Paleo Bites

Dinocrocuta, the Terrible Hyena


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(image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinocrocuta by Dmitry Bogdanov)


Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Allen Brooks discuss Dinocrocuta, which is not an awesome dinosaur/crocodile hybrid like the name suggests but is instead some lame hyena thing. Oh wait, it’s actually a fricking enormous hyena thing? Eh, it’s still not as cool as a dinocroc. From the Late Miocene, this 7-foot hyena thing had a bone-crushing bite and fought off saber-toothed cats like Amphimachairodus, which is pretty cool. It’s like Lion King, but prehistoric and with less singing. Not none, but less.


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