Many thousands of years ago North America had a dramatically different kind of wildlife, and among the weird and wonderful creatures that existed was the enormous and formidable sabre-tooth cat. Watch ‘Prehistoric Predators: Sabre-Tooth Cat’ on National Geographic Abu Dhabi Monday 21st at 9:00 p.m UAE & 8:00 p.m KSA to hear the hair-raising legends of this terrifyingly toothy beast, as well as tales of some of the other super-sized animals that lived in North America at that time.
Around 12,000 years ago, Southern California looked a bit like a cross between Africa and the Americas, where American lions hunted zebra-like animals, as well as giant bison and camels. Prehistoric-looking giant ground sloths and mammoths roamed the landscape. But the king of the cats at the time was not the lion… it was the savage-looking sabre-tooth cat, also known as the sabre-toothed tiger.
Everything about this creature was vast - it was a full third larger than the most massive of modern cats and nearly twice as heavy, with its body sloped down at the back like a hyena. It had massive neck and jaw muscles and extremely powerful forelegs, not to mention its eight-inch-long fangs, set in a jaw that opened about twice as wide as a lion's. But how did the sabre-toothed tiger use all this raw power and skill?
Discover the world of the sabre-tooth cat and much more, as National Geographic Abu Dhabi takes viewers on a spine-tingling adventure in its series ‘Prehistoric Predators’. This fascinating glimpse into prehistoric life reveals that if three of today's most formidable predators - the lion, the grizzly bear and the wolf - were super-sized, we would have a startling and possibly quite accurate picture of the wildlife dominating what is now downtown Los Angeles, about 12,000 years ago. Using the latest science, research and animation, National Geographic Abu Dhabi goes on a journey of recreation into North America’s past and discovers the secrets of these super-sized predators.
