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Saber toothed cats probably cared for their young in ways similar to modern cats. When a saber toothed cat was born, they would be extremely vulnerable. Like tigers and leopards today, saber toothed cats may have hidden their young in dens or caves for protection when they were very young, or at any time that the mother left to hunt.

Smilodon, one of the most famous genera of saber toothed cat, may have lived in groups. In that case, all of the females may have worked together to protect, nurse, feed, and even teach the cubs from the entire group. That is the way that modern lions raise their cubs. However, like modern lions, if they did live in groups, the mother probably would have left the group before the cubs were born, and wouldn't return until after the cubs were somewhat developed so that they could withstand the rough housing of the older cubs.

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