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British Sabretooth, size of a horse!

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  • #2
    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Galvasean wrote: »
    Please note the picture shown in the article is probably not accurate.

    Hehehe!
    And +1, Holy crap! Imagine being chased by that thing!


  • #3
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    A liger weighs about 320KG - This badboy is 400KG. That's gotta be scary.


  • #4
    Galvasean
    Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    dlofnep wrote: »
    A liger weighs about 320KG - This badboy is 400KG. That's gotta be scary.

    Yep, it's a candidate for the biggest cat of all time. The (former) record holder being Smilodon populator which an average weight of under 300KG.


  • #5
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    True enough.. But prey was obviously alot larger in that time, so despite being that big - he was probably still a dwarf compared to others.


  • #6
    Galvasean
    Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    dlofnep wrote: »
    True enough.. But prey was obviously alot larger in that time, so despite being that big - he was probably still a dwarf compared to others.

    Yup,
    article wrote:
    Other Early Pleistocene animals recovered from this part of the North Sea include elephant-like mastodon, southern mammoth, hippopotamus, horses, bears and giant deer.
    some pretty big hitters alright.


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  • #7
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    Sabretooths (do we still call them tigers??) are all kinds of awesome.


  • #8
    Galvasean
    Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    brianthebard wrote: »
    (do we still call them tigers??)

    Nope, that would be unPC.


  • #9
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    Cats :)


  • #10
    Weidii
    Closed Accounts Posts: 842 ✭✭✭Weidii


    Oh to be able to see one of those creatures in the flesh. (Not that you'd last long!)

    It's a pity we haven't found any frozen specimens like the mammoths.


  • #11
    Galvasean
    Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    Weidii wrote: »
    Oh to be able to see one of those creatures in the flesh. (Not that you'd last long!)

    It's a pity we haven't found any frozen specimens like the mammoths.

    That's partially to do with the fact that during what is commonly called the 'ice age' large parts of the world consisted of savanagh like what we see in southern Africa today. The saber-tooths were more common in these areas than in the frozen areas.


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