The Atlas Bear - Africa's Extinct Native Bear

[@erichtomanek4739]

The Atlas mountains were once a wonderful mix of European and African species. There once was a subspecies? of aurochs, too, reddish in colour. Great video on a little known animal.

[@listenup2882]

Those were African species not European.

[@af-sc8mc]

All the animals in the atlas are reddish i'm morrocan i saw deer and wild bull even the leopard have the same colour

[@Riftrender]

@@listenup2882 Morocco jokingly considers itself very Southern European.

[@Bullboy_Adventures]

Really? A species of aurochs in Africa? That's awesome! All we need now is the discovery of a North American aurochs.

[@annoyingasshole3324]

@@RiftrenderThat's because Morocco is relatively new to Africa

[@prasanth2601]

Imagine the interaction between Barbaray lion pride and atlas bear.

[@lionkills1]

Siberian tigers vs russian brown bears already happens. Tiger eats the bears, usually big cats eats the bears in their ecosystem.

[@titaniumcommandrig]

Rip Lions

[@msdweldingfabrication7051]

@@lionkills1 absolutely pound-for-pound Bears don't stand a chance against felines

[@unclephilforreal7000]

@@lionkills1 I’m pretty sure Siberian tigers lose almost always against male UR bears and some times large females, I think from research they only kill Cubs and small females to think the sloth bear has reports of them killing Siberian tigers speaks loud

[@farmbear1231]

Here in canada we have had (rare) mountain lions fight grizzly bears, brown bears and kill black bears. Polar bears dont come far enough south but polar bears are the biggest most powerful bears alive today. (Or so they say, i dont know for fact) I know the cats kill the smaller black bears but the big grizzlys handle em. They may get scratched up but he be ok... a pride of lions may be a different story though

[@kateaveryavery1342]

It's really sad that the atlas bear is now extinct ):

[@yozilla1005]

Yeah, I just wish that all Bears from the Ice age could still be alive today.🐻😢

[@kateaveryavery1342]

@@yozilla1005 even the short-faced bear/arctodus (I mean, they are awesome)?

[@Thejghostodst]

@@kateaveryavery1342 yeah but they would kill us but then again we made the atlas bear go away so we could kill them

[@DankDave211]

not to be racist, but why is it always the caucasian that makes animals extinct?

[@africankidd3642]

@@DankDave211 Because they are ignorant when meeting animals they never seen before. I'm still mad about the Extinction of the Thylacine.

[@jackashmore]

Really makes ya wonder how evolution would have went without human intervention

[@mitchl5220]

I imagine there would be a LOT of very large animals

[@Nickske94pwn]

Well some other species would’ve thrived be glad you’re the apex predator

[@Ispeakthetruthify]

Or how mammal evolution would have went without asteroid intervention.....

[@yonniiisan]

I live in Algeria and there are caves here bellow the city where they found atlas bear bones. U should also mention that french colonization had a huge impact on bear and other big mammals extinction in north Africa

[@Kruppt808]

Fur Trade😖, Slave Trade, Extinction Trade

[@yonniiisan]

@Sousa Teuzii no sweetie we do not take grandma's saying into consideration when we talk about extinction there are scientists teams working on these species they go into mountains and collect data as for atlas bear they disappeared way before your grandma existed mostly BCS of European (french) hunters who colonized North Africa

[@momo2719]

@John Xina Those are rumors, i’m sure our bear went extinct nearly 200 years Ago. Also think it was easy prey for a pack of Barbary lions. And the bear cubs would have been easy prey for Barbary leopards. Besides that several invasions in North Africa have also put an end to it.....

[@JeffreyBenzodiazepines]

@theren2486 It's just being a reflexive jerk because it's Algerian

[@philipnorris6542]

I never knew there had ever been an indigenous African bear; you learn something new every day, as the saying goes.

[@Az-dc4nu]

It's in the bible in 2nd Kings.

[@yozilla1005]

Also welcome back Animal Origins, it's been a while but I had faith that you would post another video soon.

[@thejurassicman661]

I just discovered your account. And already from the videos you have. You're becoming a favorite. I wish to see you upload more soon. As your videos are very well edited!

[@gabriellopez4111]

Can you believe there was a bear in Africa, imagine how it would’ve competed with the Atlas Lion

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

would have been fine. would have given him weed

[@Adonis_slasher13th]

@@johnnyskinwalker4095 exactly what I was thinking

[@MEAT_CANNON]

Bears didn't live on the open Savannah. Different niche, probably didn't overlap much.

