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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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How many miles can a saber tooth tiger run?

Saber toothed cats were not built for long distance running, or even for speed. Instead, they would ambush their prey and then attempt to pounce on it or catch it after a very short chase. They probably couldn't even run a whole mile at a time.

What role did the saber-toothed tiger have?

As they are extinct there is little importance to modern societies other than those people that study prehistoric animals.

What did ice age people use the skin of a saber-toothed tiger for?

If they could catch the tiger, probably to make sandals or something to protect their bodies. But, first of all, they ate the tiger for sure. However, I think that the saber-toothed cat didn't live at the Ice age. They lived at the Eocene Epoch to the end of the Pleistocene Epoch (42 mya-11,000 years ago), existing for approximately 42 million years.

What did the saber-toothed tiger evolve from?

Nothing, evolution is a lie, even the person who thought of it in the first place changed his mind. If you don't believe me look it up & if you want a really good source look up Genesis 1:1 and keep reading until you get pasted Adam and Eve :) If this is for a school project try google serching it, I don't like it but thats how you pass a test with the lie they want to stick down your throat at school.

Do saber-toothed tigers migrate?

No saber tooth tigers are extinct they lived in the ice age.

What did saber-toothed tiger eat?

Smilodon (if that's the one) are carnivorous, meaning they eat meat. They are fast, deadly hunters with serrated fangs good for killing with.

The Smilodon had a wide range of mammal diet such as Deer, Mammoth, Macharachinia and Carcass.
they origanally ate poo but sometimes ate their baby cubs.
it ate smaller animals

Saber-toothed Tigers where in what period?

It is perhaps one of the most famous prehistoric mammals, and the best known saber-toothed cat. Although commonly known as the saber-toothed tiger, it was not closely related to the tiger or other modern cats. Smilodon lived in the Americas during the Pleistocene epoch (2.5 mya-10,000 years ago).

What relatives did the saber-toothed tigers have?

Saber-toothed tiger did not only have massive teeth, but they also had a mixture of spots AND stripes. It was common to have more stripes than spots.

Spots usually appeared on the head of the saber-toothed tiger, and were mostly black and gray. :)

What is the scientific name for the saber toothed tiger?

There were many species, and each one has its own scientific name. All saber toothed cats belong to the subfamily Machairodontinae. One example would be Smilodon fatalis, a species belonging to the most famous genus of saber toothed cat.

When was Saber Marionette created?

Saber Marionette was created on 1995-05-21.

How big was the saber -tooth tiger?

a saber tooth tiger is about 4- 5 in. long. does that answer it. 0.0

When did the saber-toothed tiger go instinct?

Saber toothed cats became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene, 10,000 years ago. They probably died out because important food sources, such as mammoths and mastodons, became extinct. It is still unknown why those megafaunal herbivores died out.

What is the saber-toothed tiger family unit?

saber tooth tiger has ben called saber tooth cator smiladon for years because it was found that they were more closely related to lions & not tigers.it was found that thay had small short manes,but i am not positive if thay are in the same family as lions.