Tsavo lion teeth (IMAGE)

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Tsavo lion teeth

Caption

The lions’ teeth had been damaged during their lifetimes. Study coauthor Thomas Gnoske found thousands of hairs embedded in the exposed cavities of the broken teeth. 

Credit

Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago

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