The Ennedi Tiger: A Living Sabertooth?

The citizens and tribes of Chad and the Central African Republic have long reported sightings of a large cat with gigantic fangs. It is described as being a large tiger that lacks a tail. The fur is often sandy red or brown with white stripes and it has overly hairy legs and feet. What is the truth behind this mystery big cat?

[@forktailedDevilP-38J91]

A melanistic sabretooth is probably the most badass creature i could imagine.

[@rembrandtshadows]

you mean a SMART and INTELLIGENT melanistic sabretooth wise in the ways of shape-shifting and ninji-su, right?

[@BrendonChase2012]

Honey Badger: "Hold my pit viper!"

[@rembrandtshadows]

@@BrendonChase2012 A new anime, Ennedi Tigre and Honey the Badger

[@salvagemonster3612]

See I imagine a 38 foot hairy Neanderthal with big teeth and a big club and a star destroyer space ship. Now THAT would be badass

[@BrendonChase2012]

@@salvagemonster3612 Honey Badger: "Hold my pit viper!"

[@kabohakevin4103]

Among the cryptids I've heard about, this one has the biggest chance in my opinion to exist or have existed recently.

[@chrisandkatiebrooke3498]

Mokele mbembe it may be further time removed but there is such a strong chance of misidentification here and all the evidence against mokele mbembe is not taking locals word. We could explore sudanese mountains but the congo is too thiccc

[@themonsterbaby]

@@chrisandkatiebrooke3498 are you arguing for or against the existence of mokele mbembe? Cuz I can't tell. There definitely isn't any actual evidence that a sauropod like animal is still living in Africa.

[@chrisandkatiebrooke3498]

@@themonsterbaby from what I can see in this video there wasn't any actual evidence of this cryptid. Both rely heavily on local sightings. The Congo is nigh inexplorable and most of the criticism of the reports is based on not believing the locals. This cryptid unlike the sauropod has local species that are extant that could be easily mistaken for this cryptid.

[@chrisandkatiebrooke3498]

@@themonsterbaby yeah I maybe miss something though I usually only watch paleontology videos when I'm drunk

[@chrisandkatiebrooke3498]

If Celiocanth can survive so can a sauropod

[@DraptorRonin]

i wish there were more cryptids that were "alleged surviving" mammalian mega-fauna, such as Andrewsarchus, Enteledontids, Sivatherium, Macrauchenia, Elasmotherium, Megaloceras, etc., buuutt, it seems people are more inclined to deem a poorly described animal in an account as "A Living dinosaur m8". I mean, why couldn't the Mokele-mbembe be a living derived Hyracodontid? One that could be more in line with size and geo-temporal range of the alleged beast?

[@dr.polaris6423]

I know exactly what you mean. The association made between supposed 'primordial jungles' and Dinosaurs is so strong that ancient mammals don't get a look in!

[@dstinnettmusic]

*sad Bigfoot noises*

[@Jojozilla426]

@@dstinnettmusic bigfoot doesnt really resemble any extinct mammals, aside from an outdated view of gigantopithicus

[@rembrandtshadows]

@@dr.polaris6423 so, when do we go?

[@rembrandtshadows]

@@Jojozilla426 those damn hippies!

[@abhishekkulkarni9120]

Ancient memory told through stories? I don't think such an animal exists anymore. But I think the ancestors of these tribes must have lived alongside such creatures. Their stories must have been passed down generation after generation.

[@rtreadwell7887]

Agreed; I think that this is the basis of a good many legendary creatures and events.

[@danniles5256]

i think you are right.

[@Destitute77]

I must play devils advocate on your completely rational and measured suggestion of a shared ancient memory; the tribal trackers and hunters that have apparently encountered this creature really would not either mistakenly identify a commonly known creature, nor would they blend the mythical into a live hunting scenario. To me that just doesn’t ring true. Another point to make is that our belief as individuals, cultures or as a global civilisation is not required for something hitherto conventionally unknown to actually exist. The giant panda being a perfect example. Peace

[@abhishekkulkarni9120]

@@Destitute77 If you hear a story of an ancient creature from your elders and believe it to be one hundred percent true, you might end up in self hypnosis where you convince yourself that the creature exists somewhere and may actually hallucinate about that creature. Not totally impossible. Also such stories exist in all the cultures and the creatures in the stories usually are identical to the animals that died during late ice age.

