Of all of the ancient world's megafauna, the Short-Faced Bear was one of the scariest examples of evolutionary madness, a humongous bear on long legs that towered over just about any animal of the Pleistocene. Did you know that this prehistoric predator actually halted the flow of human migration, stopping our ancestors in their tracks at the Bering land bridge?
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How about the fact that they could run forty miles an hour, galloping across the ancient landscape on insanely long legs, and even following their prey high up into the trees? Or, that their jaws were tough enough to pulverize
bones into smithereens? Short-Faced Bears also dominated Dire Wolves and Sabre-Toothed Cats, pushing around these apex predators
and stealing their prey. They were ghouls of the prehistoric world, spreading all the way from Mexico to the Yukon and stalking ancient animals and even humans! Was the Short-Faced Bear the most terrifying animal in history? Here are nine reasons why this behemoth bear deserves the title.
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