Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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South America was isolated from all other continents for ten of millions of years. Allowing a truly unique ecosystem to evolve from giant armadillo's, various massive ground sloths and a predator that looked remarkably similar to the saber toothed cat species.
Today we breakdown the strange and misunderstood carnivore with self sharpening teeth, Thylacosmilus.
00:00 Narrative
08:05 Breakdown
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