Smilodon populator
An interesting piece of research published recently describes what it perceives to be the point of such long canine teeth in Smilodon and members of Nimravidae. Initially conceived to rend wounds into their prey, it has been shown that such force would snap those teeth right off. New tests propose a stabbing motion. Whether mainly for slicing or stabbing, the awe at this spectacularly singular dentition remains.
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