[@Destitute77]

@@abhishekkulkarni9120 whilst I can certainly see numerous reasons why your original point is likely correct, I simply do not agree that one’s elders would present a mythical or a tribally recounted story from ancestral encounters as a naturally encountered creature. Surely the contextual presentation of a legendary beast is not the same as an ‘actual’ animal? I completely respect your point of view and partially agree in fact. Great to discuss such things. Peace

[@jeffslade1892]

The Asian Clouded Leopard, although relatively small, is the 'modern sabre cat'. Making it not impossible for a sabre-cat to have evolved from Felidae or Pantherinae rather than a surviving relic.

[@CharlieWest00]

Bruh the clouded leopard is more similar to a house cat than a saber tooth. Saber tooth evolved to hunt a plethora of big game that no longer exists anywhere in the world so they aren’t gonna evolve until humanity is gone and wildlife can come back

[@vineetkaddu1214]

Wow! Thanks! That was cool info.I had no idea they were!

[@Xyearo]

@@CharlieWest00 no, they arent gonna evolve ever because the megafauna they prey on is now gone

[@Devin_Stromgren]

@@Xyearo You're right, the worlds megafauna is mostly gone, except in Africa.

[@deanfirnatine7814]

@@CharlieWest00 Have you been to Africa? there are immense amounts of game in certain areas and his point was that the sabre tooth design has evolved multiple times in different feline species is valid

[@adamfigel4838]

What's amazing is they are unknown to the world, until, someone goes and talks to native tribes that have been fighting these massive cats for centuries. I'm completely amazed with big cats and characteristics and adaptability

[@Akaryusan]

i think the most interesting would be that the ennedi tiger is well, a tiger an unusual mountain dwelling African species with white stripes and a reddish coat, to an untrained observer a tiger can almost appear plantigrade

[@2degucitas]

An escapee from a zoo or private collector?

[@irondragon1785]

@@2degucitas that or an unknown species, it’s possible to be a thing. Since for example for decades we thought the okapi(the small jungle giraffe cousin) was a myth till they found one on an expedition

[@rembrandtshadows]

@@irondragon1785 Although the okapi was unknown to the Western world until the 20th century, it may have been depicted since the early fifth century BCE on the façade of the Apadana at Persepolis, a gift from the Ethiopian procession to the Achaemenid kingdom. The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Photographic Archives; photo detail. The Oriental Institute identifies the subject as an Okapi with a question mark. from wiki.

[@dondragmer2412]

@@irondragon1785 Not a myth but a falsehood. "Myth" should not be used as a synonym for a fiction. Myths are always at least partly true, or have cores of truth.

[@spinosaurusstriker]

@@irondragon1785 but most of them are small animals, you know, animals that you can get why they are difficult to see

[@onandonitgoes5957]

The coloration would make sense... Jungle camo like that the tiger has wouldn't work in Africa... Gold and brown stripes would work beautifully in the grass though

[@dboot8886]

"Is strong enough to lift up an animal as large as an antelope." Well I mean yeah leopards do that all the time. Pretty famous for carrying them up trees.

[@psal8715]

This is the one cryptid that i wish were real

[@jeffgraham436]

Why, pray tell? We don’t have enough ways to die already?

[@ayush.kumar.13907]

@@jeffgraham436 wild animals are hardly ever the cause of those deaths

[@ScumsaveChris]

@@ayush.kumar.13907 exactly the only animal people should really worry about is the animal in the mirror.

[@maniacram]

@@jeffgraham436 r u like, afraid all the time?

[@gustavosauro1882]

If I could ressurrect 1 extinct animal it would be smilodon or giant ground sloths

[@bubbaandrayearl1678]

Ya had me goin' for a minute there. Right up until the butterflies thing.

