Killer cave lured ancient carnivores to their deaths
Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 10:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
By Tia Ghose, LiveScienceA cavern in Spain may have lured ancient carnivores to their deaths by offering the promise of food and water, new research suggests.The new study, published May 1 in the journal PLOS ONE, may explain how the carcasses of several carnivore species, including saber-toothed cats and "bear dogs," wound up in an underground cavern millions of years ago."Only the carnivores...