[@MEAT_CANNON]

@John Xina The lions roamed the grasslands, the bears roamed the mountains. Different niche, different style of hunting. How much grass cover is there in the areas where only pine trees grow?

[@JJ-fq4nl]

The 2 didn’t complete much since the atlas bear was mostly herbivorous almost like a panda.

[@Cincinnatus1869]

The short faced bear also went extinct but long before these African bears. There was a fossil specimen of a short faced bear found near my home in Indiana . They were unbelievably big

[@macc.1132]

Short faced bears, America camels, mastodons, etc. would almost certainly be around today if not for humans (in this case, prehistoric ones arriving from Asia).

[@yozilla1005]

Who in here believes that all Bears dating back from the ice age could have survived to this day. It would be awesome to see a Giant Short Faced Bear and the Cave Bear.

[@july9566]

Our ancestors disagree with the short nose bear

[@Talonflamez]

@@july9566 our ancestors f*cked everything up.

[@deolsinghking]

@@Talonflamez not agree

[@pugasaurusrex8253]

@@Talonflamez The industrial society and its failures

[@fergoka]

@@Talonflamez It's more like we did...In recent times much more animals are and were going extinct than in the entire prior existence of ,,modern'' human...

[@fgialcgorge7392]

Hey, welcome back. Was just watching your videos today and a week or two ago. Make more stuff bruh! And longer. It's okay, I'll wait.

[@matthewzito6130]

I'm confused. You say the Atlas Bear could reach 1000 lbs (making it a large brown bear) and then say that on average it was only around the size of an American Black Bear (which are usually less than half that weight). Did these bears vary greatly in size?

[@rtxsfm4626]

Maybe the females were the size of black bears and the males were larger

[@edwinreveron870]

They were bigger on average than American black bears, and even certain subspecies of European brown bears, although they might have really been introduced from Europe, some say...

[@listenup2882]

@@edwinreveron870 they weren't introduced from Europe. They had a very long history in North Africa and were distinct from other species as the video said.

[@dl-q3387]

“As small or even smaller than the American black bear” Pay attention

[@ethanpeeler3147]

@@dl-q3387 you’re only making his question more valid. He’s stating the video said they could reach sizes of 1,000 lbs but later says they were the size or smaller than American black bears which typically average about 250 lbs.

[@johnathandoe6916]

The Sahara was a rain forest as little as 5000 years ago. It was most likely much further south as well

[@Ispeakthetruthify]

Not a rainforest, but a lush/wet grassland that was dotted with trees, rivers, and lakes. The Sahara has gone through various wet and dry periods throughout history. During it's wetter times, is when the majority of animal migrations happened out, and into Africa. Modern humans and our ancestors, made most of our migrations out of Africa during the favorable weather periods of the Sahara.

[@chheinrich8486]

Sahara desert Was the Sahara Savanneh

[@sylvesterstanton7488]

A whole continent of people knew of this bear but it was discovered by a British officer, lol

[@digitallocations1423]

And it was extinct shortly after that "discovery."

[@sylvesterstanton7488]

@@digitallocations1423 yep!!

[@aa-zz6328]

No! Don't group this continent together, just because it's considered today to be a continuous continent. Originally Africa used to refer only to the northern part, and people there are Caucasian and have relations to the Middle East and Europe. A place were civilization thrived.

[@sylvesterstanton7488]

Just not unfathomable to think that the cradle of life that all modern man sprang from. That when people's migrated up out of Africa and possibly back and forth that stories of this animal were not told of. You think that northern Africa being more crossed up and not full caucasian but more as you say civilized has anything to do with stories being told by those that traveled is as ludicrous as your comment.

[@aa-zz6328]

@@sylvesterstanton7488 they have no connection to Sub-Saharan Africans. Their knowledge doesn't go beyond the tribe next to them.

[@nikolamitrovic3841]

Just found your channel. Please don't get discouraged, your content is great, it's just that yt algorythm works as well as my 14 year old pc. Looking forward for future uploads, you just earned a new sub. Cheers!

[@RumbutterMcSquash]

Good videos and well researched. Keep up the good work!

[@KingofgraceSARA]

Africa is so rich in everything. What a beautiful continent.

[@Moorishsultan5]

Sadly all the cool animals gone extinct in North Africa. As a Moroccan that makes me really sad.