[@andrewgan557]

if this is really an sabertooth cat it will most likely homotherium not smilodon since smilodon is only found in america not africa. and the description especially the hyena like tail fits

[@tieck4408]

There is the issue of homotherium's teeth being mostly or completely covered... unlike descriptions and by coincidence unlike llustrated sabertooth cats (smilodon) the witnesses would likely have seen.

[@sydneyatkins6249]

@@nunyaefinbiz what?

[@goofygoober5270]

@@nunyaefinbiz he talkin straight facts aside from the fact that homotherium went extinct earlier in Africa than in north America, of course

[@goofygoober5270]

@@nunyaefinbiz and so is yours then again, what's so new about that

[@deanfirnatine7814]

@@nunyaefinbiz Your an idiot, what are you twelve?

[@zenmeister451]

Supposedly, the Saber-toothed tiger has disappeared and then re-evolved at least 3-4 times. I guess it's a design that works?

[@PabloSanchez-qu6ib]

It worked at specific times with specific prey and specific competition.

[@ghermaneldermendes3674]

Gorgonopsia is the pioner

[@shafqatishan437]

@@ghermaneldermendes3674 yup they were possibly the first unless we find out some early amphibian group with elongated 😁 I think there are many dinosaurs, crocodylomorphs and early mammals with that kind of features as well, before the emergence of nimravids

[@xenoidaltu601]

We technically have the Saber-toothed seal but gets no love because people think it looks ugly.

[@mythplatypuspwned]

"French Nigel Thornberry" 🤣🤣

[@pablocaceres7378]

The fact that we found reddish brown homotherium makes this retroactively so cool

[@Fledhyris]

I would love for this creature to be real, sadly I think that even if it survived into the early 20th century, the likelihood now is that it would be on the brink of extinction, if not already gone. I think the weight of evidence is telling though. Usually when folklore describes mythic monsters, they are quite fantastic and obviously not real. This cat is so realistic. And it could easily hide up in the mountains where there must be very little exploration; it takes wildlife photographers weeks just to catch a glimpse of snow leopards, for example, and we know those are real - and more to the point, are actively going out to look for them. Maybe we should send David Attenborough out to Chad! I do think the comment about the restricted jaw opening is probably anecdotal however, maybe after seeing such long canines, the locals just can't believe such an animal would be able to bite. But I think there was a widespread Western myth surrounding sabre-tooths in the same vein.

[@obambagaming1467]

There are actually some species where many humans didn't want to believe that those existed. The african unicorn living in jungles (Okapi) and the gorilla turned out to be real. Natives knew of those illusive animals but most european conqueror and explorers didn't want to believe them until they saw it for themselves. Some other illusive cryptic and mythical creatures turned out to be real too. Giant sea creatures in legends often turned out to be whales, giant squid or oarfish. But people rarely saw their full body except if they are washed up dead.

[@danieljob3184]

Joseph Banks was accused of 'creative taxidermy' by the Royal Society until he returned from a later expedition with a living, breathing, swimming platypus. That's in the history books!

[@edwardv54]

I possibly saw a black one on the road about midway between El Paso and Alpine Tx. This was around 1996. It was at about 300 yards, I was driving a van, it crossed the road and was only visible for about 10 seconds. It was definitely a cat and it was huge. I was not alone we both saw it and were both completely shocked. The biggest cat I have ever seen, but too far away to be that sure of the size. Note: it was very black, completely so. Mostly guessing but I would say at a minimum the size of a tiger, I think larger, but not as large as a liger. Too far to make out any saber teeth, but I don't think so.

[@lorefreak94]

Likely a black jaguar. Historically that was the northern part of their territory

[@_thoughtcriminal_9102]

Could be a melanistic mountain lion or jaguar, I know both are supposed to live in tx although I've never seen either lol

[@indiglo1971]

They found a the remains of a Sabre Toothed Cat in Friesenhahn Cave in Texas. The spelling of the cave might be wrong.

