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Hiker Tried to Fight Off Bear Before Being Dragged into Forest, Friend Says. His Body Was Just Found

Authorities confirmed that the body of the victim was found on Aug. 15 on the mountain Officials in Japan said a body found on a mountain is that of a missing hiker who was attacked by a brown bear ...
New York Post

Roman gladiators brutalized brown bears inside arenas, new archaeological evidence reveals

There was some real “grizzly” violence in the arena. It turns out that the “Gladiator” movies’ lurid depictions of man-on-beast gladiatorial bouts aren’t as far-fetched as some might believe — ...
People

Woman Attacked by Brown Bear While Sleeping on Camping Trip amid Reports the Animal Has Been Terrorizing the Area

The horrific attack happened in eastern Russia on Friday, July 18 Latoya Gayle joined PEOPLE as an Associate Editor in 2024. Her work has previously appeared in The U.S. Sun, National World, and Mail ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Skull of an Ancient Brown Bear Tells a Story of Brutality and Abuse at the Hands of Roman Entertainers

A roman mosaic shows a fighting North African Atlas bear. Jerzystrzelecki via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Nearly a decade ago, archaeologists found the broken skull of a bear among the ruins ...
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Archaeologists Discovered the Skull of a Bear Once Used in Roman Gladiator Fights

The fossilized remains of a brown bear were discovered near the Viminacium amphitheater in Serbia, a Roman gladiator. The male brown bear suffered a fracture to its frontal bone, which resulted in an ...