Aug 29, 2023
Sabertooth Cats Might Have Purred, Roared, Or Made A Noise All of Their Own
IFL Science
“While humans have only one hyoid bone, purring cats have nine bones linked together in a chain and roaring cats have seven,” says Ashley Deutsch, a PhD student at North Carolina State University and lead author of the research, in a statement. “The missing bones are located toward the top of the hyoid structure near where it connects to the skull.”