[@jasondeaver2117]

And yet nothing to show for it but suffering 🤷‍♂️

[@Moorishsultan5]

@Sousa Teuzii salam.achnahwa l IG ta3k?

[@robrice7246]

"The Atlas Bear - Africa's Extinct Native Bear" Agriotherium has left the chat.

[@KaiserToons]

*nandi bear has gone invisible*

[@Kruppt808]

"Dodo bird shits on the computer"

[@Az-dc4nu]

2 Kings made me find this channel after watching videos of bears 🐻 🐻‍❄ on all continents except Africa. Good stuff guys!

[@irishelk3]

Can you imagine how stunning and how beautiful the world would be, if we just let it be itself, just allowed it to be as it should. Animals and fish and coral and forests everywhere and no pollution at all...This life could very well be a dream, but we can only improve it by waking up.

[@GabyGeorge1996]

North Central Positronics called, they want their Shardik back Also I find it amusing that the author of Paddington had to make the titular character from “Darkest Peru” because there were no bears in “darkest Africa” and yet it turns out that at one point there WERE bears in Africa

[@Thesandchief]

they should introduce syrian brown bears to the atlas bear's former range. the syrian bears will occupy a similar niche and it will boost their population. if an animal goes extinct introduce the next closest thing to it's range. an example of this is intrucing african ostriches to the arabian peninsula since arabian ostriches are extinct

[@basedmonke3385]

The government's are too ignorant to do such things unfortunately

[@mohebts7206]

No need for that, the species is not extinct. We rather need programs to boost its population.

[@Thesandchief]

@@mohebts7206 the atlas bear is extinct. There's none left. The next best thing is to introduce the iberian brown bear or syrian brown bear into its historical range.

[@mohebts7206]

@@Thesandchief Hi, I hope you're doing well. A friend of mine actually saw a mother bear in the wild with one cub in mountainous region in the north of Algeria. Given that the mother had one cub, which indicates that the population is recovering, I suppose there is some hope for Atlas Bear. Nonetheless, I concur that because they are so rare, mankind must develop unique programmes to care for these animals.

[@Thesandchief]

@mohebts7206 I hope your right. We should send some experts to look for them.

[@BaraJFDA]

Goddammit, humanity. I didn't even know African bears existed, and they went extinct that recently too. I just found out that the legend of Roc (giant eagles so large that they're able to eat elephants) were inspired by two real life birds in Madagascar: the Elephant Birds and the Malagasy Crowned Eagles.

[@themarbleking]

Not all humanity! Animals and people existed side by side for millions of years. Within 400 years of European colonisation 95% of all animals in Africa were gone. Not all people! Just the Europeans. Tell the truth.

[@zTheColonelz]

There was a moa called dinornis about 1400s i belive and the new Zealanders extinct the cause they said the were dangerous and with the dinornis gone the giant eagles couldn't survive

[@digitallocations1423]

@@zTheColonelz What is a moa?

[@Nh0001]

its a mythological creature dude lol, how can u be bummed out

[@popoumu]

@@digitallocations1423 a giant land bird that lived in new zeland

[@kiwii3278]

I think a video on the Barbary lion would be very interesting!😁

[@jacobjerny7502]

the real question is: should we attempt to refill the niche occupied by the Atlas bear? And if so, what bear would be the best fit?

[@nataliekennedy4646]

Just clone one we can do it know there was even a experiment in Russia where they tried to clone humans and it worked there’s even pictures of the foetuses in the tubes but the Government decided it wasn’t ethical so they shut the experiment down but I’m pretty shore the foetuses are still in the tubes to show what could of happened or it’s like a little museum it kind of reminds with what happened in jurassic Park 3 with the velociraptors

[@Dippa1991]

@@nataliekennedy4646 they bought back the pyrean ibex (extinct deer), but the baby died within days of birth. They definitely have the cloning resources/technologies, they just need to grasp some form of DNA that they can test on their relative cousins. This may bring back a hybrid, but it’s still a sign of something to come.

[@kingbugs3558]

Hope this channel grows.

[@user-tg1ij6xp8w]

barbary lion against atlas bear , is like Tiger against Sloth bear in modern days

[@da_ostrichyeet7999]

I thought Barbary lion DNA exists (at least partially) in zoo lions throughout Europe?

