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Arctodus is an extinct genus of short-faced bear that inhabited North America during the Pleistocene (~2.5 Mya until 12,800 years ago). There are two recognized species: the lesser short-faced bear (Arctodus pristinus) and the giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus).
Castoroides (Latin: "beaver" (castor), "like" (oides) [2]), or the giant beaver, is an extinct genus of enormous, bear-sized beavers that lived in North America during the Pleistocene. Two species are currently recognized, C. dilophidus in the Southeastern United States and C. ohioensis in most of North America.
The Fat Bear Week 2024 bracket reveal was postponed after a male bear attacked and killed a female bear at Brooks River in Alaska Monday.
Bonkers starred in a 2004 movie called A Bear Named Winnie as the adult Winnie, starring Michael Fassbender as Colebourn. He was in a commercial for the Black Bear Casino Resort. [6] Bozo, a female Kodiak bear, [7] had a co-starring role in the NBC TV series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams from 1977 to 1978.
Sharing his name with a giant jet airplane, 747 is a "giant among bears," according to the NPS. He's been estimated to weigh 1,400 pounds in the past and has won Fat Bear Week twice, in 2020 and 2022.
[149] [150] Another huge bear was the giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus), with the average weight of 625 kg (1,378 lb) and the maximum estimated at 957 kg (2,110 lb). [151] There is a guess that the largest individuals of this species could reached even larger mass, up to 1,200 kg (2,600 lb). [149]
One of four panda bears at Zoo Atlanta rests in their habitat on Dec. 30, 2023, in Atlanta. The zoo's giant panda bear agreement with China expires in late 2024, and plans are underway for Lun Lun ...
The Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi), also known as the Kodiak brown bear and sometimes the Alaskan brown bear, inhabits the islands of the Kodiak Archipelago in southwest Alaska. [3] It is one of the largest recognized subspecies or population of the brown bear , and one of the two largest bears alive today, the other being the polar bear .