Name: Saber-Tooth Brawl
Uploaded: 2019-01-01
Duration: 14 min 31 s
Description: Lions may be known as the kings of the jungle, but it was saber-tooth cats that ruled over the Americas. New fossil evidence is shinning a light on the violent lives of these mysterious species.

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New fossils expose the brutal world behind Smilodon's legendary fangs.

Explore how scientists decode Smilodon through fossil wounds, tooth growth, and chemical traces locked in enamel. This episode reveals a predator that fought its own kind, hunted with lethal precision, and may have cared for injured adults and vulnerable young. Sign up to see how new evidence reshapes one of prehistory's most enigmatic hunters.

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