[@charlesjmouse]

Enthusiastic white guy turns up in a village with some drawings: "I've heard you've got a bunch of these." Local spotting an opportunity: "That's right boss. You could hire a bunch of us to help you go look if you like." ...several days spent plodding about the jungle hearing increasingly well thought out tales later. Enthusiastic white guy: "What a shame we didn't find anything, I'll be sure to come back with lots of friends to try again." Local: "That's fine boss, you and your friends will always have a welcome here. Just be sure to bring your money." ...and so a local tall tale becomes a cryptid.

[@salvagemonster3612]

You can track the extinction of saber tooth tiger to the same period of dental care in North America. This is why they believe one still live in England

[@mikehughes2183]

Sorry to dispell that myth but I'm from the UK and have lived in the USA and I lost count of americans with missing front teeth! lol

[@ceowulf7328]

Learn to construct a coherent sentence you moron. 😅 The American servicemen that leave England often leave with a lot less teeth. I can assure you that. 😉

[@mikehughes2183]

@@ceowulf7328 What's the point of insulting me like that? I was making a reasonable comment to what I have observed. There wasn't anything wrong with my writing! People like you just get off on trolling people

[@mikehughes2183]

@@ceowulf7328 By the way, it's not "a lot less teeth" it's fewer teeth if you want to be grammatically correct!

[@smiles9882]

@@ceowulf7328 less teeth*

[@enzoayala4629]

2:04 what book is that from?

[@adnannaemaz1989]

Sounds like a Barbary lion. They are larger than regular lions and although they inhabited the Atlas Mountains in Morocco a few could have strayed beyond the range back in the day. They also have larger heads and narrower muzzles. The rest of the differences I would put it down to a classic case of Chinese whisper.

[@williamchamberlain2263]

Glowing eyes and butterfly wingmen are a bit off the normal evolutionary pathways.

[@ahmedsenussi8232]

The Smiladone and other long tooth cats look scary intimidating I feel that there long front teeth would put them at an disadvantage

[@Kikilang60]

I read some book about writer, who made his living traveling the world, and keep a travel log. No, I don't remember who he was, other than we you met him, he refused to wear shoes, because he almost lost his feet to athelete's foot. I think he died in the seventies. Eitherway, he talked about traveling around in isolated Mexican country side. He said, everyone talked about this large gray cat, that everyone was afraid of. He was shown the skins of the big cat. He said, it kind of looked like a Mountain lion, but bigger, and gray fur. He always tried to buy the furs he seen, but everyone refused to sell. He got a few photos, which cost him, but they were useless. He said, "I was never so tempted to steal from the locals, but he wasn't one of those people. He said, by the end of the fifties, even the locals no longer talked about the gray cats. Yeah, I don't remember the guys name. That's whats wrong with books. You lose the book, and you forget the important details, like names.

[@grahamstrouse1165]

They almost never occur outside captivity but the Ennedi Tiger sounds a bit like a leopon (a lion/leopard hybrid.) They’re very big (closer to the size of the lion), melanism IS a possibility & leopards have massively powerful necks & like to stash their kills in trees. And their ranges do overlap. The teeth don’t fit but if I was surprised by a huge shaggy cat I’d probably exaggerate the size of the teeth too. Also, unlike most big cat hybrids leopons are apparently fertile most of the time.

[@gabrielsmedleysanimaltime5826]

I wonder, did lions used to live in the Ennedi Plateau?

[@savumente]

Hyenadons or sabertooth tigers live in Ennedi

[@thelaziestguyuveverknown]

Yes and apparently they might have been extinct there for only little more than a century

[@KhanMann66]

You can thank the Romans for making most of these animals extinct.

[@mikesaunders4775]

Great video , but the volume was very low.

[@reynaldoflores4522]

If it's out there, maybe Forest Galante could track it down on his tv show "Extinct or Alive".

I came across a sabretoothed Cougar once. It was in a pub one Saturday night. Her prey were young professionals who lacked experience in her jungle but were game to try.

[@juliesadler6481]

A cryptid I find intriguing is a darby & monocal wearing polar bear.

