Ancient Beast was part-sabretooth, part-otter
The extinct carnivore, Kolponomos, looked like a bear, and bit like a sabre-toothed tiger.
A group of carnivores that went extinct around 20 million years ago looked superficially like modern bears, but new research shows their bite was more similar to sabre-toothed cats. Known as Kolponomos, these extinct bears were thought to feed on shelled organisms, like modern otters, but with few fossils to go on, their diet and lifestyle has remained contentious.