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The short-faced bear is an extinct ancient bear that lived in North America 11,000 years ago.

They were extremely large bears, weighing more than 1 ton (1000 kg) and standing up to 12 feet (3.7 m) tall.

Despite their enormous stature, the bear could run up to 40 miles per hour (64km per hour).