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Post by DarkWolfen96 on Jun 13, 2004 0:37:44 GMT -5
were there any other big cats back then besides the sabers?
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Post by The Metallicats on Jun 13, 2004 1:41:58 GMT -5
First, they were Smilodons.
Second, no, I don't think there were any other Big Cats in the Prehisoric period.
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Post by DarkWolfen96 on Jun 13, 2004 13:34:43 GMT -5
well i like calling them sabers were they lions or tigers
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Post by Lion Boss on Jun 13, 2004 20:45:51 GMT -5
There were A LOT! Everyone of the modern cats had prehistoric relatives, which in most cases were much larger. Again, look at that chart. And those are just the big cats.
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Post by The Metallicats on Jun 13, 2004 22:20:07 GMT -5
Why in the prehisoric the Cats were so much bigger?
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Post by DarkWolfen96 on Jun 14, 2004 0:40:56 GMT -5
i guess the way dinos are bigger then birds and lizards
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Post by Lion Boss on Jun 14, 2004 21:34:49 GMT -5
They weren't really that much bigger... It's hard to explain. You see, it's just that there were A LOT more species of cats than today. There were many average size, small size, and large size cats.
For example, there are only 2 giant cats today, lion and tiger. Well, through out history there have been many giant cats. However, none of them were any bigger than the lion and tiger. In fact, the Siberian Tiger is about as large as any cats have ever gotten.
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Post by AliensWolfX on Jun 16, 2004 10:40:25 GMT -5
The american lion is bigger than the afrcan lion but the american lion rather stalks than chases it down big animals hunt with ambush (usually).look at the tiger he uses ambush but the smaller cheetah uses the chase method.
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Post by Lion Boss on Jun 16, 2004 11:45:20 GMT -5
You don't know that. Nobody knows the method of hunting they used. Bones don't reveal that. So what, you've seen them hunt then?
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Post by AliensWolfX on Jun 16, 2004 11:52:22 GMT -5
no i just said maybe some were stalkers bones do show bout how big they were.
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Post by Lion Boss on Jun 16, 2004 14:46:32 GMT -5
Regardless, people tend to think that prehistoric cats were gigantic. That's not true at all.
I keep telling you guys, the Siberian Tiger is about as large as ANY cat species ever gotten, past or present. The largest members of the Smilodon and Homotherium groups were about the size of an African Lion. The two prehistoric ansestors of the modern lion were larger. But not by as much as some tend to think. The American and European Cave Lions were about the size of the Siberian Tiger. Any book will tell you that they were only about 25% larger than the modern lion.
If a modern lion is around the 420 lb average, that would put the ancient lions at a 530 lb average. That happens to be the average size of the Siberian Tiger.
There were hundreds of cat species throughout history. The largest were in the same size range as the modern lion and tiger.
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Post by DarkWolfen96 on Jun 16, 2004 15:11:52 GMT -5
kool
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Post by ItsxAllxAboutxMeOw on Jun 21, 2004 19:35:28 GMT -5
wow im learnin alot in these forums, i didnt know alot about felines before..i thought the saber tooth was the biggest cat ever
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Post by The Metallicats on Jun 21, 2004 21:26:07 GMT -5
Its true. Bones don't tell us alot about size. We would actually have to see a real thing to know the size.
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Post by DarkWolfen96 on Jun 21, 2004 23:00:27 GMT -5
;D
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