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Meet the Giant Short-faced Bear, a 12-foot, 2,000-pound Ice Age apex predator. This agile giant sprinted at 40 mph, ruling lands from Alaska to Mexico before its mysterious disappearance 12,000 years ago. The Giant Short-faced Bear, *Arctodus simus*, roamed North America during the Pleistocene epoch from about 800,000 to 12,000 years ago. Often called the "Bulldog Bear" for its broad, short snout, it was one of the largest land carnivores of its time. While its status as an apex predator is undi