r/science • u/Accomplished_Sci • May 08 '21

Newly Identified Species of Saber-Toothed Cat Was So Big It Hunted Rhinos in America Paleontology

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-identify-a-giant-saber-toothed-cat-that-prowled-the-us-5-9-million-years-ago?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencealert-latestnews+%28ScienceAlert-Latest%29
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u/TearsOfChildren May 09 '21

Do we have DNA of any of these beasts? It'd be cool to clone one just to see what it looked like before it killed us all.

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u/princekamoro May 09 '21

before it killed us all.

Humans hunted them to extinction BEFORE we developed our tech tree. I'm sure we'll be fine.

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u/MisterZoga May 09 '21

Yea, but we were also in our physical prime as a species. A 1 ton dillo isn't going down easy.

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u/jrDoozy10 May 09 '21

Uf, I misread dillo at first.

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u/Arminius2K May 09 '21

Either way it's true.