Ancient teeth show how big cats lived with bear dogs: Both species preyed on wild boar, horses

CBC News ^ | Wednesday, November 7, 2012 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

This illustration depicts how the region of Cerro de los Batallones in central Spain likely looked nine million years ago when saber-toothed cats and bear dogs shared space and prey during the late Miocene period. (Mauricio Antón)

[SumProVita]

What does a bear dog look like?

[Joe 6-pack]

Bear dog....not to be confused with Beer dog...

[Joe 6-pack]

[GreenLanternCorps]

“Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ZOKDmorj0

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[xsrdx]

leopard-sized cats

Smaller than the N. American Smilodon, the largest of the saber-toothed cats.

[Free Vulcan]

Yes, but the real question is could they get along with ManBearPig?

[blueunicorn6]

So, by looking at teeth, they can extrapolate how they behaved? I’m going to start brushing my teeth ten times a day. The stupid bears eat apples and so do I. Some day, some archeologist will look at our teeth and say, “Why, yes, man and bear lived together at that time.”
Our time will be known as The Yogi Bear Era.

[1010RD]

Is that an actual photo or just an artists rendering?

[1010RD]

Bear dog or weasel wolf? Looks more like a weasel to me.

[Joe 6-pack]

Actually, there's a pretty cool critter that lives exclusively in Madagascar called a Fossa. It looks like what you might get if you put a fox, a puma and wolverine in a blender and mixed them together...

I always thought they'd make a pretty cool pet :-)

[Cvengr]

[Joe 6-pack]

Very closely related to the...

[who knows what evil?]

Can you sic them on liberals?

[Joe 6-pack]

"Can you sic them on liberals?"

Unfortunately, Madagascar being an island nation, if you'd send enough liberals there to become a viable food source, you'd be in danger of tipping the island.

[null and void]

I’m not seeing the downside here.

[who knows what evil?]

...you'd be in danger of tipping the island.

A la Guam? :-)

[Joe 6-pack]

Some of the fossa may drown.