This feline right here was the true lion king. And lion implies sunshine and warm savannahs, right? Wrong, because this fellow lived in North America and loved the cold... not very lion like (get it?).

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0:00 Intro
0:48 Classification
1:56 Not A "Real" Lion
2:47 Evolution
3:13 Size
4:40 Speed
5:07 Hunting
5:37 Bite Force
6:05 Battle Between Lion & Wolf
6:36 Smartest Predator Of Its Time?
7:32 Vision, Smell, And Hearing
7:59 Known Prey
8:24 Hunting Mammoths & Prides
9:37 Impact On Megafauna Populations
10:03 Range & Habitat
10:56 Fur
11:10 Coexisting Animals
11:52 Living Alongside Humans
12:15 Youngest Fossils & Extinction

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