Sabretoothed

Fossils: Newly identified sabre-toothed cat from 9 million years ago weighed 600 pounds

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A newly-identified sabre-toothed cat that lived in North America five to nine million years ago weighed some 600 pounds and could have taken down prey ten times its size. US researchers named the ferocious feline ‘Machairodus lahayishupup’ to honour the Cayuse people, on whose lands the original specimen was unearthed. In Old Cayuse, ‘Laháyis Húpup’ means ancient … Read more

Sabre-toothed cats were deadly long-distance hunters that attacked in packs

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Sabre-toothed cats were deadly long-distance hunters that attacked their prey in packs during daylight hours 50,000 years ago, DNA study reveals Scientists studied the genetic material from a scimitar-toothed cat from Canada  Found specific genetic variants which were prominent in the predator’s DNA   The variants made it well suited to long distance hunting and working in teams  … Read more