Did sabertooth tigers purr or roar? The answer may lie in a tiny string of bones

When a sabertooth tiger called out, what noise did it make—a mighty roar or a throaty purr? A new study from North Carolina State University researchers has examined the data behind the arguments for each vocalization and found that the answer was more nuanced than they thought—and that it could depend on the shape of a few small bones. The work appears in the Journal of Morphology.  Read More 

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