Hello everyone!! Please use this link: https://facebook/groups/FGMFI/ Try your hand at answering one of these Sabertooth Cat questions. I’ll post the answers tomorrow! Anyone that posts an answer and leaves your Zoo ID will have a Roaring Sabertooth “prowl” its way to your zoo!! Sabertooth Cat Quiz 1. Saber-tooth cats are now extinct animals but while they did roam the Earth, most were members of the genus Smilodon. Which of the following is the best translation for the term, Smilodon? a. Great Cat b. Pack Hunter c. King of the Jungle d. Knife Tooth 2. Smilodons were one of the fastest animals on the planet during their existence. They rivaled the speed of modern day cheetahs. True False 3. What continent(s) were the saber-tooth cats indigenous to? a. South America, Asia, and Australia b. Asia c. North and South America d. Africa 4. A look at an evolutionary trail of the saber-tooth cat shows that common day tigers are a descendant or at least very closely related. True False 5. How did Smilodons kill their prey according to bone reconstruction archaeologists? a. Bit the jugular of the animal b. Decapitated the animal c. Mauled the animal with its claws d. Impaled the animal 6. What era did the saber-tooth cats reside in? a. Jurassic b. Oligocene c. Mesozoic d. Cenozoic 7. Where is one of the most common places to find fossils of these animals? a. Alaska b. Locked in ice in Greenland c. Pleistocene tar pits d. In caves and crevices 8. The genus Smilodon was broken down into how many main species? a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 d. 1 9. Saber-tooth cats were known to attack mastodons. True False 10. Which of the following statements is true about Smilodon? a. They perished during the Ice Age b. They avoided grasslands and pine forests c. They were scimitar-toothed mammals d. They could open their jaws to a 120 degree angle
Posted on: Sun, 18 May 2014 18:00:10 +0000
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