GRAPHIC PREHISTORIC ANIMALSKI SABERTOOTN TIGER SMLODON ILLUSTRATED BY ALESSANDRO POLUZZI Smart Apple Media
WHAT IS A SABERTOOTH TIGER2 SMLODON MEANS BLADE TOOTH Sabertooths lived around 2 5 million to 10 000 years ago during the Pleistocene period Fossils of their skeletons have been found in North America and South America see page 22 ii It had a pair of very ii Its shoulders front legs ii Although slightly a A long canine teeth that I and neck were massively smaller it was twice curved like a saber sword powerful much stronger as heavy as a lion than a modern day lion IO A Its jaws could open twice as wide as a lion's NY it Its short A tail shows it might not have chased its prey over long distances in the NL way a lion does SMILODON FATALIS DEADLY MEASURED 5 7 FEET 1 74 m ii It had strong S short back legs for jumping LONG AND 3 3 FEET 1 m HIGH AT THE SHOULDER IT WEIGHED 620 it Its powerful claws A could be pulled in and held inside its large paws POUNDS 281 KG This would be a sabertooth tiger and
SABERTOOTH FACTS uring the last big ice age Milodon’s daggerlike camels giant bison and huge canines measured 7 inches mammoths roamed all across 17 8 cm long They were North America These massive saw toothed on both edges to slice herbivores were preyed on by through flesh easily Strong when powerful carnivores such as big pulled from front to back they cats wolves and giant bears Of all were surprisingly fragile if pulled these mega carnivores the strong from side to side and could snap sabertooth with its fearsome fangs A sabertooth had to be very careful was the best equipped to how it caught its prey ambush and kill big game quickly and side teeth for biting off Smilodon had lumps of curved flesh for Saberteeth to swallowing slide in and out front of flesh for a teeth for killing blow carving It is thought sabertooths might have cared for sick or injured members of their group like African lions do
