Saber toothed cats did not have black teeth. Many saber toothed cat fossils come from the La Brea Tar Pits, where the teeth and bones were preserved. The asphalt that preserved the bones, though, also stained them.
a large cat that has 2 long canine teeth
they use their teeth as protection....hence the name - saber TOOTH!
it is a tyep of tiger that can have long teeth
The body parts of a Saber-toothed Tiger that were impressive was the massive muscles in their body. Another body part of the Sabor-toothed tiger that make the animal impressive were the bone shattering canine teeth.
the large teeth are for grabbing the throat of its prey and ripping out the juggular so it can't cry out. the sabor tooth may have been the biggest cat back then but it was still hunted by other prediters. so it had to kill quietly and quickly before the others found out. they have also found proof of sabor tooth tigers hunting together as a pack.so it's not just in the movies.
powerful forequaters, large teeth for hunting
to protect themself and their family
Up to 30 cm (12 inches)
The Saber-tooth was not a true tiger. It was not really closely related to the tigers of today. Its long canine teeth were used to slice deeply into their prey.
First, saber toothed cats are not a type of prehistoric tiger. The name saber toothed tiger is a misnomer, and saber toothed cats are not ancestral to tigers. That said, saber toothed cats had very long canine teeth, which tigers do not have. Some saber toothed cats, such as Smilodon, had longer front legs than hind legs, which is different from tigers. They ran in a manner more similar to bears than to that of cats like tigers. They also had very strong upper bodies for tackling large prey, such as bison, which they then dispatched with their saber teeth.
they went extinct because the hunters only killed them for their teeth sometimes
High-speed chases of their prey & quick kills with their well-named teeth.