#machairodus

[catouttawater]

Occasionally I'll have dreams where I'm running away from something or I'm late to an important meeting, but running on two legs is slow and almost painful. As soon as I transition to four legs, however, suddenly I can run as fast as the wind itself. It feels so damn good.

I desperately wish I were that fast in the waking world.

[earlypalaeoart]

"When the cold had passed away: Man as he lived in caves after the Glacial Period, among animals of species many of them now extinct - the cave bear (Ursus spelæus), cave lion, cave hyæna (Hyæna spelæa), elk, musk-sheep (Ovibos moschatus), mammoth (Elephas primigenius), and the sabre-toothed tiger (Machairodus), fighting with the man."

From Winners in life's race, or, The great backboned family by Arabella B. Buckley, 1882

https://archive.org/details/winnersinlifesra00buckiala/

[impulseimpact]

Daily vivosaur 161

Genus: machairodus

a predator specialized on hunting large prey with its razor-sharp fang, with strong support effects and a condition-lifting skill it makes a good addition to any team, it even has link

[paleoart]

Machairodus, Dinofelis, Megantereon

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[werecanine]

went down a rabbit hole of looking up extinct animals and im probably an inostrancevia

and im kinsidering these (probably otherhearted) :

homotherium

machairodus kabir

[sinasinasinas]

Another critter for my fan carnivores project: Carnivores: Neogene Steppe.

Machairodus

(Saber-Toothed Tiger)

Extremely dangerous!

"One of the most common and infamous carnivores in this region. While smaller than it's northern relative Smilodon, since the opening of the hunting tour it has become a major problem for hunters. While machairodus usually hunts larger than itself prey, it recently has evolved taste for humans. With a lot of them treating hunters like an easy, small and slow moving target. Most of casualties happen after hunters kill a different animal, and machairodus noticing it thanks to their keen sense of smell and hearing. Tiger like dark stripes across the body help this saber-toothed tiger hide in forests which it inhabits. While it's saber-teeth are smaller than in Smilodon, they still are an impressive and horrifying killing weapon."

[roman-yevseyev]

The large saber-toothed cat Amphimachairodus giganteus stalks prey in coastal thickets near a body of water in the late Miocene of Eurasia. Крупная саблезубая кошка амфимахайрод гигантский (Amphimachairodus giganteus) подкрадывается к добыче в прибрежных зарослях возле водоёма в позднем миоцене Евразии.

[visions-of-our-past]

Everyday Life in Prehistoric Times, written and illustrated by Marjorie & C. H. B. Quennell, 1926.