Saber toothed cats were actually pretty nice guys

New research based on fossils preserved in tar are showing evidence that saber toothed cats were not solitary animals, unlike most large cats today. Severe injuries were shown to have healed in the fossils, suggesting that injured animals were not left to die. The injuries could be extremely severe, yet the cats were surviving for years after the incidents. This points to the idea that the groups of animals were at least somewhat bonded, and would allow the animals that couldn't hunt to eat from what the others had hunted. I think these findings are pretty interesting, and they are helping to clear up whether or not saber toothed cats were solitary or not.

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  1. AnonymousApril 16, 2019 at 10:52 AM

    These findings are rather interesting and eye-opening. Also, the fact that fossil records have the power to alter what we once perceived to be true is fascinating.

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