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The extreme teeth of saber-toothed predators were 'optimal' for biting into prey, study revealsUsing 3D-printed steel tooth replicas in a series of biting experiments and advanced computer simulations, they analyzed the shape and performance of 95 different carnivorous mammal teeth ...
To test if struggling bison or bouncing kangaroos put too much strain on Smilodon or Thylacosmilus’s teeth, Pollock and colleagues made 3D-printed ... selection shapes animals to perform ...
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