[@dondragmer2412]

derby

[@juliesadler6481]

@@dondragmer2412 I was saying it with a British accent, lol❣️

[@dondragmer2412]

@@juliesadler6481 Oh, as in Darby O' Gill and the Little People, right? Though that's Irish. :-)

[@juliesadler6481]

@@dondragmer2412 😀👍

[@johnjohnon8767]

Where can one find one? Someone can bag one for prosperity.

[@uzaklardangelen3352]

Keşke bir zaman yolcusu olsaydımda tüm zamanların canlılarını canlı canlı görseydim.

[@captaincodpiece3263]

Bearing in mind eDNA shows the mammoth survived in Siberia until 4,000 years ago, the time of the great pyramid and Stonehenge, and earliest surviving texts. So whether a sabre toothed felid survived into modern times in Africa seems doubtful but in Asia, considering the mammoth was thought to have died out in the ice age though we now know it survived until much later, it’s plausible that a population of sabre tooth felids too survived there up to 2,000 BCE or so and the occasional sighting of such a dramatic and imposing animal entered into folklore, passed down in oral tradition to more recent times as a still extant creature.

[@--Paws--]

Ironically it could be a giant prehistoric hyena instead.

[@kbennett2587]

To be fair, this does make more sense than a non- avian dino still walking around, unlikely but still.

[@cipherx6334]

Interesting enough, isolated populations would have a tendency to produce melanistic individuals, we see this in relatively isolated leopard populations that produce black panthers.

[@N-Collective]

Exactly small genetic diversity causes more mutations

[@shafqatishan437]

Also bcz the black color helps them stay elusive and thrive at night.

[@tyreewadsworth1593]

After you said it's as big as a horse I said nope

[@joesmith-t2z]

smilodon populator is estimated to have weighed over 1,000 pounds. That's about average for a horse. some horse are much larger but 1000 pounds is typical. Also animals look bigger at night. A siberian tiger weighing 700 pounds could easily look like 1000.

[@adventureseekersparadise]

Saber-toothed cats are one of the few creatures that have evolved three time after being extinct twice. Seems Nature wants a saber-toothed cat in the world.

[@Tarbtano]

Of all the prehistoric animal cryptids, this one sounds the most possible to have, while not existing in the modern-day, perhaps either lasted into historic times or the very least long enough to enter the cultural history.

[@paulsimmons5726]

Kinda reminds me of the Yeti in that if it really existed, a hunter would've already brought one to the local taxidermist. I imagine this animal's main prey item is the unicorn... Produce one, live or stuffed, and we'll talk!

[@MasterHaloOne]

You have no idea how govt would work to discredit and destroy people that have actual evidence of cryptids. You are so ignorant. Dave paulides missing 411 on KZbin educate yourself

[@paulsimmons5726]

@@MasterHaloOne Live or stuffed, your choice. Otherwise, the discussion is over, especially when you start trying to link it to a government conspiracy...

[@KhanMann66]

@@MasterHaloOne David has been known to exaggerate the stories to fit his narrative. Go and read the original reports they are vastly different according to David.

[@Rhaenarys]

It honestly sounds like a liger, but.. I'm not sure about tigers in that region. But the description does sound very similar.

[@dondragmer2412]

No tigers there, but maybe someone's pet liger escaped, or a pet tiger that bred with a lion. Good suggestion.

[@weemac4645]

Sounds like bullshit to me.

[@dondragmer2412]

@@weemac4645 Most probably.

[@praetorianrex5571]

Just how rare is something likely to be fossilized?

[@SawdEndymon]

Really depends on the conditions of the body, what the environment is like, and where (if it’s an animal) dies. But it’s normally pretty slim

[@TippleCreations]

From what I've read, though don't quote me, it's a 1% on top of it being another 1% to survive plate shifting.

[@uncannyvalley2350]

.001%?

[@rembrandtshadows]

depends on the fossils and the age. Most vertebrate fossils past a few million years are fossilized as river debris. Its exceedingly rare to find a complete skeleton or even a bone. Normally, you find the equivalent of a 1000 pc jigsaw puzzle. Some biomes are better than others. If you are looking for a cat living in a mountainous area, changes are almost zero for fossil preservation UNLESS it is found in a cave. Caves have a history of being used and reused by wildlife and people AND sometimes are subject to flash floods, meaning everything is washed to some part of the cave and settles in the same sedimentary layer. Australia has one cave in particular where the bones are bones and not fossils and very old; highly unusual. Anyways, if you are interested in more, let me know.

