably larger. The biggest was the giant short-faced bear which could grow up to 950 kilograms (or 2000 pounds) in weight, had a shoulder height of 1.6 meters (or 5.2 feet) and when standing on its hind legs could reach heights of 4 meters (or 13 feet).
Although they are considered to have been omnivorous like many of today's bears, they are thought to be the largest carnivorous land mammals that ever lived.
Here, we ask the question, could short-faced bears survive nowadays?

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[GaryYork-tkow]

I think there'd be enough tourists and hikers to keep the short faced bear well fed if they were here.

[secondavenger]

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[bkjeong]

Arctodus turned out to be a generalist omnivore, and it was VERY widespread across multiple different climates and habitats, so I actually think it wouldn’t do too badly (in fact, it makes me question why it even went extinct to start with, because it should have been able to deal with both natural and anthropogenic impact quite well due to how adaptable it was).

[feliperivas]

According to some circles, the Lesser Short-faced bear evolved into becoming the Floridamen of today.

[sspeedy]

Hold on a second, did you say like today's brown bears were not built for speed? Brown bears are incredibly fast! There are many video's on YouTube showing brown bears running down caribou, moose, and deer! Not to mention interviews with people who have survived encounters with brown bears, all of which mention the unbelievable speed at which the bear moved!

[tadblackington]

Arctodus would certainly make hiking more exciting.

[PoliticoGee]

'Brown bear not built for speed' you obviously have never seen a grizzly sprint

[guillermorivas]

The short-face bear would thrive in Alaska. It would have a plentiful supply of food and water. Not to mention that state is largely absent of humans.

[JackLoyal]

Idea for a video – when the topic of 'toughest animal' is brocahed, there are two animals that always seem to have people divided: The Honey Badger, and The Wolverine.

The two members of the weseal family are both know for their fearlessness, and ferocious behaviors, but the habitat in which these two call their homes are a bit different: The Honey Badger's home turf is majorly in South Africa and Western Asia, The Wolverine makes the remote reaches of the Northern Hemisphere (Russia, Canada, Alaska) its stomping ground.

So I believe in order to settle the debate once and for all, is to see how well each animal would do in the other's territory. How well would they be able to overcome the new environment? Since the two of them don't have a specialized diet (probably one of the reasons why the Wolverine earned its nickname, 'the glotten') seeing how well each of them would do with taking down the other's typical prey sources wouldn't give us a definitive answer, But how well would each of them be able to handle the other's competition?

There are no more bears native to Africa, but are everywhere in The Northern Hemisphere, would a Honey Badger be able to run a Bear off of a kill? Would a Wolverine prove to be too much of a burden to a Lion?

Finally, what would happen if these two were to meet? Pile their statistics and see how they compare: size, offense, defense, special features/adaptations


Two features unique to each of them that I would like to see go up against one another are: The Honey Badger has its loose but tough skin, it makes it hard to penetrate, and hard to hold down. The Wolverine has a set of molars in the back of its mouth that allows it to really tear into a carcus, if a Wolverine were to get a hold of a Honey Badger, would these special teeth be able to overcome the tough hide of the Honey Badger?

[indyreno]

There is already a living short-faced bear species, which is the spectacled bear, as the term "short-faced bear" more correctly refers to the subfamily Tremarctinae as a whole, not just the fossil genus Arctodus.

[missc]

There are many cave painting depicting humans being attacked by the short face bear. Modern bears are very adaptable. However given this bears size we humans would have made it gone extinct or forced it upper north with the polar bear.

[billygauthier]

The largest polar bear on record was 2209 lbs. I'm guessing the largest short faced bear could potentially weigh more than you've suggested

[Obironnkenobi]

I had a teacher once refer to these as "Pug Bears" and now that's all I think of whenever I see them.

[bababoey]

They could reach weights of over 1 ton, i think the south american short faced bear was the largest one reaching weights of 1.6 tons

[WORLDSTORYII]

Nice video bro, this is the best video 🫡🔥

[Sothpawman]

Bears are incredibly fast. You have to see it to believe it.

[heefonepang]

Hi boss, thanks for making a video based on my suggestion & I got a few more about prehistoric animals:

1. Can the Megaloceros survive nowadays?
2. Can the Spinosaurus survive nowadays?
3. Can the Neanderthal survive nowadays?
4. Can the Stegosaurus survive nowadays?

[popnostalgia]

Mr. Machine, Thanks for the awesome posts! Episode idea: Could Gigantopithecus be Bigfoot, and could either really survive in North America today?

[quailitycontrolled]

Its always intrigued me that extinctions and major climactic shifts happened long before the first humanoids. I have to wonder if evidence of another civilization previous to what know of now had been ground to dust, gravel and tiny specks we'd never recognize under glaciers.

[FlashyVic]

Ah, imagine the lesser short faced bear roaming those rolling hills and deep valleys of Florida shown in the video.😁