This creature was a ferocious and terrifying predator. Apparently, once upon a time, there was before it went extinct.Įpicyon haydeni was a carnivore that lived about 11-7 million years ago, which was during the late part of the Miocene. Source: Guy who watches NatGEO and semi-professional redditor.īOOM, y'all need to put those googling skills to use. (Granted the exception of Lions vs Cheetahs - Cheetahs rely on speed to catch prey) This is why you have enormous Tigers and Sabretooth Tigres but pack animals like Lions and Dogs only get so large. (TL DR)It is only natural that efficient solo predators will grow larger than pack animals on the same food supply. I feel the same would also apply to large dogs and large cats(or any large animals for that matter). This was the logic they used to rule out bigfoot: The idea is that if a species of large yeti like creatures existed, they would have to eat a large deer almost every day to get enough calories to sustain their physical size(Their should be deer remains everywhere). I saw on NATGEO that large silverback gorillas forage fruits for like 16 hours a day, in order to get the 8000 calories a day diet it needs to be so large.Īn adult male gorilla may consume more than 18 kg (40 lb) of vegetation per day. When pack sizes get too small, packs fail.įinally, very large dogs(or any large animal) require massive amounts of calories to support a large size. ![]() Second, dogs are pack animals and they split their food supply. First, animals can only grow as large as their food supply will allow.
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