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Not all saber-toothed animals were predators, fossils reveal

from National Geographic

Not all saber-toothed animals were predators, fossils reveal National Geographic No cat is quite like Smilodon. This Ice Age predator, which could exceed the size of the largest living tigers, relied on incredible limb strength to grapple prey to the ground before sinking seven-inch canines into an exposed belly or throat.  In museums, pulp novels, and films, Smilodon—meaning “knife-tooth”—is portrayed as the epitome of ferocity, using curved fangs to spill the blood of its prey across the Pleistocene grasslands of North America. READ MORE

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