SABERTOOTH TIGER! - Big Cat Camp.

[viceisthename]

More closely related to lions? Pfft, bullshit... They were a part of a whole diffrent genus.

[tigersoup]

what the fuck???? did he say american lion??? lol

[dottiemey]

I would give up everything i have to be able to do what you do. =) it must be so amazing to learn so much and DO so much for these cats =) thank you for your hard work and devotion =) THANK YOU!! *meow*

[JoeNietzsche]

BCR, it looks like you folks are doing some great work there. Thanks for that.

[MrRhinobug]

modern cats are wusses.

[muraalia]

Watching the video all I could think about was how much I want one of those huge plushie tigers up there. :)

[ivesour]

zabu and cameron are my favorite are they endangered? i heard africans lions or rare they asian lions?but obviously white tigers are endangerd

[BigCatRescue]

@ivesour White tigers don't exist in the wild, African lion numbers are dwindling due to loss of habitat and poaching....too many people :(

[cscate]

who did smilodon compete with?

[BigCatRescue]

@cscate Lions and wolves.

[nafaka12]

@BigCatRescue Cave lions and dire wolves :D

[Tarbtano]

@cscate

Giant Jaguars (pathera atrox), Gray Wolves, Dire Coyotes (Canis dirus), North American Short Faced Bears (Arctodus simus), Homotherium (a second species of sabertooth), and the modern Puma

[Celiasfullofsunshine]

I love zabu and TJ and your panther they make me smile every time I am sad! I love cats so much

[FilmerOfBobcats]

With all the frozen mammoths than have been discovered, wouldn't it be amazing to find a saber tooth similarly preserved? We can only guess at surface features like color and amount of hair based on modern cats.

[huzaifah123]

LOL, smilodons are relative to cats not dogs.

[chickenpoodle009]

I heard somewhere that smilodons where more closely related to dogs?

[huzaifah123]

@chickenpoodle009 LOL, smilodons are relative to cats not dogs.

[realistromeo]

So sad that the american lion and smilodon are gone, they were both great animals and smilodon was probably the only one specialized and capable of killing the large mastodons.

[karlakooljugglyng]

1:08 sweet!!

[SuperAuschwitz]

I wonder is the common house cat a desendent from smilodon?I look at my tabby cat roxy and wonder if she is related in some way.

[BigCatRescue]

All cats are related somehow, very, very distant relatives!

[Bluenightshade1]

@BigCatRescue DOES THAT MEAN MY KITTEN CAN KILL A MAMMOTH :D?

[CarNikolaj]

@SuperAuschwitz sometimes i look at the comments on youtube and wonder if people are somehow related to trilobites...

[skeilak]

@SuperAuschwitz

Roxy is related. The main difference is that, being an intelligent and adaptive animal, she's found it's more efficient to forgo the rigors of the hunt, and instead, meow at you, until you open a can of prey, and deliver it to her. Altogether, the more successful of the two species. Oh, and the Saber Toothed Cat never figured out how to get someone to spend hours petting them. They'd probably still be around today, if they had. (And wouldn't that be cool!)

[AssassinationProject]

1:08 Zabu!!!! :D She's my favourite in all your big cats :)

[BigCatRescue]

I like Zabu too, she's very goofy!

[luvyas7]

doing my research if any of you guys can help me with a few facts i would be very greatful

huntress is coming

[PETEEAT]

i suspect smiloden's teeth were together with its physical power designed to hold the prey and

deliver a fatal throat /jugular hold and punture movment

[capnquack]

I'm curious how they hunted, too. Canines in both cats and dogs are used for holding as much as tearing, but Smilodons seem to have been exclusive "tearing". You think maybe they hunted in packs like lions - so that as each of them made contact and tore into the large prey (and eventually lost their grip), that another would be there to do the same over and over until they wounded the prey enough to actually eat.

[PantheraAtrox]

The Smilodon's oversized canines didn't allow much room left between the tip of the teeth and it's lower jaw.

This would mean Smilodon had to be VERY CAREFUL how to strike and where to strike or it would end up with broken teeth.

This means Smilodon had to been TAUGHT to kill a certain careful way or a shorter lifespan would be this animal's portion.

These creatures were probually as social as lions and hyenas.

[musclesxmarinara]

That's wrong because when the cat closed it's mouth the top canines extended outside of it's mouth.

