tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post7248386000954639528..comments2024-03-21T07:21:10.901-04:00Comments on The Lord Geekington: Corked Fangs: Giant Hypercarnivores or Big Omnivores?Cameron McCormickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-82382469084214760612015-03-26T22:00:33.001-04:002015-03-26T22:00:33.001-04:00am so glad to be given a chance to read your wonde... am so glad to be given a chance to read your wonderful article. Im looking forward to read more of your works and posts. You did a good job! Try to visit my site too and enjoy.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.n8fan.net" rel="nofollow">n8fan.net</a><br /><br />www.n8fan.netjoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11492270417028076380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-60830123567671423172009-03-02T23:08:00.000-05:002009-03-02T23:08:00.000-05:00HMMMMM hypercarnivores!!!!!! no such thing!!!I can...<I>HMMMMM hypercarnivores!!!!!! no such thing!!!</I><BR/><BR/>I can't believe you're denying what a cursory Google search can confirm. I feel obligated to note that some pages (like Wikipedia) erroneously claim that a hypercarnivore is an animal which exclusively eats meat - but it is actually 70% vertebrate flesh on up.<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>opportunistic herbivore-carnivore</I><BR/><BR/>Omnivore<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>to prove my point look at the living relatives like the sloth bear which is closley realated to the short faced.</I><BR/><BR/>The sloth bear, <I>Melursus</I> is specialized for a insectivorous diet <I>and</I> it isn't closely related to <I>Arctodus</I>. You're probably thinking of the spectacled bear <I>Tremarctos</I>.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I'll be covering bear ecomorphology in a future post.Cameron McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-89506551120462018602009-03-02T21:56:00.000-05:002009-03-02T21:56:00.000-05:00HMMMMM hypercarnivores!!!!!! no such thing!!! i t...HMMMMM hypercarnivores!!!!!! no such thing!!! i think that the giant short-faced-bear occupied a special niche. i call it the opportunistic herbivore-carnivore. an animal who occupies this niche is a large sized animal that can travel distances looking for food. they would have ate anything that came there way more like gluttons of the ice age. Meat would have been its main food source but you cant rule out it wouldnt eat vegetation when food was scarce or competion between predators was at a high. i also think that the giant sloths can be put in this category but there size results in competion between herbivores and they probably ate meat when the food they ate was scarce. any large animal that isnt stictly herbivore or canrivore probably fits in this niche. theyve been pushed out by the other animals thats why they so easily became extinct. to prove my point look at the living relatives like the sloth bear which is closley realated to the short faced. it is herbivorous but competion is low between animals which wasnt the case in ice age north americaahhahahaahah!!!!!!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17606071623045606576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-29671648875756678582008-11-17T07:46:00.000-05:002008-11-17T07:46:00.000-05:00The Agriotherium doesn't have a short face... that...The Agriotherium doesn't have a short face... that is the main problem in Sorkin's paper, that it starts with a big mistake in the title!!!<BR/>And if you choose to study the biggest mandible of a huge collection as the AMNH Frick collection, you are adding information that is not real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-15435426177535802052007-07-31T20:00:00.000-04:002007-07-31T20:00:00.000-04:00Note: The above person did not even bother to read...Note: The above person did not even bother to read this before commenting.Cameron McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-74674419471379652662007-07-31T19:47:00.000-04:002007-07-31T19:47:00.000-04:00Wow, it seems like all the fun has already seeped ...Wow, it seems like all the fun has already seeped out of this topic. Nonetheless I shall read and comment as always, albeit not in a timely fashion. <BR/><BR/>Hmm, I believe that you probably already told me most of what's in this blog, so instead I'll focus on your works cited, which if too often a place of neglect. <BR/><BR/>Hmm, I bet that "Dinosaurs, dragons, and dwarfs..." isn't nearly as interesting as the title is. In fact, I'm fairly certain that without a knight on a quest, nothing much would happen between those three. .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-67502783383114934122007-07-29T15:40:00.000-04:002007-07-29T15:40:00.000-04:00Well, I suppose that is a decidedly less clunky wa...Well, I suppose that is a decidedly less clunky way of putting it. Believe it or don't, on this side of the pond "inevitableness" is actually a valid word. Nice try, but no points this time, muhaha!