Mary Allen
Likatse tsa Saber-tooth ke likatse tse nang le meno a malelele haholo. Ba shoele lilemo tse 11,000 tse fetileng, nakong eo batho ba neng ba phela Mehleng ea Lejoe. Likatse tsa saber li ne li amana le likatse tsa kajeno. Ka linako tse ling li bitsoa "tigers-toothed tigers".
Likatse tsena li ne li phela hoo e ka bang lefats'eng lohle, eseng Australia le Antarctica. Ho ne ho e-na le mefuta e fapaneng ea likatse tsena. Kajeno, batho ba bangata ba nahana hore liphoofolo tsena li khōlō haholo, empa sena ke ’nete ka mefuta e itseng feela. A mang a ne a se maholo ho feta lengau.
Likatse tse meno a saber e ne e le libatana. Mohlomong li ne li tsoma le liphoofolo tse kholoanyane tse kang mammoth. Ho elella qetellong ea Mehla ea Leqhoa, liphoofolo tse ngata tse khōlō li ile tsa timela. E ka ’na eaba e tsoa ho batho. Leha ho le joalo, liphoofolo tse neng li tsongoa ke likatse tse meno a saber le tsona li ne li le sieo.
Ke hobane’ng ha meno a ne a le malelele hakaale?
Kajeno ha ho tsejoe hantle hore na meno a malelele a ne a etselitsoe eng. Mohlomong ena e ne e le pontšo ea ho bontša likatse tse ling tse meno a saber hore li kotsi hakae. Lipikoko le tsona li na le masiba a maholo haholo a mebala-bala ho khahlisa lithaka tsa tsona.
Meno a malelele joalo e ka ba tšitiso ha u tsoma. Likatse tsa saber-tooth li ne li ka bula melomo ea tsona ka bophara haholo, e pharaletseng ho feta likatse tsa kajeno. Ho seng joalo, ba ka be ba sa khona ho loma ho hang. Mohlomong meno a ne a le malelele ka ho lekaneng ho lumella katse hore e lome ka botebo 'meleng oa phofu.