Maddenation
A strange question
The other night I awoke from a dream with a very strange question, or maybe it was really an observation. The dream was one of those Notre Dame dreams in which I was a student of some indeterminate age trying to find my way to a class. The campus was strangely laid out and very much larger than normal. One quad was in New York, another in Milwaukee, a third in LA or maybe Paris. All I remember is that I was frustrated because I couldn’t find the building where the class was being held. So I woke up, and the first thought that popped into my mind was, “What’s up with saber-toothed tigers?”
Admittedly, STTs are/were extremely fierce, and those fangs (which could grow to 20 cm or more) send shudders down your back. However, as illustrated in this skeletal recreation, the big teeth must have gotten in the way. How does/did the food get past those huge teeth into the throat? Maybe the reason they are extinct is that they starved to death. (By the way, the same thing would have happened to the fictional creature from the movie Alien, with the extra tiny mouth on its tongue getting in the way of eating its prey.)
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David • 05/21/08 • 11:13 PM:Knock Knock.
Who’s there?
Giraffe
Giraffe Who?
Giraffe Purple Tiger!
Pops - your story is NUTS. And random and bonkers. Thank you for sharing. (yikes)
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