Smilodon had two pairs of saber-teeth…at the same time

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[ians]

Sometimes domestic cats have double fangs too. For them, it is called retained deciduous teeth or persistent teeth.

[AlbertaleoAlbertalei]

So the smaller teeth buttress the bigger ones. Nature is so smart. 🤓

[TheCalucita]

Taking care of the fangs, while talking about fangs. Nice

[catherinebaldwin]

When an idea for a video comes to you in the bathroom. Understandable.

[mjohnson]

The clinical term you were searching for is...
"Poly dont oly" 😂 (multiplication of teeth, excessive, or extra teeth)

[Julie_Rios]

Haha! The brushing of the teeth is the cherry on top. But fun fact about the smilodon. 🐈

[Ksweetpea]

I don't quite understand how the idea of matching getting ready for the day with a related dinosaur story came up, but I'm here for it

[nyves]

I wonder if that was my puppy's excuse too lol. that boy kept his baby canines long enough we considered surgery. I was so happy when he finally lost the last razor blade and his love bites stopped hurting

[lizardmilk]

It’s ok to finish your bathroom routine before filming this video. We can wait.

[Lady_Viv]

This makes so much sense though. How cool would it be if these guys were still around

[promisedjubileedaniels]

Not toothsome, which means something like "delicious."

[peterburridge]

Learnt something new today thank you Blake for some more knowledge

[icollectstories]

Mine got extracted. Thanks for telling me I coulda been a sabertooth as an adult. Rawr?😢

[MissMueslie]

💚 Thank you for your efforts. I really appreciate it. You are great!

[Morin]

Now I'm wondering if this is recorded in other species with saber teeth? 👀

[L-Bj]

Could you both not be weird for one time 🤣

[VendettaAllan]

I have that issue in some of my molars and the most interesting thing is that my teeth are not crooked.

[JingoTastic]

One of my favorite animals to ever live, Homotherium, also did this! I ponder if there was any function there or if it was a holdover from an ancestor they shared ?

[lh]

This implies there are saber tooth baby teeth just lurking around the sediment layers.

[farfa]

This is getting out of hand... now there's two of them!