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Having a slow metabolism is usually bad, but if there's food shortage it becomes an advantageous trait. Dwarfism is similar.
That's why larger/stronger/faster cats like the saber-toothed cats died and now we have smaller cats, for instance.
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Having a slow metabolism is usually bad, but if there's food shortage it becomes an advantageous trait. Dwarfism is similar.
That's why larger/stronger/faster cats like the saber-toothed cats died and now we have smaller cats, for instance.