Why Did the Saber-Tooth Tiger (Smilodon) Go Extinct?

Why Did the Saber-Tooth Tiger (Smilodon) Go Extinct?

With their enormous, deadly-sharp canines, saber-toothed carnivores are well known to many people as frightening and ferocious predators of the Cenozoic.
First things first, although Smilodon is referred to as a saber-tooth tiger by most people, this prehistoric mammal wasn't a true tiger at all. Smilodon was a prehistoric cat, which grew to 3m long and 1.2 m tall. They weighed between 55-400kg. Powerfully built, it possessed large, deadly saber-teeth which is used to kill its prey by crushing its throat, and it was capable of running at immense speeds of approximately 30 kilometers per hour.
When hunting, Smilodon killed its prey by using its immense strength to pin its prey down before crushing its prey's throat with its saber-teeth. Like some modern-day species of big cats, Smilodons would gnaw on the bones of their prey. But when fighting against more capable and defensive prey or opponents, Smilodon would instead go into an extremely wild, uncontrolled, dangerous, and unpredictable battle frenzy; madly slashing at the opponent with its claws, and lashing out at anything else in its way that got too close.
Though they typically hunted in packs, alone Smilodon was just as dangerous. Like many predators, they would typically go for easy prey and would pick off any who strayed from the group.
Given the impressive characteristics of these cats, you're probably wondering why they went extinct.


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