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Saber Toothed Tigers
Saber toothed tiger is the common name of a number of extinct prehistoric felids often misconceived as tigers. Characterized by grossly oversized canine teeth, these fierce predators were a powerful force to reckoned with, and have come to captain prehistoric predators in the common mind.
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What continent do saber toothed tigers live in?
At best, saber-tooth cats live on only in the imaginations of those who find them fascinating. You might have expected them to fill much the same ecological niche as present day cougar(Puma concolor) of North and South America and live in the same broad range of habitats: forests, savannas, lowland and mountainous deserts.. Keep in mind that this is only a comparison; although cougars and saber-toothed cats both belong to the family Felidae, modern cats are from the sub-family Felinaewhile the saber toothed cats were from the extinct sub-family Machairodontinae. Saber toothed cats have no modern descendants.
The saber toothed cats were a subfamily of cats that scientists refer to as the Machairodontinae. The Machairodontinae flourished for nearly 30 million years on all continents except Australia and Antarctica. The last saber toothed cats were Smilodon, a genus from North and South America that died out about 10,000 years ago.
What happened to the saber-toothed tiger?
no. the line of saber-toothed and dirk-toothed cats have all become extinct. they were less intelligent and less adaptable then the modern day big cats or panthera line which are the tiger, lion, leopard and jaguar. coupled with the changing environment and mass megafauna extinction of prey animals at the end of the last ice-age, competition with other hunters, the introduction of human peoples into the americas, they were simply "out evolved," by the other predators of the time. The modern day clouded leopard does have the longest canines in relation to body size of any existing feline but they are not a direct descendent of the saber or dirk toothed cats.
What did the saber-toothed Tiger use to stay warm?
saber toothed tiger used its thick fur to stay warm.
Did humans have anything to do with saber-toothed cat dying out?
Scientists still don't know what caused the extinction of saber toothed cats. Interestingly, however, the last saber toothed cats Iived in the Americas. They died out around 10,000 years ago, which coincides with the arrival of humans. Maybe it is a coincidence, but I don't think it is.
Were humans alive when saber-toothed tigers excised?
When some saber-toothed cats where alive humans were also so yes.
What body parts did the saber-tooth tiger use to survive?
While the sabretooth is noted for its extremely large canines (almost tusk-like), its primarily weapons to feed and defend itself were its claws and powerful musculature. These gave it the speed and power to kill large prey. This is common to the largest of the big cats (lions, tigers) living today.
When in history did the saber-toothed tiger become extinct?
All saber-tooth mammals lived between 33.7 million and 9,000 years ago. The Saber Tooth Tiger lived during the end of the Quaternary Period, and during the Ice Age, and could be found all over the world. It was thought to have become extinct because of the rising sea levels at the end of the Ice Age which covered the tigers' environment. It went extinct because of the temperature changes. It became extinct after the last ice age, because its habitat changed from woodland to grassy plains, and being a heavily built ambush predator, it was unsuited to the new environment, and was unable to adapt to it fast enough to survive as a species.
many years before a sable tooth tiger got excint
Number story that matches the expression 78 of 16?
there were 78 sabertooth tigers a 16 sloths how much food does the sabor tooth tiger get
How the native Americans use saber-toothed tiger for?
The Saber Tooth Tiger, also known as the Saber Tooth Cat was a large marsupial weighing up to 10,000 lbs. It had large fangs and long sharp claws to dig for insects. It's broad dorsal fin was able to propel it through the water quite rapidly. Although able to hold it's breath for many hours enabling it to feed on the shell fish at the bottom of rivers the large cat was quite at home in the tall trees where it would imitate calls and invade nests to forage for eggs. The native americans prized the pelt of the Saber Tooth Cat and would make great lodges out of the skins where they would hold elegant evening parties and lunches. It was once thought that the Native Americans hunted the cat to extinction, however; it has been shown that the Dire Badger, a giant man eating form of the common American House Badger, hunted and persecuted the Saber Tooth Cat. Only one Saber Tooth Cat remains today, living a peaceful life in a Sandusky Ohio trailer park.
What is the saber-toothed tiger diet?
Sabertooth Tigers belongs to the group of carnivorous just like the present tigers. So they're diet is meat from other animals.
Saber toothed cats were carnivores. They had specific adaptations for hunting megafaunal mammals. These included bison, mammoths, mastodons, camelops (American camels) etc.
According to enchantedlearning.com : "Smilodon was a carnivore, a meat-eater. This ferocious hunter may have eaten thick-skinned prey like mastodons (hairy, extinct elephants), horses, and bison. It probably ambushed its prey since its short legs limited its running speed. Its hunting strategy may have been to mortally wound its prey with its saber-like teeth, probably in the belly, and let the victim bleed to death. Smilodon, like most meat-eaters, may also have been a scavenger. "
Saber toothed cats were a subfamily of cats that lived on every continent except Australia and Antarctica, and existed for 28 million years. The diet of each species varied, depending on what animals were available in their habitat. One of the most famous species, Smilodon fatalis, hunted animals such as bison, American camels, mammoths, mastodons, deer, and horses.
The saber toothed tiger had a meat diet so this means that it eats woolly mammoths, antelope and buffalo.
They would have had a big group of saber tooths, called a pack, to kill the animal.
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They hunted big game animals like bison, horses, deer, American camels (called camelops), juvenile mammoths and mastodons, and possibly giant ground sloths.
The Sabre tooth cat preyed on large animals, such as the mastodon, the North American horse, and baby woolly mammoths.Even on Kareemot and Yahtanae
Did saber tooth tigers live in the rain forest?
Saber-toothed tigers, specifically the species Smilodon, primarily inhabited open grasslands and savannas rather than rainforests. They thrived in environments that provided ample prey and space for hunting. While they may have occasionally ventured into forested areas, their adaptations were more suited to open and semi-open habitats.
Can a light saber ever be made?
yes, because we have the force and the laser atoms. And you just have to stick that stuff in metal tube. But if you press that button the force would have to push those atoms out.
What would saber-toothed tigers eat if they were still alive?
They would probably eat the deers, wild goats, cattle and if we went near them they would definitely eat us too.
