# And in the category of Animals You Didn't Know Exist we have... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992 "2013-10-23T01:35:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/1 "2013-10-23T01:35:46Z")
Sabertooth Salmon! > **[Oncorhynchus rastrosus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncorhynchus_rastrosus)** > > Smilodonichthys rastrosus > Oncorhynchus rastrosus (synonym Smilodonichthys rastrosus) also known as the saber-toothed salmon, or spike-toothed salmon is an extinct species of salmon that lived along the Pacific coast of North America and Japan. They first appeared in the late Miocene in California, then died out some time during the Early Pliocene. > O. rastrosus was the largest member of the Pacific salmon genus Oncorhynchus, varying from 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) and 177 kg (390 lb) to 2.4 m (7 ft 10 ... Nine feet of killery salmon! ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/2 "2013-10-23T03:49:47Z")
Mmmm…ancient sushi… ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/3 "2013-10-23T04:04:27Z")
[Sabertooth deer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk_deer). ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/4 "2013-10-23T04:10:41Z")
Moving this to MPSIMS like you asked. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/5 "2013-10-23T05:22:19Z")
Get back to me when you find a sabretooth squirrel. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/6 "2013-10-23T05:54:29Z")
The box jellyfish that will kill you by skin contact. And the best thing about: it’s found in the seas around my country. ---
**Author:** ![mumma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@mumma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mumma)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/7 "2013-10-23T05:58:35Z")
The [siberian salamander](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_salamander). They can survive a deep freeze - sadly no saber tooth variety though. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/8 "2013-10-23T09:52:27Z")
Here’s a description of the already mentioned Chinese water deer, but it’s funnier than Wiki. Scroll to #3 > **[5 Lovable Animals You Didn't Know Are Secretly Terrifying](https://www.cracked.com/blog/5-lovable-animals-you-didnt-know-are-secretly-terrifying)** > > Here are a bunch of adorable animals that will probably nonetheless scar you for life. Let's skip the pleasantries and get right down to hyperventilating and swearing at nature, shall we? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/9 "2013-10-23T12:55:08Z")
> [@Moldy Bread](#): > > Here’s a description of the already mentioned Chinese water deer, but it’s funnier than Wiki. Scroll to #3 > > [5 Lovable Animals You Didn't Know Are Secretly Terrifying | Cracked.com](http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-lovable-animals-you-didnt-know-are-secretly-terrifying/) OOOO look at the Caucasian Shepherd, I so want one! Yes the puppies are cute fluffballs, and the adults have fangs, but it looks like it would be a great companion animal when properly trained. I bet it is strong enough that it could stand there while I used it to help me stand up if I fell down! ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/10 "2013-10-23T13:21:13Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Get back to me when you find a sabretooth squirrel. 🙂 [Ancient “Saber-Toothed Squirrel” Found](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/101102-saber-toothed-squirrel-fossils-paleontology-dinosaurs-science/) ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/11 "2013-10-23T17:45:07Z")
> [@Moldy Bread](#): > > Here’s a description of the already mentioned Chinese water deer, but it’s funnier than Wiki. Scroll to #3 > > [5 Lovable Animals You Didn't Know Are Secretly Terrifying | Cracked.com](http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-lovable-animals-you-didnt-know-are-secretly-terrifying/) Creepy. Look at #4. Now look at the caption on the Youtube video. It doesn’t say, “What does a fox sound like?” or “Do foxes makes sounds?” No, it has the exact same wording (slightly odd sounding) as the song. Can you change titles after they’ve been posted? ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/12 "2013-10-24T13:08:35Z")
[Venomous crustaceans](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24625424) Band name! ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/13 "2013-10-24T13:59:29Z")
Thith way fellowth! We mutht swim upthream for thpawning theathon! Up the waterfallth! Watch out for thabertooth bearth. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/14 "2013-10-24T19:29:50Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > Thith way fellowth! We mutht swim upthream for thpawning theathon! Up the waterfallth! Watch out for thabertooth bearth. Times like this make me wish we had like buttons here. I lol’d. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/15 "2013-10-24T20:53:19Z")
> [@Cinnamon\_Imp](#): > > [Venomous crustaceans](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24625424) > > Band name! Found in the Caribbean, Canary Islands, and Western Aus… ahh FFS guys! I bet it’s six feet long, too. There’s something in the sea. Watching. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/16 "2013-10-25T00:36:18Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > Thith way fellowth! We mutht swim upthream for thpawning theathon! Up the waterfallth! Watch out for thabertooth bearth. > [@Wile\_E](#): > > Times like this make me wish we had like buttons here. I lol’d. I lol’d at work about this. And I probably read it a dozen times and laughed each time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/17 "2013-10-25T01:16:05Z")
Forget about Drop-bears, we had the [_Thylacoleo carnifex_](http://australianmuseum.net.au/Thylacoleo-carnifex) A big marsupial ‘lion’ that was almost certainly an ambush predator, had an insanely strong bite, large stabbing incisors, huge molars that formed long shearing blades and retactable ‘switchblade’ claws used to grapple or disembowel prey. :eek: > [@](#): > > Australia’s extinct marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex) would have made minced meat of today’s African lion (Panthera leo) had the two big hyper-carnivores ever squared off in a fight to the death. > > New research published in the Journal of Zoology suggests that Thylacoleo killed prey rapidly, using its “bolt-cutter” type teeth to scissor through hide and flesh to produce major trauma and blood loss. > > By contrast, African lions and similar big cats of today use their bite force to suffocate prey, using a clamp-and-hold technique that can take up to 15 minutes with large prey such as Cape buffalo. > > “My results suggest that the marsupial lion employed a unique killing technique,” says research author Dr Stephen Wroe. “It used its massive carnassial cheekteeth to effect major trauma and a rapid kill. Unlike any living mammalian carnivores, the marsupial’s carnassials were not only butchery tools but also active components in the killing process.” [http://www.science.unsw.edu.au/news/marsupial-lion-fast-and-efficient-killer](http://www.science.unsw.edu.au/news/marsupial-lion-fast-and-efficient-killer) ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/18 "2013-10-25T02:59:21Z")
Carnifex - butcher or executioner. Literally, something like “maker of flesh.” Also translates to “stay the hell away!” ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/19 "2013-10-25T03:48:28Z")
> [@armedmonkey](#): > > [Ancient “Saber-Toothed Squirrel” Found](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/101102-saber-toothed-squirrel-fossils-paleontology-dinosaurs-science/) _blink_ Oh! Er, well done then! Carry on! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992/20 "2013-10-25T06:06:11Z")
“massive carnassial cheekteeth” Not a phrase you see every day. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-in-the-category-of-animals-you-didnt-know-exist-we-have/671992.md?page=2)