[@da_ostrichyeet7999]

Also your videos are fucking amazing brother

[@erichtomanek4739]

It's best said zoos are breeding lions with certain amounts of Barbary Lion genetics. They have a rating system for genetic levels. So in time they will get close to the original. Sadly in reality, the Barbary Lion is extinct.

[@minutemansam1214]

@@erichtomanek4739 I mean, the Barbary lion is not a distinct subspecies. They were a subpopulation of Panthera leo leo.

[@Bullboy_Adventures]

They aren't pure breed dependents, but in a technical sense, the barbary lion didn't go extinct

[@da_ostrichyeet7999]

@@minutemansam1214 yea that’s true. That subspecies still exists in the form of asiatic lions.

[@thecoopithicanage6952]

I love your videos

[@austinthe710messiah2]

Could've had African sun bears, or even a apex savanna bear predator.

[@reshaudmiller9908]

Nope the lion would have still been the apex predator.

[@lt2672]

It is impossible for a bear to be an apex predator in the savanna unless they grouped up together. Hyenas and lions would take their kills just like wolves do today.

[@austinthe710messiah2]

@@lt2672 you know the short faced bear and Eurasian cave bears. They delt with lions and hyenas

[@lt2672]

@@austinthe710messiah2 It would be impossible for a bear to survive in the savannah today. Cheetahs could barely survive granted they are far smaller than a bear, but they developed the ability to eat really fast so they can eat most of their food before something steals it. Bears and tigers would have the same problem but would have an even smaller chance of survival due to being larger which makes them easier to see and makes them need more calories to survive.

[@austinthe710messiah2]

@@lt2672 Why do you think I posted my comment? You underestimate the evolutionary power of bears being viable in Africa servers. If anything the other predators make opportunity for the bears to take on different niches Africa doesn't have. Leopards climb trees to prevent other predators from taking there kill. Cheetahs speed allows them to chase prey other predators cant get. Lions can bring down bigger animals by working together, hyenas and African wild dogs do the same strategy even steal from lions and each other. Honey badgers have tougher skin to withstand more damage from predation. Bears never got a chance to get this far south in Africa, nor enough time to evolve if they did move further south. The end of the day, humans caused lost of extinctions in shorter amounts of time then other extinction events, so posting that comment is saying, "wow if only humans didn't cause their extinction, they could've become African sun bears or an apex predator, but well never know because humans suck at leaving nature be", but I didn't elaborate that much on it, because I knew someone would comment the way you did.

[@beastmaster0934]

1:53 Wouldn’t that mean the Atlas bear is it’s own species of bear?

[@KaiserToons]

"found in the atlas mountains, but can also be found in the n african countries of algeria, morocco and..." bruh where did you think the largest chuck of the atlas mountains where?

[@JellyAntz]

Not a big deal, bub 🤗

[@ignaciorosi2286]

Great channel and content! I wanted to ask you what books or documents you read to make your videos. I always tried to find books about evolution but i never found a good one

[@srbtlevse16]

Great channel bro 💯

[@SirGeorge65]

Great video indeed! Personally I would like to see a video for Barbary leopard as well.

[@SirGeorge65]

@Sousa Teuzii thanks for the response!

[@MEAT_CANNON]

Earth: I made this. Humans: *kills and/or exploits*

[@4411825]

Not Huemans but a particular aggressive and violent subset that has been a plague to the planet!

[@MEAT_CANNON]

@@4411825 I don't know what you're insinuating, but humans are all one species and they have all committed horrible acts upon nature and upon one another at one time or another, so don't go there. People are stuck in their own little world believing their race is totally innocent. We all are responsible for shit as a whole. If you want to look at a certain demographic that does still abuse nature for old archaic medicine and other stupid shit, look to Asia.

[@MEAT_CANNON]

@@4411825 That mentality you have is a plague tbh. I really wish people wouldn't.

[@4411825]

@@MEAT_CANNON No sir the mentality you have is the problem! People with that delusional ahistorical analysis is a major problem that allows the contradictions this planet faces to continue! I didn’t create the world, I just observe historical realities!

[@MEAT_CANNON]

@@4411825 You're just racist, dude. I have nothing more to say to you.

[@manuelmarquezpinto3329]

This is a supposition (may be wrong) but, there could have been actually some hybrids between the european brown bear and the atlas bear in the past, like, some of the atlas bears escaped from the cages in the roman times and then they mixed between the european brown bears?

[@jeanfalconer6377]

I wonder if there's any way to bring it back...

[@Trag-zj2yo]

What is it about animals being able to consume carrion but we can't.

