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Saber-Tooth Kitten Found, Largest Living Sea Creature Discovered, another "Doomsday Fish" Washed Ashore, and TDIH - U.S. Time Zones and the Teddy Bear

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

News, Tech News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6732 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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The remains of a well-preserved saber-toothed kitten was found in Russia, the discovery of the largest known sea creature, and another “Doomsday Fish” washed ashore in California. Plus, on This Day in History, how the railroads help set the time zones in the United States and the history of Teddy Bears. Well-preserved remains of saber-toothed kitten found frozen in Russian tundra, researchers say - ABC News Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia | Scientific Reports The world’s largest coral was discovered in the South Pacific Photos: Scientists discover the world’s largest coral | Vox Another rare 'doomsday fish' discovered off Southern California coast | WFRV When did the United States start using time zones? History of Teddy Bears Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome once again to Cool Stuff Ride Home. I'm Redgerizu alongside Marcus Paff. On today's

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episode, the remains of a well-preserved

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saber-toothed kitten was found in Russia, the discovery of the largest known sea creature, and another

0:44.8

doomsday fish washed ashore in California. Plus, on this day in history, how the railroads

0:50.4

helped set the time zones in the United States and the history of teddy bears.

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That's coming up on cool stuff.

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Well, turning to ABC News to get things started today, scientists have discovered a pristine

1:01.7

fossil of a mummified saber-tooth kitten that had been frozen in the Russian tundra for about

1:07.6

37,000 years. The carcass of a large cub estimated to be about three weeks old, was found encased in a block of ice in the Republic of Saka,

1:16.6

located in Russia's far east along the, going to do my best with this one, Badiarika River in 2020.

1:23.6

This, according to a paper published in scientific reports last week. Now, radiocarbon dating

1:28.5

puts the cub of the homeotherium-laden species in the late Pleistocene period, according to the

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researchers. The remains contain the head and the anterior part of the body, preserved to the edge

1:40.4

of the chest. The mummy's head was especially well preserved, and the four limbs of the mummy were preserved almost completely, according to the paper. The mummy's head was especially well preserved and the four limbs

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of the mummy were preserved almost completely, according to the paper. The kitten's foot

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pads and claws are preserved on the planter surface of the front paw and all claws, sharp

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and strongly curved, are preserved on the fingers. Now it's unclear how the cub died and

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