This trail leads to the cave and the freshly dead bison, just out of reach. Hunger makes the bear risk everything. He falls and joins the bison in its tomb. Now he can eat his fill. but after that there's no way out. ln time he'll be just one more ic

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Larger than any lion alive today, this would have been an awesome predator. These caves were probably its winter den. With such abundant game down on the plains, this hunter's life must have been pretty good. Sheer size and power and the benefit of l

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So let's go back in time, back 13,000 years to relive one day in the life of North America's great ice age plains. It's early morning at the end of a long, hot summer. Even major rivers are beginning to run low. Colombian mammoth herd follows the riv

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And all this meat in one small area attract the scavenger, the short-faced bear. Led by his super sensitive nose, his long limbs carry him many miles a day in search of carrion. He's picked up a scent, but where's the carcass? Sometimes the smaller,

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The scene is set for a daily ice age drama. Only the very largest are safe now. Patience is the key, the lionesses close in, waiting for their opportunity. The first charge causes chaos, but this is just what the lions want. ln the melee, they've alr

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But their success hasn't gone unnoticed. From many miles away, the short-faced bear can smell blood on the breeze. He sniffs his way towards the source. Meanwhile, satisfied and sleepy, the pride settles down for a snooze. More than twice the weight

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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please be seated. Bill, thank you for the kind introduction. Thanks for giving me a chance to come by and see that the Secretary of State's dining room is a lot better than the President's dining room. (Laughter.) I'm ho

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Rumsfeld: US 'Not Inclined' to Give UN Access to Guantanamo Prisoners 拉姆斯菲尔德:美不会准许联合国与关塔那摩囚犯进行直接接触 Secretary Rumsfeld says the government is not

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Homeland Security Faces Tough Questions on Katrina Response 美国土安全局在对卡特里娜飓风所伤的回应上面临严重置疑 Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff faced tough q

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In a Colorado gully, hunters carried out a mammoth massacre, leaving behind the remains of at least 16 animals. The site recreated here contains a treasure trove of evidence relating to the mammoth's daily life. Again by comparing mammoth bones to el

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The death throes of the last great ice age left a signature that we can read today. These giant potholes were left behind by blocks of buried ice that melted, leaving hollows that later filled with water. For thousands of years since then, they've be

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Bison calves are born in summer and can run within a few hours of their birth. They have no choice. The herd won't wait in its eternal quest to find new grazing. Smaller grazers are still found here, too. But they stay put instead of wandering the pl

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Colombian mammoths had to feed almost round the clock to fuel their bulky bodies. But as the ice age ended, food was not the mammoths' biggest problem. A new and deadly predator began to infiltrate the plains, a match for any prey, even the mighty ma

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Because these two bull mammoths both had broken tusks, they could have fought at closer quarters than they would do normally. Twisting and turning, they became locked in a deadly embrace. Even more bizarre, this twist of fate then caused a third fata

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A lone wolf weighs as much as four coyotes, but one on one it's still no match for a bison. Wolves, though, live and hunt in packs of up to 15 and when they launch a cooperative attack, they're devastating. First they get the bison on the run, then f

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Jury Sentences US Army Soldier to 10 Years for Abusing Detainees in Iraq At Fort Hood, in Texas, a military court has sentenced U.S Army Specialist Charles Graner to ten years in prison for abuse of I

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Guatemala: Two Killed in Protest Against US Trade Pact Tensions are rising in Guatemala Tuesday between the government and social organizations as government troops are reported to have opened fire on

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PANAMA CITY, April 10 (Xinhua) -- The seventh Summit of the Americas, with the attendance of more than 30 heads of state, will be opened here amid tightened security Friday night. Official data show that over 5,000 armed forces have been deployed to

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