[@adamski8985]

Great video. You should do more of videos like this.

[@dr.polaris6423]

Oh don't worry! There are plenty more cryptid videos coming in the future.

[@adamski8985]

@@dr.polaris6423 Good have you heard of the gient ground sloths in peru?

[@dr.polaris6423]

Yes I have. Very interesting topic which I'm certain to cover in future.

[@nerdthoughts6681]

@@dr.polaris6423 Have you heard about the Tasmanian tiger or the Beast of Exmoor? Either of those could make a great topic

[@dr.polaris6423]

@@nerdthoughts6681 I sure have! You can be sure that I will cover both of these in the future.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

04:28 WHOA ! What's the explanation for this photo ??? If this animal actually still exists I'd believe there's still some hope for this world. BUT, the tiny number of them that must exist, would mean they're critically endangered due to inbreeding...

[@ibnsabeel9466]

Some actual pictures and video footage of this thing would be great !!!!!!! That's better than tall tales.

[@007JHS]

Is it likely to be a member of the nimravid groups?

[@leewalker120]

Does anyone else wonder how, with those long fangs, this cat bit anything?

[@Pwnagotchi-0]

The only prehistoric cat skulls we’ve found in Chad Africa were amphimachairodus kabir and a skull from megantereon.

[@socialcivilization637]

Good Information. please increase the frequency of videos about Africa and its diversitical civilization.

[@dr.polaris6423]

Thanks! Expect more African Cryptid videos in the future.

[@socialcivilization637]

Thank you for your reply. And please continue as you mentioned. And also do the reports and Documentaries on present African societies merits and and mainly Demerits(Thus world can know react on mon issues). Thank you.

[@dondragmer2412]

diversified

[@Dell-ol6hb]

There’s definitely no way it would use its teeth to dig up small animals just bc sabertooth cat teeth were known for being quite fragile.

[@aar1843]

Fascinating Report...I learned quite a bit...you can't forget those Stripes on a Sabertooth Tiger!! 🐅

[@maximetheron4353]

😂😂😂....🐂💩

[@johnjohnon8767]

How about the tasmanian tiger reputed to still survive. Last year a raging fire destroying multi classes of wildlife. But no tigers reported

[@amazinglvtv4901]

So sad not to see them only stories

[@ladydiamondprisca]

The only concrete evidence of a sabertooth variety having lived in that region of my country is the discovery of actual sabertooth fossils. So far no living sabertooth has been found. So I'm not convinced.

[@WildWorld81]

Reddish-brown with white stripes? Larger than a lion? Sounds like a warped depiction of a bongo to me

[@patrick_j_lee]

That sounds like the most plausible cryptid, maybe ever. And I had never heard of it before. Thanks for sharing this with us!

[@TheRusty]

First off just to be pedantic, if this exists it's absolutely not a Smilodon. Smilodon was restricted to the Americas. However it may be a descendant of megantereon, which was widespread in Africa and Eurasia, and had a very heavy build and short tail. The only thing making be doubt it is the lack of specimens. Some pinhead in a pith helmet would have absolutely shot one during the colonial era if they were out there. Most likely it's a local legend of "What if ion, but bigger teeth?" that westerners then tacked onto sabertooth cats.

[@zachtopritzhofer7161]

Does anyone know what book the image from 2:14 is from? I know I had the book when I was a kid but seem to have lost it

[@davidlloyd7597]

If it exists. It may not be a Smilodon but an animal related to African big cats that went through convergent evolution. As far as is known. The Smilodon's range was North and South America and did not extend to Africa

[@floranse5205]

Sabertoothed cat in Chad? Must exist then.

[@dbx1233]

Hello DR. Polaris, If I may, pray tell where you obtained your beautiful blue monocle? The one with which you cover your left eye?

