Saber Toothed Cat: True or False?

Give it your best shot! Before you go researching this creature online or in our “Monsters of the Past” cards, let your imagination go wild – given its name, what do you think this ancient beast would look like? Would it be poisonous? How many teeth – or many fangs – would it have? Then take a minute and, based on what you came up with, try to decipher if the following statements are TRUE or FALSE:

The saber-toothed cat once roamed the planes of Asia

The saber-toothed cat has enormous, walrus-like canine teeth that it used to slash its victim from the throat to belly

The saber-toothed cat weighed up to 450 pounds

The saber-toothed cat had an extremely long tail

The saber-toothed cat lived about 200 years ago

The saber-toothed cat didn’t run its prey down, but preferred to ambush it

The saber-toothed cat purred when it was happy

The saber-toothed cat’s jaw opened about twice as wide as that of today’s lion, allowing it to stab its victim with its teeth

You can find out more about the Saber-toothed cat on card #14 of “Monsters of the Past!”