Saber toothed tigers should be called walrus cats.
this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2024
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Walcat, if you will.
Can we also call spiders “saber-toothed ants”? Oh, and then there’s also “saber-toothed worms”.
I’m sure none of this will trigger anyone.
I like how you think.
You're going places
Technically they're closer to sea lions than seals... So really, sea lions should have been called sea tigers, than walrus would be saber-toothed sea tigers...
This guy walruses.
goo goo gajoo...
"I am the saber-toothed seal" doesn't have quite the same ring to it, though...
Coo coo ca choo
Their own fault for using a misnomer.
*Walrii
Can we get a evolutionary scientist in here?
I understand sabre-teeth have come up a few times in the record. Are walrus sabre-toothed for real?
Don't worry, I did my own research.
I trust you implicitly
Salmon used to have sabreteeth! Some of them, anyway. They were big fucking fish.
They don’t look that much like seals.
They should be called “saber-toothed wilford-brimleys”.
I think you might be onto something.
Sabertoothed obese seals.
I can't remember ever laughing out loud at a title alone.
Walrii!