[@kallerosenstockenemark7042]

Amazing video. but what is the name of the music in the background :)

[@johnjohnon8767]

I find it hard to believe that Africa has been ruled by Europeans, but this big predator has never been bagged. Just like big foot here in the USA.

[@MotivateMoments2023]

South Africa is a difficult country to explore

[@JohnnyVavala]

2:06 hey!.... I remember that book, I can't to remember the name

[@donkeykong6426]

ennedi tiger would also have competition of jaguars leopards and panthers

[@Abominatrix650]

I like "plausible" cryptids. They're such fun!

[@emaciatedFlower]

Imagine if it was real but only it died out like recently, I would be so saddened but I imagine that being the grim reality of this cryptid.

[@paranormalmicrobites3805]

Great video!

[@williamrthompsonjr556]

It seems to me, it would be worth someone's while, to go there, and try to obtain evidence of this cryptids existence. Trail cameras in North America take pictures of bears, cougars, wolves, and many other wildlife. I think they could be a way to gather evidence of these creatures, if they exist. Perhaps a resident of that area could be given some trail cameras with which to do the job?

[@danieljob3184]

We know that Dinofelis preyed on our ancestors around 3mil BC, is it possible that the same mutational effects that inspired Hominid evolution also effected this cat lineage? Ref: Boisei - the real Bigfoot.

[@unknownchicken2284]

Unlikely. Sabertooth tigers aren't stealthy animals at all they run down prey and slice them open with their fangs. They would be more clumsy than most big data thanks to their tails. From what I know I can't imagine one sneaking around since its fangs aren't suited for stealth attacks like a jaguar

[@hearthearth4547]

Please educate before speak. Thanks.

[@uncannyvalley2350]

Big Data and the Unknown Chicken, by the Crazy Badgers

[@DinoLover4242]

How can this animal be Smilodon if it was real? Smilodon has only ever lived in the Americas (North and South America), not Africa.

[@jamespayne8781]

Since this purported lion/tiger shares it’s habit and prey animals with other known living creatures that haven’t gone extinct there’s no logical reason this animal should have gone extinct either. Nature is notoriously fair.

[@samdegoeij6576]

Makes me wan't to pack my stuff and dwell the African Central highlands searching for this beast with a camera strapped to my back! Who has a million or 2 lying around?!😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@CharlieWest00]

all you need for a camera, rations, and a flight is no more than 10k

[@rembrandtshadows]

it won't be a million or two. How good are you skills, do you have a passport, are your shots up to date, and are you healthy?

[@shatnermohanty6678]

I would rather invest in a drone to fly over the area

[@mrs.schmenkman]

Definitely wondering if He-Man is wandering around too...

[@rembrandtshadows]

no no no its Conan!

[@orlandowilliamson691]

😂😂😂

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Fascinating ! I'd never heard of this animal !

[@joshstephens1527]

Perhaps the sabretooths evolved specifically to hunt porcupines

[@dondragmer2412]

Bobcats are good at killing porcupines. But though most sabretooths were bobtailed they were not bobcats. At the zoo I worked in we had a lioness named Bobbie because she had been an illegal pet and her cruel owner had chopped most of her tail off when she was a cub. She was a character; loved to get up on a tree limb overhanging the road where tourists drove and I enjoyed pointing her out to the tourists, otherwise they would never have seen the lion hanging right over their cars. Enabled them to get great photos of her.

[@Nyctophora]

The Chad Tiger.

[@coopernoble6139]

Unlike the virgin lion, the chad tiger is strong and hot, with a strong jawline and hair all the girls like.

[@LmaoMoni]

@@coopernoble6139 💀

[@orlandowilliamson691]

​@@coopernoble6139wtf 😂

[@timokarff6162]

But I also thought about Megistotherium, Simbakubwa et al....

[@TheBernito2]

The partly retractable claws are a characteristics of the cheeta, a closely related feline to the sabertooth familly (it can't mix with other feline at all, unlike tigers, jaguars and lions) and Africa is considered to have the most preserved Megafauna of all continents, prefered prey to the saber-tooth predators; its main menace to its survival would have been humans, and only specimens smart enough to hide and avoid the hominids would have survived...

