The double-fanged adolescence of saber-toothed cats

The double-fanged adolescence of saber-toothed cats
The fearsome, saber-like teeth of Smilodon fatalis — California’s state fossil — are familiar to anyone who has ever visited Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits, a sticky trap from which more than 2,000 saber-toothed cat skulls have been excavated over more than a century. Though few of the recovered skulls had sabers attached, a […]










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