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35,000-year-old frozen saber-toothed cat mummy studied for first time
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|Study here: [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-79546-1](https:/
|/www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-79546-1)


|u/dethb0y - 1 day
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|hopefully one day we can bring the species back


  |u/petty_brief - 1 day
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  |Their giant canines will be desirable commodities in the after-times.


  |u/emolga2225 - 1 day
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  |don’t get your hopes up. they only think they can “bring mammoths
  |back” is because of how closely related they are to modern elephants.
  |there’s nothing alive that’s close enough to a saber cat


|u/fortyfourcaliber - 1 day
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|Where's the tooth though


  |u/AxeHeadroom - 1 day
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  |The article states that the remains were determined to be that of a 3
  |week old cub.  No saber teeth at that age.


    |u/LurkerZerker - 1 day
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    |I imagine they'd make nursing pretty hard for the cub


      |u/yogalalala - 1 day
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      |For the cub's mother