[@gaz-atolla7519]

While partly retractable claws are a characteristic of cheetahs it's incorrect to say they are "very closely related" to the sabre-toothed cats While sabre-toothed cats are part of the true cats family (Felidae) they are their own distinct sub-family (Machairodontinae) while all living cat species belong to either the sub-families Felinae or Pantherinae The Machairodontinae branched off from a shared ancestor (fossil evidence puts the best current guess at Felidae Pseudaelurus) apx 20 million years ago meaning that the sabres are no more closely related to cheetahs than they are any other existing cat species What has always amazed me though is that cheetahs and cougars are more closely related to the common house cat than the vast majority of extant felines

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

That’s a pretty big cat.

[@janeta7423]

The music makes it hard to hear you.

[@timokarff6162]

If there indeed is a remnant population of sabre-toothed cats in Central Africa, they would probably have to be Machairodus/Amphimachairodus. Or maybe barbourofelids(?), but not Smilodon.

[@Dr.Ian-Plect]

Barbourofelids are not cats.

[@otvosmatyas]

The Ennedi plateu is a very undiscovered area, its not in the congo its in Chad. The fact that there are no evidence for its existence doesnt mean it cant exist. I dont think there was anyone looking for it, and if someone did and didn't found it that doesnt mean anything. There are a lot of foxes in europe but you dont see them very often either, given the remotness and size of the area it lives in, and its nocturnal behavior its not a surprise there is no evidence.

[@Connor-j7l]

My opinion is the polar bear wearing the bowler hat....is most likely to be factual 😁

[@coryomalley3582]

The Ed, Edd, Ennedi tiger.

[@chrislongstaff1863]

I guess humans who have witnessed the animal and then pointed it out in a line up of possible suspects, dose not count as evidence.

[@uncannyvalley2350]

Which means we need to review our entire justice system and science, which is also based on witnesses and observation

[@kenwebster5053]

Smilodon appears to be an exclusively American species migrating from north to South America. There appears to be no fossil record of them in Africa, none that I can find anyway. symmetric

[@xenoidaltu601]

There were many Long Canined cats and cat-like animals. People always think its an Smilodon because its the most popular..

[@evelynlamoy8483]

ah, the mythical Pard.

[@user-mp8wy8lp4y]

Of all the cryptids I wish were real, the enndi tiger is easily number one

[@zeekwolfe5781]

The natives have lived in the area for thousands of years. As usual, sad to say, Europeans have to tell the people what they have seen or not seen. In India leopards and tigers have become maneaters from time to time. Can the natives solve the problem? Of course not! European great white hunters have to be brought in to put down these beasts. No wonder why Rudyard Kipling wrote about "...the white man's burden."

[@alphasintory4979]

I wish it’s real 🐯

[@kateaveryavery1342]

Me too );

[@rembrandtshadows]

@@kateaveryavery1342 lets go!

[@lindamulholland406]

Anything is possible , just have to wait and see if anyone traps one alive .

[@poppedweasel]

7:15 That's Bagpuss!

[@Tyrannmon]

Hay dr can you do the grafted monster please

[@g-asplendidsavage1700]

Very interesting video I’ve read Christian La Noel book

[@davidbarkin8269]

I had to stop watching, because the audio volume is TOO LOW!

[@lylebardwell8145]

The volume is too low.

[@Optimtimistic-47]

That's the most goofiest intro music I ever heard

[@briangarrow448]

Isn’t there a species of butterfly that is attracted to animal urine? I thought I read that somewhere. Any idea people?

[@charleshash4919]

Lots of butterflies are attracted to urine, as the urea it contains provides readily available nitrogen, which is required for protein & nucleic acid production.

[@briangarrow448]

@@charleshash4919 Thank you for your help. Have a great Easter weekend.

[@vincentfisher1603]

It's hiding out with Bigfoot.

[@dondragmer2412]

I haven't heard of any Bigfoot reports from north Africa.

[@vincentfisher1603]

@@dondragmer2412 They moved for tax purposes.

[@jimhale8967]

Needs more volume