▁indicate ▁different ▁pre dat ory ▁hab its ▁than ▁other ▁ther op ods . ▁Where as ▁most ▁ther op ods ▁were ▁character ized ▁by ▁long , ▁low ▁sk ull s ▁of ▁narrow ▁width , ▁ab el is aur id ▁sk ull s ▁were ▁t aller ▁and ▁wider , ▁and ▁often ▁shorter ▁in ▁length ▁as ▁well . ▁The ▁narrow ▁sk ull s ▁of ▁other ▁ther op ods ▁were ▁well ▁equ ipped ▁to ▁with stand ▁the ▁vertical ▁stress ▁of ▁a ▁powerful ▁b ite , ▁but ▁not ▁as ▁good ▁at ▁with standing ▁t ors ion ▁( tw isting ). ▁In ▁comparison ▁to ▁modern ▁m amm al ian ▁pred ators , ▁most ▁ther op ods ▁may ▁have ▁used ▁a ▁strategy ▁similar ▁in ▁some ▁ways ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁long - ▁and ▁narrow - sn out ed ▁can ids , ▁with ▁the ▁delivery ▁of ▁many ▁bit es ▁weak ening ▁the ▁pre y ▁animal . ▁ ▁Ab el is aur ids , ▁especially ▁Maj ung as aur us , ▁may ▁instead ▁have ▁been ▁adapted ▁for ▁a ▁feed ing ▁strategy ▁more ▁similar ▁to ▁modern ▁fel ids , ▁with ▁short ▁and ▁broad ▁sn outs , ▁that ▁b ite ▁once ▁and ▁hold ▁on ▁until ▁the ▁pre y ▁is ▁sub du ed . ▁Maj ung as aur us ▁had ▁an ▁even ▁bro ader ▁sn out ▁than ▁other ▁ab el is aur ids , ▁and ▁other ▁aspects ▁of ▁its ▁an atom y ▁may ▁also ▁support ▁the ▁b ite - and - hold ▁hypothesis . ▁The ▁neck ▁was ▁strength ened , ▁with ▁robust ▁verte bra e ,