saber-toothed cats are actually an entirely different lineage from what are called conical-toothed cats, that diverged about 20 million years ago. all saber-toothed cats are extinct, and all extant cats are conical-toothed, and descended from conical-toothed ancestors; there are no living cats descended from saber-toothed cats
Indeed. The fantasy of the past being better than the present is often rooted in falsehoods.
3 months later: “Hello sabermaxxers, today I will talk to you about optimising your killer instinct and releasing your inner feral cave cat. On a tangent, black cats are inferior and I hate females.”
I hate how realistic this seems lol
Make Cats Great Again
One cool thing is they think saber toothed tigers had a really strong family bond. They found evidence that hurt tigers were taken care of after they were hurt. Suggesting a strong family bond rather than a solitary life.
They were once Gods…
Now they have been reduced to stupid cat videos.
If saber-tooth were so great, why did they go extinct?
Obviously, they weren’t great enough to survive until now. They are far inferior to say sharks, crocodiles and yes, modern cats.
