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This week’s video comes to us from Rob Nelson at Untamed Science. According to Rob:
Siats (pronounced SEE-OTTS) is a giant mega-predator (think T-Rex, but living at a different time). I just like saying that out loud — GIANT MEGA-PREDATOR! This is the first large, mega-predator found in the US in over 60 years, and it is the 2nd or 3rd largest carnivore EVER found in North America!
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Wow. Enough said.
Check out the rest of my post from PsiVid here.