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Ancient teeth show how big cats lived with bear dogs: Both species preyed on wild boar, horses
CBC News ^
| Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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Posted on 11/10/2012 5:48:07 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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This illustration depicts how the region of Cerro de los Batallones in central Spain likely looked nine million years ago when saber-toothed cats and bear dogs shared space and prey during the late Miocene period. (Mauricio Antón)
![Ancient teeth show how big cats lived with bear dogs](http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2012/11/07/si-sabre-cats.jpg)
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posted on
11/10/2012 5:48:26 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
What does a bear dog look like?
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posted on
11/10/2012 5:50:28 AM PST
by
SumProVita
(Cogito, ergo....Sum Pro Vita - Modified Descartes)
To: SunkenCiv
Bear dog....not to be confused with Beer dog...
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posted on
11/10/2012 5:52:09 AM PST
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Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: SumProVita
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posted on
11/10/2012 5:54:31 AM PST
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Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/10/2012 5:59:29 AM PST
by
GreenLanternCorps
("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter")
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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11/10/2012 6:04:31 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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11/10/2012 6:05:01 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
leopard-sized cats Smaller than the N. American Smilodon, the largest of the saber-toothed cats.
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:16:53 AM PST
by
xsrdx
(Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
To: SunkenCiv
Yes, but the real question is could they get along with ManBearPig?
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:28:45 AM PST
by
Free Vulcan
(Vote Republican! [You can vote Democrat when you're dead]...)
To: SunkenCiv
So, by looking at teeth, they can extrapolate how they behaved? I’m going to start brushing my teeth ten times a day. The stupid bears eat apples and so do I. Some day, some archeologist will look at our teeth and say, “Why, yes, man and bear lived together at that time.”
Our time will be known as The Yogi Bear Era.
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:38:11 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: SunkenCiv
Is that an actual photo or just an artists rendering?
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:46:00 AM PST
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1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: Joe 6-pack
Bear dog or weasel wolf? Looks more like a weasel to me.
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11/10/2012 6:46:56 AM PST
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1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: 1010RD
Actually, there's a pretty cool critter that lives exclusively in Madagascar called a Fossa. It looks like what you might get if you put a fox, a puma and wolverine in a blender and mixed them together...
I always thought they'd make a pretty cool pet :-)
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posted on
11/10/2012 6:53:51 AM PST
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Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
11/10/2012 7:02:29 AM PST
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Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: Cvengr
Very closely related to the...
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posted on
11/10/2012 7:05:45 AM PST
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Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack
Can you sic them on liberals?
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posted on
11/10/2012 7:07:59 AM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: who knows what evil?
"Can you sic them on liberals?" Unfortunately, Madagascar being an island nation, if you'd send enough liberals there to become a viable food source, you'd be in danger of tipping the island.
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posted on
11/10/2012 7:19:06 AM PST
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Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Joe 6-pack
I’m not seeing the downside here.
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posted on
11/10/2012 7:52:54 AM PST
by
null and void
(The One can steal an election, but no one can steal our country.)
To: Joe 6-pack
...you'd be in danger of tipping the island. A la Guam? :-)
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posted on
11/10/2012 8:33:28 AM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: null and void
Some of the fossa may drown.
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posted on
11/10/2012 8:34:12 AM PST
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Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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