Sentences with phrase «ursine bears»
About 3.5 million years ago, early Ursine bears began migrating to North America by way of the Bering Land Bridge.
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Fossil records of ursine bears (all living bears plus their ancestors, except the giant panda, which is an early offshoot) are poor and their early evolution controversial.
«It is a significant find, in part because all other ancient fossil ursine bears, and even some modern bear species like the sloth bear and sun bear, are associated with lower - latitude, milder habitats,» says co-author Dr. Rybczynski.
Not exact matches
The nickname describes not so much his demeanor as his ursine size and his habit of greeting friends with bear hugs.
The researchers also identified 26 different volatile compounds — six of them unique to males — in paw sweat, indicating that bears may use aroma to determine the sex of previous ursine travelers.
TRUTH, BEARED Though this Himalayan brown bear looks distinctly ursine, genetic analyses reveal that the animal has occasionally been mistaken for a yeti.
It is a warning to Mankind about the dire threat posed by ferocious topiary bears in America today, and a salute to the gigantic, soaring eagle who swoops in to rescue Wet Ladies from pitiless ursine jaws and claws.
At one point in the new film that (ahem) bears his name, Paddington Brown, the Peruvian - born, London - dwelling ursine hero with the blue coat and floppy red hat, rattles off the recipe for an unusually large quantity of marmalade.
Long - time Paddington Bear fans — whether of Michael Bond's original books or the various TV series it inspired — may find it a little hair - raising to see their ursine hero get a CG make - over for his big - screen debut.
The low budget of Backcountry means that an actual bear has to be used at times, too, and in a movie of such fake humans, this ursine authenticity is a nice touch.
When the bear wants to buy a rare book as a birthday present for his ursine aunt back in Peru, it means he'll have to earn money — an idea that allows the filmmakers to create slapstick routines around Paddington's experiences as a window - washer and barber.
The films opens with the bear running at the camera before we cut to a man jolting awake; we see the fiery ursine figure again later from above, running through the forest, before cutting to a line of firefighters moving through a burnt - out section of woods.
Everyone knows that grizzly bears are naturally drawn to the exceptional nutritional value and palatability of wild salmon, so it only makes sense that the pet industry's premier producer of salmon - based nutritional products would derive its name from these ursine gourmands.
The dailies were overloaded with ursine puns and some were quick to pooh - pooh (sorry) Wallinger's bear.
Well that all depends on where you prefer to place your trust: on reality or on computer models concocted by activists who desperately want the polar bear to retain its status as the ursine victim of the man - made global warming apocalypse.