Meaning: Knife Tooth
Pronunciation: SMY-loh-don
Time Range: 1.5 – 0.1 million years ago
Dietary Type: Carnivorous – large grazing or browsing animals
Size and weight: 2.5 meters long 240kg
Closest living relative: Cats
Their teeth may be the size of carving knifes but Smilodon can't bite whilst the prey is struggling for fear of breaking their teeth. So if you even find yourself up against a sabre-tooth – keep wriggling.
Pronunciation: SMY-loh-don
Time Range: 1.5 – 0.1 million years ago
Dietary Type: Carnivorous – large grazing or browsing animals
Size and weight: 2.5 meters long 240kg
Closest living relative: Cats
Their teeth may be the size of carving knifes but Smilodon can't bite whilst the prey is struggling for fear of breaking their teeth. So if you even find yourself up against a sabre-tooth – keep wriggling.