The giant short faced bear, also known as Arctodus Simus was once North America's Largest carnivore, having a size greater than a polar bear. This documentary short outlines the extinction of the short faced bear, sometimes called the short nosed bear. In media, the short faced bear has been made famous by Joe Rogan, but sadly the short faced bear skeleton is all we have of them. The extinction of the short faced bear is unsurprising as they were facing competition from the smaller grizzly bear and polar bear. Additionally, much of the mega fauna they likely fed on had recently gone extinct, and it may have even been possible that new human inhabitants competed with them for food as well. These things happening all at once was a perfect storm that led to the giant short faced bears going extinct. It is counterintuitive as one would think that when it comes to a short faced bear vs polar bear, the short faced bear would win. However, black bears are the best suited to modern day North America and bears such as the grizzly bear are restricted to denser forested areas. A short faced bear sighting would be amazing but today, the polar bear currently reins as North America's largest carnivorous mammal and anything bigger would not be able to sustain itself. I am glad Joe Rogan has made the short faced bear famous through his Joe Rogan Experience (JRE) podcast because they are amazing creatures everyone should know about.

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