Explainer: How dire wolves and saber-toothed cats hunted

The video explores the hunting strategies of Ice Age predators like sabretooth tigers and dire wolves, focusing on their interactions with the tar pits in Los Angeles. Researchers analyzed skeletal remains to understand these predators' methods, revealing that dire wolves likely hunted in packs, while sabretooth cats were ambush predators with high mortality rates. The study, involving 35,000 bones, was published in Nature Ecology and Evolution.

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