For decades, we've pictured miracinonyx, or the American cheetahs, as fleet-footed prairie hunters who chased down pronghorns and were among the fastest animals on Earth. But recent studies have shaken that belief to the core. Thanks to fossils found in rocky canyons and subarctic lands, and studies on their diet, we're beginning to get a clearer picture of what these majestic animals actually were.
00:00 Rebranding the American Cheetah
00:39 The Original "American Cheetah" Assumption
02:00 Ice Age North America & Megafauna Competitors
02:54 Grand Canyon Fossils: Mountain Climbers, Not Flatland Sprinters
04:29 DNA Breakthrough: Sister Species to the Puma
05:35 Natural Trap Cave & Diet Isotopes
06:36 Debunking the Pronghorn Arms Race Myth
07:11 Sprinter Legs, Grappler Wrists: Anatomical Differences
09:00 Brain Scans: Puma Intelligence vs. Cheetah Speed
09:43 Yukon Discovery: The Arctic "Fish-Eating" Cat
12:03 Extinction at the End of the Pleistocene
12:54 What Should We Name It?
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