Sabre-Toothed Tigers: Ferocious Prehistoric Predators | Documentary

In today's video, we will be examining several of the most prominent sabre toothed cats who lived on the grasslands of the Pleistocene world our earliest ancestors were beginning to conquer. We will be looking at animals from across the world, exploring how they lived and hunted alongside our distant relatives. Sit back and relax as we take you back to the pleistocene to explore the sabre toothed tigers - the prehistoric predators of early humans.
0:00 Introduction
2:31 What Exactly Were Saber Toothed Cats?
7:33 Dinofelis
13:13 Machairodus
19:03 Homotherium
24:06 Megantereon
28:23 Smilodon
33:38 Outro
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[@TheOpinionatedGuitarist]

It would’ve been horrifying to run into one of these in the wild!!!

[@georgehanson2978]

Well made!

[@edwinreveron870]

Homotherium were larger than mentioned, the largest of them were potentially the largest of sabertooth cats..

[@maozilla9149]

good show

[@LowerTheBoom]

The Indians killed off all of the sabre-toothed tigers! 😡

[@francorepici3586]

I disagree the comparison of homotherium and cheetah. More so the hyena. Homotherium was built like a hyena and apparently filled the hyena niche.

[@awesomepixie419]

More like a hyena/lion hybrid

[@edwinreveron870]

Homotherium had long legs like cheetahs, but with more bulky built, and the largest of them were potentially the largest of sabertooth cats...

[@awesomepixie419]

@@edwinreveron870 scratch that lion/hyena/cheetah/shark quadbrid 😅😂 👀

[@francorepici3586]

America already had the 'American cheetah' to fill the Africa/Asian cheetah role. Homotherium filled the hyena role. Studies of the skull, particularly the huge nasal passages, show that it was a long distance runner with endurance like the hyena and not so coincidentally was built like one. Remember also that hyenas are related to cats.

[@awesomepixie419]

@@francorepici3586 I would think Homotherium filled a niche unique to no other animal alive today. No animal in Pleistocene North America were specialized like bone crushing hyenas. Being stronger than a hyena one v one and having serrated teeth to cause “shark like” bites. Their hunting & social intelligence is akin to lions, hyenas, & canines. Respectively, for the ambush, grappling, ‘finishing blow’; and the latter two for pursuit endurance techniques. Finally, cheetahs in diurnal hunting. Homotherium likely only stole prey when in numbers, having a size advantage and if there was enough reward for risk; especially for their cubs back at the den. They were more akin to lions in stealing prey, while canines along with hyenas will eat skin and bones, homotherium wouldn’t waste that much time. They need calories for multiple family members hunting is a more advantageous idea. With all those abilities Homotherium was likely a ‘grim reaper’ of the Ice Age. I’d suspect one of the highest success rates of all known cats.

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