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SYDNEY – The Ice Age sabertooth, with its large protruding fangs, was actually a bit of a pussycat, according to Australian scientists who studied the power of its bite and hunting skills.

While most people rank the sabertooth alongside the Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur as a killing machine, in reality today’s lions are far more powerful, the study found.

Using the skull of a modern-day lion for comparison, a team of scientists at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) found the sabertooth had a relatively weak bite.

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