A Conversation for Colours of Wildlife: Thylacosmilus, the Sabretooth Sparassodont
Sabretoothed Tasmanian devil
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Started conversation May 3, 2020
Or Tiger Quoll or Numbat (take your pick). I was going to say sabretoothed possum, but this doesn't look much like a possum.
http://www.numbat.org.au/thenumbat
Rather cute little animal, but if it were bigger, and had those hug, curved teeth, it might resemble the creature on display here.
Sabretoothed Tasmanian devil
Willem Posted May 3, 2020
Hello again! Numbats are very cute. With regards to Tasmanian devils … you know they're suffering from a disease epidemic right? Actually since writing this article, and since the COVID-pandemic got real, I've been wondering more and more just what a factor diseases might have been in the extinction of many kinds of critters …
Sabretoothed Tasmanian devil
Askadodilges (hides His Foot) Posted May 5, 2020
The Tasmanian Devil's disease is cancer that they transmit to each other by biting...some transmissible viruses in human greatly increase cancer risk such as the human papilloma viruses ..certain bacteria and parasites also transmit cancer in humans.
Sabretoothed Tasmanian devil
Willem Posted May 6, 2020
Yes. As I said in my entry on the borhyaena, a relative of this one, there are signs that they apparently fought and bit each other in the face.
Sabretoothed Tasmanian devil
Askadodilges (hides His Foot) Posted May 6, 2020
Interesting painting...and explanation of tooth function...
Sabretoothed Tasmanian devil
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted May 7, 2020
I don't worry about extinct predators. After all, they predate me.
Sabretoothed Tasmanian devil
Willem Posted May 8, 2020
Because they predate you they can't predate you!
Sabretoothed Tasmanian devil
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted May 8, 2020
These would not make goo dates for me anyway. 
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