Bottom of polar bear skull (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Bottom of polar bear skull

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The skull of an ancient polar bear, nicknamed Bruno, was found on the coast of the Beaufort Sea in 2009. It is the only ancient polar bear skull ever recorded and the only ancient polar bear bone known from North America.

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Photo by Pam Grove

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