What could kill a saber-toothed tiger?

Answer 1

A comet strike (actually seven) around 10,000 years ago caused global tsunami waves over 5Km high that flooded the entire continents of North and South America (and most of the world for that matter) wiping out most of the large mammals. (i.e. mastadons, giant sloths, sabertooth tigers, etc.) Many history books will tell you that it was around this same time that agriculture began, animals became domesticated, and civilizations popped up around the world. I believe it's more likely that all of these things restarted after the strike, the subsequent deluge, and the atomic winter that followed. This is the basis for many flood legends from around the world, not that of Noah however, his story originated from a comet strike localized to the mediteranean area a little over 5,000 years ago. Others have speculated that the lost city of Atlantis actually existed (perhaps not as gloriously as the survivors of the flood remember) but was drowned when the global sea levels rose after the comet strike 10,000 years ago. The strike sped up the melting of the last ice age and as the 2km thick layer of ice covering much of the Northern hemisphere melted, global sea levels rose dramatically swallowing up many ancient civilizations (i.e. underwater ruins in Japan, the Carribean) and of course covering the Grand Banks off of Newfoundland and changing the coastline of North America forever. Look at satelite images of the continent to get an idea of how much land was swallowed up as sea levels rose. My reccomendation is to read "Uriel's Machine" to explore this theory in more detail and discover many more substantiating facts.

Answer 2

So it died of natural causes

EDIT:

Since there is no substantial proof that such a creature actually existed (apart from palaeoecological assumptions), the question would be redundant... BUT, having stated that there are assumptions, I would assume that from the data conveyed by scientists derived from any alleged remains would have us believe that they were HUGE.

This part is factual... any carnivorous animal of such a large size would most likely die of starvation or disease related to malnutrition and/or dehydration. Since they were apparently prehistoric, the harsh global environment had eliminated all forms of life the same way.

Answer 3

They lived in cold weather, in the ice age, and when all the ice melted they couldn't survive any more.
i believe that all the prehistoric animals were extinct by mosquitos, the aliens that were planing on cleaning up earth after the commit hit new that humans couldn't live here unless all the extinct animals of today were gone.

Answer 4

for dinofelis a small Sabre tooth cat probably Africa got attacked by baboons lions rhinos leopards deinotherium rhinos

European dinofelis got attacked by cave lions cave bears

north American ones probably got attacked American lions short faced bears smilodons pumas jaguars

north American smilodons probably got attacked by American lions short faced bears and dire wolves but in south America nothing would appose it

TIGERS RULE !

Answer 5

Saber toothed cats became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene, 10,000 years ago. They probably died out because important food sources, such as mammoths and mastodons, became extinct. It is still unknown why those megafaunal herbivores died out.

Incorrect the term is ice age global warming. All creatures that lived those thousand of years ago were attacked from ice and killed off. Now that is happening yet again we as humans just never learn and yes there were people in those days to but it had not been their fault, now it is our fault. Just think of all the catastrophes that are happening around the globe, snow where there should not be, to much rain, to drought, rain forests being destroyed and creatures that have never been discovered along with this incredible gift. Wild animal encroaching into land where people live why, their habitat is becoming depleted I could go on and on with this topic

Answer 6

Sabre-toothed tigers became extinct mainly because their climate was ever changing. They lived in the ice age, and they became extinct shortly after because of the sudden temperature increase. Man also lived in the same habitat as the tiger's and he hunted the Sabre-Toothed tigers prey, meaning that they had limited supplies of food. This meant that the food chain of the Sabre-toothed tiger was damaged, and meant that very few of them could survive.

The most debated answer is that the long teeth that the tiger's had were almost too long, meaning that they couldn't bite their prey's neck, without fear of breaking their canines. Instead, they had to gouge the bellies of the animals which was a lot more dangerous and risky, so these dangers stopped them from hunting, so they didn't survive.

Answer 7

Maybe because the climate warmed up. They beccame extinct before the Early Holocene.

Answer 8

A caveman, a cave bear, a woolly rhinoceros, a woolly mammoth, and a woolly bison.