[@toddwebb7521]

Lions used to exist in Europe until around the 400s AD if you don't want to include the Caucuses or 1000 AD if you do. They aren't just an Africa thing naturally

[@godofthisshit]

Was that stated?

[@himalayas1647]

Those lions were imported from north Africa to Europe during Roman empire period

[@minutemansam1214]

@@himalayas1647 No they weren't.

[@nickg5341]

Lions were in the americas too

[@tehutimes1]

@ Todd Webb great to see someone knows that here. In Turkey the last lions went extinct in the 1920's

[@maghniamago7407]

In my country we call it the Numidian bear

[@abubkr7681]

Wow I can imagine Barbary lion fighting over territory with these beast

[@ronn-ammon8975]

Unlikely to happen since lions keep to the savanna and these bears apparently kept to mountains.🦁🌿🐻🏔 I wonder about them interacting with mountain gorillas🦍

[@ronn-ammon8975]

Sousa Teuzii : I hadn't heard that Barbary lions kept exclusivly to the mountains. It's just that these creatures lived so long ago that I sometimes wonder if some of them could've once been more widespread than contemporary data indicates.

[@maozilla9149]

Good show

[@Hawkathon]

In the Coliseum, lions and tigers and bears? Oh my!😁

[@garyjust.johnson1436]

I like bears.

[@thehairywoodsman5644]

I subbed , I hope you're planning on posting ...

[@killerff2751]

Y did the pic at around 1 min show that the bear is smoler than lion. It ia 2 times bigger than the lion

[@altonwilliams7117]

Too bad people didn’t have the wisdom to ensure their survival. We are to be caretakers of the earth 🌍

[@ketamineheadyoda2248]

No we not, neither should we pollute

[@Travis015]

More like the viruses

[@altonwilliams7117]

@Aaron Morgan It is not wise to drive animals to extinction. If you remember from the video the Atlas bear lived mostly in the mountains and was not a competitor to lions.

[@metallicarequiem2936]

No we aren’t, we’re just a bunch of slightly smarter monkeys

[@rmraiders24]

We destroy and use up natural resources more than anything we're a virus to the Earth

[@nathanuzor2648]

Huh,so they were bears in Africa,? I never new

[@PlanetZoidstar]

I bless the rains down in Africa.

[@vassa1972]

Interesting video

[@ahmedsenussi8232]

Never knew there were or are bares in Africa

[@auh2o148]

The Bible mentions bears quite a bit. When I was younger, I always thought that was strange since the Bible is centered in Africa.

[@austinpresley6187]

More centered in the middle east and Asia minor, not Africa. I mean there was Egypt and the Ethiopian man Philip explained Isaiah 53 to.

[@mosopiagamedev7309]

@@austinpresley6187 Ethiopia is in Africa though.

[@austinpresley6187]

@@mosopiagamedev7309 It may be, but the man was from Ethiopia, not in Ethiopia.

[@auh2o148]

@@austinpresley6187 there are no such things as 'Asia minor,' or the 'middle east.' The terms don't even make sense. Israel is in Africa, Saudi Arabia is in Africa. The man-made Suez Canal is all that separated them from the rest of the continent.

[@harrymurray9702]

@@auh2o148 Yes, because the Egyptians enslaved the Jews. That's why Israel was in Africa, no longer thats for sure.

[@ceemor3404]

You forgot to mention Tunisia lol The Barbary lion is not extinct,the royal Moroccan family holds them in captivity.

[@KLeo-ss1kn]

How is the Barbary lion extinct when they have them in zoos? What am I missing here?

[@raphlvlogs271]

can the Atlas bear be reintroduced?

[@briankleinschmidt3664]

I'm confused by the bear comparison. It weighs 450kg, but is noticeably smaller than it's northern cousins. Then you say it has features smaller than black bears. Could you put a scale representation for different bear species. I can't get a handle on this thing.

[@kikaa1884]

@Theren atlas lions weigh 450kg max and Barbary lions weigh 300kg max true they are threat to Barbary lions.

[@anesbouguila3618]

These bears, atlantic lions and atlantic wolves were placed in theaters for the battle of the knights of the Carthaginian empire in Tunisia, unfortunately all of them became extinct

[@robnewman6101]

Nice weather for Bears.

[@africankidd3642]

Do a video on the Evolution of Russian bears.

