A 🧵 about the recently published discovery of a sabre-tooth kitten, including some personal reflections and thoughts on its age...
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But in this email he told me he thought he had the frozen remains of a sabretooth kitten.
The wonder of permafrost carcasses will never cease for me, but it has to be said I may have become a little blasé about them.
This sentence jolted me out of any sense of complacency.
Here are some recent examples:
🦁Cave Lion cubs Boris and Sparta: https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/4/3/24
🐦 Ice Age lark: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-0806-7
This would be the first time any human had seen one in the flesh for at least 10,000 years.
Also: IT'S A MOTHER-FLIPPING SABRE TOOTH CAT.