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Tag: Smilodon

Homotherium: Saberteeth

September 29, 2020 BJ Deming

Meet Homotherium (in 3D, possible Arctic coat), a/k/a the other sabertoothed cat. A 19th-century taxonomist gave this fossil feline its name — homo, “same,” and

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Sabertoothed Cats: An Introduction

August 29, 2020 BJ Deming

The lion-sized cat turned its back on a sunlit Pleistocene world of dry, open woodlands and padded into its den one last time. Although hungry,

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Repost: “False” sabertooths and real sabercats

June 5, 2020 BJ Deming

Does it matter if the ferocious sabertooth that’s about to attack you lacks the right bone structure to convince scientists it’s a cat?

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Guest Video: Sabercat Kittens

February 21, 2020 BJ Deming

That’s actually a snow leopard cub, chosen not only for cuteness but also because you can’t see the teeth. What if they were little saberteeth?

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Homotherium – The Other Ice-Age Sabercat

August 18, 2017 BJ Deming

Homotherium was the more successful of the two ice-age sabertoothed cats, but it’s also more of a mystery.

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