First ever preserved grown up cave bear - even its nose is intact - unearthed on the Arctic island

[jeffreyi]

https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/first-ever-preserved-grown-up-cave-bear-even-its-nose-is-intact-unearthed-on-the-arctic-island/

[soothsayer]

1. Wow

It looks so small

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Photos include one adult, one cub. Last photo in the article shows a small horse. nt

[soothsayer]

5. Right, the cub is amazing

Like a dog-sized muzzle on the big bear, though desiccated and all that.

[jpak]

2. Wow

[eShirl]

3. ooo.

In college everyone was reading the new "Clan of the Cave Bear."
We started referring to it as "Enclave of the Bear Clan." We crazy kids.

[Warpy]

6. That first book was actually good reading

and she got the interbreeding thing right, confirmed by DNA what, 40 years later.

I honestly don't want the megafauna killed off by the Younger Dryas Event back, so I hope they don't clone that bear.

[SCantiGOP]

8. What could possibly go wrong with cloning cave bears?

[Warpy]

10. Around here, clans I know about are named for places

or distnctly less noticeable animals. Auel was obviously thinking on the same level of sports teams.

I'm sure there are men out there who are arrogant enough to think they could confine these creatures in pens. Ha!

Even koalas aren't all that friendly when they're annoyed.

[Bayard]

7. Amazing!

Soft tissue still intact. What a great find!

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Awesome.