Piscoriaculis

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Afropean Fishing Lions are a species of basal Neoursid from the forests of Africa and Europe of the future supercontinent Afroeurasia, consisting of what we know as Africa, Europe, and Asia, evolving approximately 29 million AD. The family Neoursidae (meaning "New Bear") descended from the Big Cats of holocene Africa, and consists of members which have evolved relatively long snouts for snatching and catching fish. Afropean Fishing Lions are medium-sized carnivores, at approximately a meter at the shoulder, and catch fish from river streams with a certain method. The snout is held down underwater, and the Fishing Lion will grab an object of the appropriate size with its mouth while snatching the fish out of the river using its opposable claws as grippers. Along with the ability to climb trees when danger is percieved, these adaptations have allowed the early Neoursids to gradually outcompete the native bears in what is now Europe.

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