[@VictorSanchez-vt9xm]

Just like the bears mentioned in this video, this video suddenly ended😮

[@alexitselentis7904]

Amazing

[@MikeHunt-fo3ow]

no black bear weighs 1000lbs in the wild so how is it smaller then brown bears im confused

[@UpstateGardening]

We need to rehydrate the Sahara, it’s thirsty

[@erichtomanek4739]

Simples, start another glacial maximum!

[@Katya_Lastochka]

Fir trees help to shrink deserts. On the plus, Morocco is becoming more temperate as the topsoil has grown considerrably just in the last 30 years.

[@Sharlon814]

Sounds Similar To What Are Ancestors Went Through.🤔 😢

[@mazeunofficial7647]

You rock

[@veryunusual126]

you got my sub ☝

[@Somechilldiude]

Did I hear that right ? That the lion is extinct now ?

[@tobeyparker3459]

Only the barbary lion. It's a lion with thick and darker mane

[@Somechilldiude]

@@tobeyparker3459 oh . Damn that still sucks . I wonder how sentient it was . I always think of the dodo being sentient since it was curious of humans . Too bad we exploited their curiosity.

[@tobeyparker3459]

@@Somechilldiude it could have been curious like the dodo was because the cause of it's extinction was contact with humans wielding firearms.

[@lowflo_3530]

Poor animals, and its only gonna get worse as time passes

[@warthogpower7729]

best bear in my own opinion 💖

[@jamaltimmerman7052]

Wow I didn't Africa had bears

[@HANKBOSS]

NANDI BEARS ARE ATLAS BEARS THE MYSTERY SOLVED!!!

[@asas-mb4wj]

Cool!

[@pedrogabrielduarte4544]

I remeber that gone from earth video about the atlas bear

[@Phenomenal-or7gu]

Actually what was atlas mountain??? You had every thing in there,,, every animal,,, barbary lion,,tiger,,leopard and now atlas bear??? How can a mountain have every animal on it??? What was so unique about atlas mountain???

[@jaganmohini1059]

Javan Tiger extinction is more Sad, it is the Tiger with largest Paw size, it is very strong Tiger, someone would have made conservation efforts to save these Tigers at that time, but it was too late and unlucky for them.

[@paulhomsy2751]

It's also sad but it's not "more" sad. Any form of animal extinction is sad. You're trying to give "more" importance to something suggesting that because it had the largest paw size it is "more" important. It sounds like you're preaching for your own parrish. There are still tigers in India but no more bears in North Africa. The extinction of the bear in N.A. is therefore more sad. Do you understand what I'm getting at ??

[@jaganmohini1059]

@@paulhomsy2751 Javan Island is missing its apex predator which is important for the protection of the Jungle, Bear is not as much important because it is not the apex predator there, but I also regret for its extinction. But Tiger is a animal which it's presence gives us Energy, inspiration and happiness. We feel lively by its presence. Of course we still have lot of bears in other parts of the world. This world is colorful because of different species, but some animals make more significant mark with their presence.

[@obscure999_]

@@jaganmohini1059 lol that sounds a lot like 'communism' . All animals are equal and important but some animals are "more important than others". George Orwell, Animal Farm

[@harryrissik3310]

Fascinating!

[@anotherelvis]

North Africa used to be much greener. But the Sahara has expanded northwards during the last 2000 years.

[@matthewmann8969]

Yeah now we have some interesting Bears or Ursidaes but they are mostly not as wholesome and gigantic

[@Kruppt808]

I swear bears hit the lottery with some of their names. Grizzly, Atlas, Polar Edit: only sharks I think have similarly cool names. Great White, Hammerhead, Thresher, Mako, Tiger, Whale, Sand,Bull

[@rymle]

Knowing they're extinct makes this video very depressing

[@Ego-Fiend]

@Sousa Teuzii Cancer got cancer from reading you're comment

[@stevesteve88]

I now understand why people think Lions can take down Brown Bears. The Barbary Lion hunted Atlas Bears. But in reality modern Brown Bears are bigger than Lions and would eat them for dinner

[@johnnygnoneeded]

Pride of lions verses one bear? Not good for the bear!

[@stevesteve88]

@@johnnygnoneeded I was referring to a 1v1. It would take a pride to stand a chance against bear

[@johnnygnoneeded]

@@stevesteve88 We would have to ask the Romans...they would routinely make those kind of bestiary matches in the colloseums throughout their empire!