<BR/><BR/>As for Mr. ian, I waaaas going to keep my points system a tantalizing secret until a fateful day with nothing to write about...but I suppose I can reveal that you won an astounding 50 points. Your potential title is pending.Cameron McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-52011360917306375672007-07-29T13:31:00.000-04:002007-07-29T13:31:00.000-04:00i don't even get to know how many points i get? h...i don't even get to know how many points i get? how am i supposed to brag?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-77318471556585421532007-07-29T07:27:00.000-04:002007-07-29T07:27:00.000-04:00... or even inevitability :)... or even inevitability :)Darren Naishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324870234525004643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-70792411139922615472007-07-27T16:31:00.000-04:002007-07-27T16:31:00.000-04:00Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner, on the first g...Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner, on the first guess too. An undisclosed amount of points for the mysterious "ian".<BR/><BR/><BR/>I suppose "dun dun duuuun..." is better than my original plan of using "sigh..."<BR/><BR/>It better conveys inevitableness.Cameron McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-66565480013006267922007-07-27T15:37:00.000-04:002007-07-27T15:37:00.000-04:00are you referring to the corked alligator used to ...are you referring to the corked alligator used to warn chief wiggum in the Simpsons spin off showcase?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-64348186879168252442007-07-27T10:55:00.000-04:002007-07-27T10:55:00.000-04:00Every time I introduce myself from now on, I will ...Every time I introduce myself from now on, I will ensure that I proceed my name with a 'dun dun duuuun...'Darren Naishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324870234525004643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-27544130476421657772007-07-25T08:55:00.000-04:002007-07-25T08:55:00.000-04:00BTW, here are two paintings of the Nandi-bear I ma...BTW, here are two paintings of the Nandi-bear I made some ago: <BR/>http://www.cryptozoology.com/gallery/display_picture.php?id=3073<BR/>http://www.cryptozoology.com/gallery/display_picture.php?id=3072<BR/>The one looks not really very bear-like, but I wanted to make it not looking like a normal bear or any other extanct carnivore, so I decided to make it looking a bit different.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-42642602272526256942007-07-25T08:23:00.000-04:002007-07-25T08:23:00.000-04:00Very interesting post! I just wanted to add someth...Very interesting post! I just wanted to add something about the size of Arctodus. I had a discussion some time ago with Daniel Reed, who made the reconstruction of U.a.tyrannus about the size of extinct bears. He said that he came over Carl Buel, who made also a highly life-like reconstruction of Arctodus and whos has an enormous knowledge about the physiology of animals, that Arctodus weighed much lesser than generally stated. Daniel Reed made also this great photoshop-reconstruction of Arctodus (based on an actall skeleton, so the proportions are completely realistic): http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/53805281/<BR/>It shows a very large Arctodus compared with a large modern polar bear. The polar bear is really large, but still well under the 1000kg-mark, but it has undoubtly more mass than the Arctodus. Arctodus looks much bigger than it actually is, because the legs are so unusual long. If they were shorter, even a very large Arctodus would be only in the range of a Kodiak-or Grizzly-bear.<BR/>An additional note about Agriotherium: Agriotherium africanum lifed indeed in Africa, but this genus was also present at Europa, North-America and parts of Asia. I just connected the idea that the Nandi-bear could have a relation with A. africanum, when I read many years ago the first time about this animal and thought "well, a large carnivorous bear in tropical Africa, that would well fit the descriptions and the behavior of the Nandi-bear". In fact I don´t really believe that the Nandi-bear actually exists, but if you read all those proposed idendities about Chalicothere, badgers, giant baboons or pehistoric hyenas, you will found out that none of them actually fits the nandi-bear description, and speculating about actual idendities of cryptids makes a lot of fun. It was often described as a bear, and sometimes even standing on the hindlegs or sitting upright on its butt, a thing no hyena could do. Most descriptions of the size would also fit well (in some cases perfectly) the alleged size of A. africanum. A bear would also have even at a large size a distinct climbing ability, at least more than hyenas. Bears are also well-known to develop the behavior of killing lifestock, often more than they can actually eat. A further ascpect would be the tracks. According to the old descriptions, the tracks of the Nandi-bear are enormous, twice the size of human tracks. Animals like hyenas walk on their toes, but bears use their whole foot and have therefore much larger track-marks than any other terrestrial carnivore. There would be also some other good reasons for a connection between the Nandi-bear and Agriotherium africanum, but this should be enough for now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com