Rather you than me I assume you have been taken in by the claims by some researchers that they were actually frugivorous, but this has now been refuted.
Thylacoleo was a large carnivore, but not as large as a lion, more a small leopard - only a metre and a half long in total and less than a metre in height. They most likely would not attack an adult human under normal circumstances. I believe I could probably stare one down, or fend it off with a big stick.
Thylacoleo was a large carnivore, but not as large as a lion, more a small leopard - only a metre and a half long in total and less than a metre in height. They most likely would not attack an adult human under normal circumstances. I believe I could probably stare one down, or fend it off with a big stick.
However, it was very powerful for its size, with a 100kg individual possessing a pound-for-pound bite force equalling that of a big cat more than twice its size and weight. And it was a lot heavier set than a placental cat.
Basically, rather than a small marsupial leopard it would be more accurate to think of it as a bloody big wombat with a very bad attitude problem
