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News Release 12-002
Prehistoric Predators With Supersized Teeth Had Beefier Arm Bones
Combination of colossal canines and forceful forelimbs arose repeatedly over time
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The extinct saber-toothed cat, among the largest cats ever to live, roamed North and South America.
Credit: National Park Service
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Paleontologist Julie Meachen talks about the long teeth and robust limbs of extinct saber-toothed cats.
Credit: NSF National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
Saber-toothed cats had very thick arm bones compared with those of modern feline cousins.
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The skull of a saber-toothed cat shows its extremely long canine teeth.
Credit: AMNH
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A saber-toothed cat still crouches: in a natural history museum.
Credit: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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The outline of a saber-toothed cat, shown in comparison with that of a human.
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