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  2. Saber-toothed predator - Wikipedia

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    Although the adaptation of the saber-like canines made these creatures successful, it seems that the shift to obligate carnivorism, along with co-evolution with large prey animals, led the saber-toothed cats of each time period to extinction. As per Van Valkenburgh, the adaptations that made saber-toothed cats successful also made the creatures ...

  3. Durophagy - Wikipedia

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    The teeth are extremely broad and carnassial are highly molarized. Captured prey is manipulated with the forepaws or is held temporarily in loose skin pouches in the armpits. For larger, heavier-shelled prey, otters will sometimes exhibit tool-use behavior, breaking open sea urchins and mussels with a false stone used as an anvil.

  4. Tiger attack - Wikipedia

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    In such cases, the animal's inability to hunt traditional prey forces it to stalk humans, which are less appetizing but generally much easier to chase, overpower, and kill. This was the case with the man-eating tigress of Champawat , which was believed to have begun eating villagers at least partially in response to crippling tooth injuries. [ 5 ]

  5. Animals That Prey on Snakes [Video] - AOL

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    Birds of prey are able to drop down on unsuspecting snakes and snatch them up into the air in a split second! Watch this exciting video to learn which animals possess the skills needed to ...

  6. List of large carnivores known to prey on humans - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of large carnivores known to prey on humans. The order Carnivora consists of numerous mammal species specialized in eating flesh. This list does not include animal attacks on humans by domesticated species (dogs), or animals held in zoos, aquaria, circuses, private homes or other non-natural settings.

  7. Drop bears: The true history of a fake Australian animal - AOL

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    The rise of the drop bear. If the Drop Bears had been formed just 20 years later, they might not have had to explain their name so often. In the age of the internet, the myth of the drop bear has ...

  8. Alaskan tundra wolf - Wikipedia

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    The Alaskan tundra wolf (Canis lupus tundrarum), also known as the barren-ground wolf, [3] is a North American subspecies of gray wolf native to the barren grounds of the Arctic coastal tundra region.

  9. Varanus (Varanus) - Wikipedia

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    As the ruler of modern Australia, perenties have to prey on other lizards nearly their own size since birth, and the species adapted by developing an unusually large head-to-body ratio. Komodo dragons are the only extant lizards to hunt large mammals, regularly preying on water buffalos that are even heavier than them.