Coincidence or evidence: was the sabretooth cat Smilodon social?
关键词: Smilodon fatalis 、 Extant taxon 、 Predation 、 Smilodon 、 Ecology 、 Biology 、 Zoology
摘要: By comparing frequencies of counted extant carnivores attracted by distress calls prey species in African ecosystems with those fossil records found ‘tar seeps’ Northern America, [Carbone et al . (2009)][1] conclude that Smilodon fatalis was social. The authors argue the ‘
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