A more fearsome saber-toothed cat

Fossils suggest creature’s bite was devastating

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 CLEVELAND — Analyses of fossils reveal that a third, newly recognized type of saber-toothed cat — one that killed by biting large chunks of flesh from its victim instead of biting its neck and slashing the major blood vessels there — roamed the Americas about a million years ago.