Re: A More Reasonable Interpretation of the Evidence


Lee Olsen wrote:
claudiusdenk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


There is no reason to assume it was not as fast, almost as fast, or
even faster. It was about the same size as modern lions, but more
muscular.

http://www.megafauna.com/chapter12.htm
"Megantereon was about the size of a present-day jaguar, but very
powerfully built. Its front legs, shoulders and chest were, in
particular, massively developed. That, and the fact that it could open
its jaws much wider than any modern cat can, suggests that it may have
used its front limbs, together with its powerful neck muscles, to push
or pull its teeth into vulnerable parts of its prey like large blood
vessels or the trachea. Megantereon's stocky build tell us that it
was probably an ambush hunter which only pursued its prey for short
distances. It had a short, bobcat-like tail. Its six-inch upper canines
were laterally flattened so that they could slice through muscle and
skin."

Your assertion is idiotic. It's obvious to everybody that even a slow
predator is going to be at least twice as fast as a bipedal,
fruit-eating Apith that still maintained tree climbing adaptations.

The only issue that remains is why this wasn't obvious to you ten posts
ago.



If they were as fast as you claim, why are they extinct?

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