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How long is a tiger tooth?

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up to 11 inches.

Actually, the Smilodon's teeth could grow up to 17 inches long, but were very brittle to they could not use them to strangle its prey, but to make one stab through its neck or stomach, then to watch it suffer and wait till it is completely dead.

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The sabretoothtigers were smaller than a lion but a bit more heavily built. He became approximately 4.92 feet long with a short tail and powerful legs. The front paws were longer than those of current lions. He had a skull of approximately 11.8 inches and weighed approx. 55.1 stones. The animal had two large ' battle cogs ' (up to approx. 7.09 inches long), strongly increased canines in the upper jaw. The mouth could be opened up to 90 degrees, according to some sources even up to 120 degrees. Because the large cogs were easily rather brittle and at contact with bone would demolish, one thinks that Smilodon used them to wound the weak parts of its victims fatally, e.g. with a bite in the neck or in the abdomen. There are many fossils with demolished cogs found. It seems probable that they hunted in groups, because skeletons were found with wounds that have healed and such an animal could've never been able to hunt on his own.

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A Bengal tiger has the largest of canine teeth out of all its cousins such as a lion, or a jaguar. One average they are three to four inches in length. They can reach five inches in some large males. Smilodon teeth have been recorded at eight inches length.

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About a foot

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