[ScarletLoco77]

this is isnt completely accurate some scientists say physically smiledon was

more like a bear very muscular and stocky

but probably looked more like a

lynx or bobcat , notice the short stub tail

and the way smiledon looks compare the 2 species.

smiledon really looks like a giant lion sized bobcat with super fangs. scientists still dont know how they actually killed their prey using their sabers.

bobcats can climb trees very well so can tigers i wonder if smiledon stalked prey from trees

[BigCatRescue]

That's an interesting thought, but if they were like the big cats of today like the lion and tiger they would probably not be that good at climbing? I wonder if we'll ever know how they used those massive teeth?

[ScarletLoco77]

I considered that BigCatRescue because

the anatomical *reconstruction* of the Smiledon with the short stub tail.

Reminded me too much of a Lynx or a Bobcat. these cats are highly adapted to cold -snowy and temperate forested environments all over America and Eurasia. And I know they climb TREES as well as Tigers. During the late PLIESTOCENE in California 12,000 years ago it was heavily forested .Smiledon was not built for open savannah or chasing its prey down but short bursts of speed.

[PantheraAtrox]

The Smilodon's oversized canines also didn't allow much room left between the tip of the teeth and it's lower jaw.

This would mean Smilodon had to be VERY CAREFUL how to strike and where to strike or it would end up with broken teeth.

This means Smilodon had to been TAUGHT to kill a certain careful way or a shorter lifespan would be this animal's portion.

[yupsireee]

@ScarletLoco77 it was problibly too big to hunt from trees if it was a stocky animal

[icetigerTR]

Omg the sabertooth has big teeth

[juggalodx4life]

What do you think Sabertooth mean dumbass?

[gjms30]

what a great idea this is,I wish I had something like this to go to when I was a kid.Just one question how heavy is the lion at 1.33 on the video,he looks huge.

thanks

[BigCatRescue]

Joseph is a big boy, he's probably around 400lbs!

[gjms30]

He looks bigger......thanks for the info

[BigCatRescue]

Well you know what they say about the camera adding ten pounds maybe it's 100 pounds for big cats!!??

[gjms30]

lol.....thats a very good point

[thundag0d]

daaang those are huge teeth. hate to be a mammoth when the smiladon was a live

[BigCatRescue]

You got that right!

[mashersmasher]

i was reading about how scientists are beginning to clone extinct species using similar species we have today. who knows. you might get a few of these in the next decade :P

[jagroar8309]

Neither tigers nor lions are closely related to the genus Smilodon which is included in entirely different subgroup within the cat family. There's no such a thing as which is closer genetically to smilodon between the lion and tiger as sabertoothed cats were too different from every cats of today. However 'Morphologically', the clouded leopard is as u said, the closest to some of early sabertooths and the idea of N.American Smilodon being similar to bobcats in coat patterns is quite interesting.

[vickiormindyb]

Thanks to being in Geometry this year, I can picture exactly what 120 degrees looks like.

That's amazing! AND kind of scary.

[BigCatRescue]

I agree, that's a big number!

[madamkitty]

I'm torn between wanting to see the smilodon around today and being glad it's extinct...they would be fascinating to study if they were alive, but I wouldn't want those teeth clamped onto my neck. o_o

[Tarbtano]

I don't know why my comment got messed up, what I was saying is that sabertooths and other cat are in completely different and their families have been spit for over 20 million years, their are no modern dependents of any sabertooths known.

[Tarbtano]

I found a problem in his statement.

Here's the basic feline main family tree _Sabertooth cats

Original ancestor-[_Bigcats{lions,tiger­s,etc. [_"Little cats"

I have excluded a few groups because of space, I hope this sheds some light on the subject for more info look up Felidae on Wikipedia.

[alexpark100]

Saber tooth cat- not tiger, most people don't know that- but i did when i was about 8

[andrewbevan]

sorry were not as educated as you buddy,

and names stick when mostly used, and correct me if im wrong but more or less EVERYONE says tiger.

[alexpark100]

yay, i know lol sorry for sound like i was angery XD pretty odd how poeple got that name tho right? but it sticks!

[DeltaCatFilms]

Nice video

[maleArcticWolf]

Mr.BigCatRescu,my question is why bigst were extincted i mean bigest wolf direwolf bigest bear shortfaced(nearly2times biggr than grizzly) bigist cat sabertooth,why graywolf grizzly cougar are remained???you know why??

[crystalwolfchild]

The biggest species went extinct because of a lack of food. The bigger you are, the more you eat, and as food supplies were growing more meager, the largest species could not feed themselves, they literally ate themselves into extinction.

[Catboy9cruel]

The sabertooth tiger wasnt exactly what we call a great hunter, the next feline generations were better hunters and thats why they have preserved through time. They didnt have long teeth .. so they could use all the jaw to eat and bite their preys ... and they were smaller, Sabertooth was a big cat and only used those big fangs to kill its prey but not for eating.

