Saber toothed Cat fossil found in CanadasteemCreated with Sketch.

in saber •  5 years ago  (edited)

This is the farthest north that saber toothed cat fossils have been found along with a couple of other extinct species. They were bigger than African lions and African lions are scary enough lol. The defining characteristic of a saber toothed cat is the foot long dagger like canine teeth they used to hunt with. That would have been terrifying to be hunted by one of those. The proper name for the saber toothed cat is smilodon fatalis. This is one of my favorite Pleistocene epoch species next to the wooly mammoth and a couple of others.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/sabre-toothed-cat-1.5305505

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