Detection of giant bear fossils

Scientists are studying the rest of the giant bear that once lived in South America. The fossil track shows that it is a bear with a short face, standing upright on its hind legs can be up to 3.35m.

Fossils are found in the city of La Plata, Argentina. This bear is scientifically named Arctotherium angustidens. Scientists say it is a very powerful, terrestrial predator.

According to the Daily Mail, construction workers discovered bear fossils while they were constructing a hospital. Paleontologists measured fossil bones and estimated their weight from 1,600 to 1,750 kg. Bone analysis showed that this bear had many injuries while alive. Maybe it was a wound through battles with other male bears or when it attacked prey and was beaten back. According to Leopoldo Soibelzon of LaPlata Museum, this is the largest bear ever discovered, breaking the record of bears living in Antarctica weighing about 1 ton.

Dr. Soibelzon and Blaine Schubert published this scientific study in the journal Paleontology. They believe that these giant bears lived very crowded in South America 2.6 million years ago.