[sk8tergal995]

umm..its mainly on how some great cats were extinct in the past and we are supposed to do a write-up abt it...oh and what we how we can do our parts to save the wild cat species:D

[sk8tergal995]

wow I have learned a lot about the sbertooth...thanks!I need the info for a project too, so thanks=)

[BigCatRescue]

Sk8tergal995, tell me about your project.

[darkula666]

nice vid.

dont watch 10000BC btw, you can only see the tiger in it for like 1 minute

[zubrus9gal]

Haha, I surely wish I was there. Smilodons are my favorite animals...

[75cliffe]

Have a Hugs might make your heart return to Love! Peace and Happiness to you!

Have a think Love don't waste you life?

[75cliffe]

Amazing Job: Teach our children well how to respect our wild life! My admiration to you all. Peace Love and Happiness my respects Rosalind

[wisfamily]

WEll DONE....Thank you

[richmarv10]

hi!!! what is a smilodon?! thanx!!!

[XaaliOReilly]

Smilodon was a species (or probably genus actually, unless Smilodon fatalis and S. californicus are the same) of sabre-toothed cat, probably the best known.

[mightymikaagility]

it says in the vid...a smilodon is a "sabertooth tiger". :)

[animalpolice]

SMILIDONS ARE NOT LIONS.

BigCat Rescue don't know that?? WHAAAA!!

Poor people that you are. Smilodons are Leopards

[Methadone4Life]

Amazing cat. One can only imagine how beautiful and wild the earth was when the Sabertooth stalked the land. Cats are the most perfect and beautiful animal to ever live. Thanks for always giving us entertaining,informative and intersting videos. You guys are wonderful and if only everyone had the heart,kindness and dedication that Big Cat Rescue team has..what a wonderfule world it would be. Indeed.

[BigCatRescue]

Methadone4Life, THANK YOU very much for your kind words of encouragement!!

[patukuzunkol]

Can anyone make out what Will Boswell is saying between 0:29 and 0:33? It sounds like "...the closest thing we have to a Sabertooth Tiger today is a __?__what__?__ leopard."

It sounds like "clobbered leopard" :) What's he really saying folks?

[briczar22]

He was probably saying clouded leopard (from s/e Asia) they have the largest size teeth to skull size ratio. They are smaller in size that the African/ Asia leopards.

[XaaliOReilly]

that's 'cos clouded leopards are completely different species (Neofelis nebulosa and N. diardi) to leopards (Panthera pardus)

[patukuzunkol]

XaaliOReilly: ...and thanks for your reply too! :)

[XaaliOReilly]

your welcome XD

=)

[patukuzunkol]

briczar22: thank you very much for your reply :)

[BigCatRescue]

Briczar22, THANK YOU for the info. I find the clouded leopard to be very interesting and encourage everyone to learn more about this great cat specie.

[ItsHeatherBob]

clouded leopard me tinx

[BigCatRescue]

ItsHeatherBob, you are correct, it is clouded leopard! THANK YOU for participating in this conversation!

[BigCatRescue]

Patukuzunkol, yes he was saying Clouded Leopard. Clouded Leopards are fascinating cats.

[AlphaKillaX]

actually I fought a sabretooth before. I was at a corner deli buying milk and was walking for three blocks when the smilodon appeared behind the bushes and attacked me, lukily I'm trained in the martial arts and was able to leave unharmed, without a scar. For smilodon... it wasn't a happy ending. Had stitches and was kept under supervision at a pet hospital.

[BigCatRescue]

AlphaKillaX, you have a wonderful imagination. Have you ever thought about writing short stories about animals?

[PunkChic029]

great video :)

[Pederagon]

im extremly disapoint why bigest cat bigest bear short-faced which is 2time biger than grizzly and bigst wolf dire wolf are extincted?why grrizly cougar gray wolf are remained????

[SacredTigress]

Good video! x

[SnowLeopardQueen]

^^ Awesome- I never knew you guys ran a Summer Camp!

[BigCatRescue]

SnowLeopardQueen, if you check out our main website you can find the detais about the Summer Camp program there. If you need help finding the link, let me know.

[dehbee]

wow, the clouded leopards canines are huge compared to his skull size!

[CrazyCatLover45]

I like this video very educational. I never knew that they are believed to look like bobcats. I always pictured them with a solid tan coat, like a Mountain Lion. :)

[FreeBDesh]

1st. The Smilodon is big and cool.