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A well decorated cave chamber in a wild cave, featuring a bear skeleton, calcified into the fine rim-stone floor. Located in Sima de los Hoyos, Spain. This chamber is only accessible by descending a 20m deep vertical shaft from the surface, requiring ropes or cable ladders typically used for cave exploration. The chamber contains the skeletons of several dogs and deer in addition to the bear remains. It appears that the shaft entrance has acted as a natural trap over thousands of years, with the animals which have fallen in being unable to escape. Their bones are perfectly preserved underground where they died. The cave also contains many stalactites and stalagmites.
