You’ve heard of weeping willows? That’s a creeping willow, Salix arctica! But you don’t need to go up into the Arctic to see these plants.
Tag: Smilodon
The Sabertooths, Part 7: Extinction
Why did sabertoothed cats go extinct? Easy. More sabercats died than were born.
How did it happen? Ah, well – that’s not quite so straightforward.
The Sabertooths, Part 1
A multi-million-year predator niche has been empty for the last 11,000 years. We should be celebrating that fact. Instead, if safety could be guaranteed, who wouldn’t want to go see a live sabertoothed cat at the zoo?
If . . .
“False” sabertooths and real sabercats
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?
Homotherium – The Other Ice-Age Sabercat
Homotherium was the more successful of the two ice-age sabertoothed cats, but it’s also more of a mystery.
