• MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Meaning they’re vastly overpowered for their current environment. That power cones at the cost of needing more calories. Why did they evolve that way? What did they hunt earlier, Mammoths?

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      2 months ago

      In that kind of cold, body mass matters for keeping warm. You need to be bigger to survive and they aren’t really over powered for their environment.