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hello you're the guy right I'm the guy I
guess okay I've got something you need
all right that looks creepy what is it
it's the skeletal paw of a cave bear
okay I thought you're gonna say Bigfoot
but I have a fossilized paw of a cave
bear I got the cave there paw at a
fossil show I've had it for about five
years so I think it's time for it to
move I'm hoping to sell it for about
$1,000 this is from a cave bear like
we're talking like old like thousands
and thousands of years ago okay really
applies the same times what times
Pleistocene twice to see yes this was
back when cavemen were wandering around
Europe and this guy was from Romania
about twenty to thirty thousand years
old okay K bears more or less died away
with the Ice Age went away they lived in
caves so when these bears did pass away
their bones got a little bit preserved
because they were inside caves they were
sharing the caves with the cave men the
only way those two were sharing a cave
is if the humans were the veal yeah
really cool so it's all fossilized yes
is this all wired together or um wire
and I suspect some glue okay these
things are definitely collectible matter
of fact the whole fossil thing is sort
of hot right now
there you go you need this so you look
at this Elvis Graham okay
haven't you looking for 1,000
I have no idea that's a great price but
I have a friend that's a paleontologist
so let me give him a call have to take a
look at it because I am I'm sort of lost
here I'll be right back Hey
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so I have a lady of the store with what
she says is a fossilized cave bear paw
and that it's over ten thousand years
old fossils are super collectible right
now and they bring good money but I have
no idea if this thing's real or what
it's worth I've called in Andre by
paleontologist friend he's gonna help us
out this young lady right here has a
cave bear claw absolutely
this is Ursus Pelias yeah we're gonna
talk some Latin Ursus Pelias is the
scientific name of the cave bear these
were massive animals that ranged all
over Europe and Asia okay really kind of
an interesting fact about the cave bears
is everybody thinks they're these big
terrifying carnivores but studying their
teeth scientists have noticed their
teeth started to change from carnivore
based diet
to more herbivore based diet so believe
it or not these gigantic bears probably
ate more vegetables than meat
but you still wouldn't want to piss them
off oh absolutely not one SWAT of a cave
bear and you know break your neck these
animals are remarkable they were the
size of a Kodiak grizzly standing ten or
twelve feet tall I mean I've gotten a
lot of fossils over the years and stuff
like that so a lot of times some of
these are replaced with these cave bear
hands and feet there's so much original
material out there that generally it's
not really worth it to fake these but my
only concerns would be any kind of
damaging preservation articulating it a
lot of people like to put metal inside
of the bones that's something I would
look for
yeah I see the metal in there now so
that's typical it's not ideal I see some
putty work done right here to attach all
those ankle bones together that's also
typical I don't see anything that stands
out as unusual okay so this is all 100%
like thirty thousand year old bear this
specimen is 100% fossil so what's it
worth retail value these are super cool
because it's a bear paw but these are
fairly common if this came into the
museum I would appraise it at about nine
hundred dollars thanks man appreciate it
thank you all right so how much did you
want for this well a thousand so you're
not gonna give me a thousand uh no
what's the best you can offer me
waterboxx ooh can you do 500 I'll go
forward a quarter that's really the best
I could go can you squeak oh these
things are neat they do sell they take a
long time okay well I like you 425 all
right wait I will meet you right over
there we'll do some paperwork I'll get
you paid okay
I went for 425 is a lot lower than I
wanted to go but I caved
you