Saber-toothed cats

By Susan E. Goodman

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Saber-toothed tigers, Tiger, Nonfiction, Science, Tigers, Juvenile Nonfiction, Tiger, juvenile literature

Description: Do you know which ice-age animal had a body similar to a bear’s, a short stubby tail, and razor-sharp, 7-inch teeth? A Smilodon! Fierce predators, Smilodons were large saber-toothed cats that lived more than 11,000 years ago—so how do scientists know so much about them? By studying their fossils and the parts of the world where they once lived! Dig through the past to uncover how these remarkable predators once lived—and died.