Australia's marsupial lions 'dropped from trees' to attack prey, study finds
by Michael Slezak from Environment | The Guardian on (#1431J)
Flinders University researchers reveal the extinct megafauna were adept climbers, tore meat cleanly off bones and reared their young in caves
When humans first set foot in Australia about 50,000 years ago, they could have faced ferocious marsupial lions that ambushed prey from trees and grew to the size of African lions. A new study reveals the now-extinct megafauna were adept climbers, could tear meat cleanly off bones, and reared their young in caves.
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