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8 Prehistoric Saber-Toothed Animals

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  • 13-03-2013 12:53am
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    Squeaky the Squirrel
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    The first Ice Age movie hit theaters in 2002—and with it came the cinematic debut of “Scrat," an accident-prone saber-toothed squirrel with an insatiable lust for acorns (as of this writing, the manic critter’s Facebook page has netted more than 12,000 “likes”). Although Scrat is a fictitious animal, these distinctive canines were donned by a vast array of prehistoric creatures from cats and marsupials to deer and even salmon. Here are eight of the most unusual.

    http://mentalfloss.com/article/49210/8-prehistoric-saber-toothed-animals


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    Galvasean
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    I'm surprised there was no room for the real Scrat...
    http://www.livescience.com/16839-saber-toothed-squirrel-scrat-ice-age.html


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    dodderangler
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    Chinese water deer
    They would be classed as saber tooth


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    Adam Khor
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    Walrus, too. Sure, they may use their tusks to help themselves move on ice and stuff, but they also use them to stab and murder innocent little seals once in a while:


    walruseating.JPG

    And let's not forget the awesome burrowing asp, a facultative saber-toothed venomous snake (facultative as in, the fangs may be used as sabers to bite with closed jaws, or be kept inside the mouth depending on the situation):
    i-9b66c030496d6d44aa20b80ec52141c4-sabre-toothed_snake_25-2-2009.jpg


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