# They’ve found a 35,000 year old saber tooth tiger kitten

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 18, 2024, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-ve-found-a-35-000-year-old-saber-tooth-tiger-kitten/1011777 "2024-12-18T06:04:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-ve-found-a-35-000-year-old-saber-tooth-tiger-kitten/1011777/41 "2024-12-26T17:03:26Z")

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From @Skywatcher 's cite:

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> She weighs more than 397 pounds and measures about 4 feet and 200 centimeters long.

What in the world are they trying to say? 200 cm definitely isn’t a conversion of 4 feet, nor does it seem likely the two figures are meant to be added. Near as I can figure, they mean 4 feet tall and 200 cm long, but even then, why mix units?

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-ve-found-a-35-000-year-old-saber-tooth-tiger-kitten/1011777/42 "2024-12-26T17:49:32Z")

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True cats and big cats, but not “Big Cats” as a group.

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**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-ve-found-a-35-000-year-old-saber-tooth-tiger-kitten/1011777/43 "2024-12-26T18:13:55Z")

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> [@Tamerlane](#):
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> This becomes handy in the inevitable thread of Smilodon fatalis vs Homotherium latidens - who wins in a fight?

_Fatalis_ (deadly) should beat _latidens_ (wide tooth) any day.  
And in Aliens (_Xenomorphus fatalissimus_) vs Predator (_Terminus alightpliis_) my money is on aliens.

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