It is big trouble in the form of Arctodus, with full fat reserves and winter coat . What happens next is uncertain, and I leave it up to the viewer to decide. I have merely set the stage. We do not know if the short-faced bear hibernated, migrated, or stored fat and grew a winter coat. Perhaps its color was even white during the snowy season, like the purely carnivorous polar bear.
African elephants belong to the suborder Loxodonta.
Mammoths had what appears to be a hump of fat over the shoulders. They also had long, shaggy outer fur that was a dark reddish brown color with a fine insulating pile underneath. This is similar to present day musk oxen. The mammoth's skin was a dark gray in color. Compared to modern elephants, the mammoths skull was highly domed, and the trunk was shorter with a long finger like projection coming off the upper tip of the snout while the bottom edge had a broad square flap.