[@stevesteve88]

@@johnnygnoneeded yeah the bears beat the lions consistently

[@pennywise5613]

@@johnnygnoneeded The bears always beat the lions roman times

[@DZRESPECT]

Algeria was full of Barbary lions, Barbary Leopards and Atlas (Barbary) Bear unfortunately the french was the major cause of their extinction still remember my grandmother telling me stories about the lions and fables about a Lion raising a baby human who betrayed the lion at the end.

[@ronn-ammon8975]

Some tribal Africans tell stories of a creature called a Nandi. After describing a nandi's appearance as like a heavily built Helena some have been shown photos of bears. Almost invariably they've said that was it. Maybe some atlas bears survived; at least long enough to be the inspiration for folklore.

[@ronn-ammon8975]

Sousa Teuzii : I didn't suggest they might've survived long term into a thriving population. Just that a few may've survived long enough for some to've made it there (maybe some even escaping from human captivity), and be sighted enough to get things started. Particularly if some of the sightings might involve some other type of animal. It's been a while since I've heard/read of a Nandi sighting. Would you have any info on any more recent Nandi activities?

[@sistahlight-2-danations]

🥰

[@gokiburi2768]

What would happen if some lad put brown bears in Africa,

[@gokiburi2768]

@Sousa Teuzii good point

[@user-tg1ij6xp8w]

brown bears survive the ice age extension while many other animals failed , he can eat almost anything , so he can easily survive in any continent

[@mnkash2007]

can we introduce brown bears back in Africa

[@kimbratton9620]

🐻

[@eriks8382]

Thanks captain wikipedia

[@freddypedraza2066]

'then here come the Romans'

[@Not-Ap]

RIP any species that lived too close to early human civilization. We wiped them all out.🙁

[@lastzeit2251]

Sadly it's not over yet

[@themarbleking]

Not all humanity! Animals and people existed side by side for millions of years. Within 400 years of European colonisation 95% of all animals in Africa were gone. Not all people! Just the Europeans. Tell the truth.

[@Not-Ap]

@@themarbleking It's not just Europeans. It would be awfully convenient if that were true but it simply isn't and never has been. us.whales.org/2012/10/18/the-baiji-the-first-dolphin-to-be-declared-extinct-in-modern-times/

[@KWillo]

Survival of the fittest.🤷🏿‍♂️

[@CheaplyAnimatedLenin]

Hands up if you want this bear to come back

[@zTheColonelz]

do yall notice how Africa has extinct more large mammals than other continents

[@MrDrillher]

Did you notice the ones doing the extinctions in Africa are from other continents?

[@damnitstroubleman]

"It's unlikely this bear lived in regions South of the Sahara desert, such as the many African savannas..." ...Well then why tf am I even watching this? 😤

[@TeethToothman]

🤘🚬🤘

[@tyrannotherium7873]

I was thinking that I thought it became extinct because of lions and hyenas

[@erichtomanek4739]

Nah, good ol' habitat loss and over hunting.

[@secredeath]

Bears are kings they defeat all other predators

[@listenup2882]

@@secredeath not true. Tigers prey on bears and I imagine lions would too.

[@secredeath]

@@listenup2882 they don't the altas bear use to roam Africa before being killed off my Hunters and they the size of a black bear. Tigers can't even kill a little sloth bear 😂

[@aarongonzalez4458]

@@secredeath Bengal Tigers kill sloth bears all the time what you talking about? In siberia sibeiran tigers hunt brown bears all the time although siberian Tigers are a little bigger it can go both ways. A Grizzly bear tho could fuck up any lion or tiger. And an atlas bear was huge so it can probably kill a lion

[@kimarleyferguson4656]

The atlas bear was slightly larger than a grizzly bear

[@kimarleyferguson4656]

@Kenneth Kruger the atlas bear was the wiegth of a polar bear

[@minutemansam1214]

@@kimarleyferguson4656 No, it wasn't. Look up Bergmann's rule.

[@kimarleyferguson4656]

@@minutemansam1214 polar bear weight 450kg atlas bear weight 450kg on google

[@af-sc8mc]

no is smaller but more aggressive

[@VictorianTimeTraveler]

You know, I don't put stock in eyewitness testimony. but have you heard about the people who claime to have seen bears in the Congo?

[@VictorianTimeTraveler]

@Sousa Teuzii improbable maybe, but new animal species are found all the time. I mean fairly recently some animals have been found that were presumed extinct

[@AK47-n5u]

God pls help