14 Fun Facts about Saber-Toothed Cats: Educational Version

By Cullen Gwin

You've seen them in museums. Large cats with giant teeth sticking out of their mouth! They are often called saber-toothed cats. Scientists often give them the name smilodon.
They are fantastic to look at, but how much do you know about these amazing prehistoric creatures? Here are some fun facts that scientists have discovered about the saber-toothed cats.
Do you know:
How many kinds of saber-toothed cats were there?
How wide could a saber-toothed cat open their jaw?
Did the saber-toothed cat have retractable claws?
How big was the largest saber-toothed cat?
How did saber-toothed cats hunt?
Some saber-toothed cats are more closely related to what animal than they are to other cats?

Find out the answers to these questions and more and amaze your family and friends with these fun facts.
Ages 8 and up.
All measurements in American and metric.

The Educational Version has activities that meet Common Core Curriculum Standards.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: LearningIsland.com
• Release date: Sep 20, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301994649

Cullen Gwin

Cullen Gwin was born and raised in California and still makes it his home. He always loved writing, even as a youngster, and remembers when his mother would make his sisters listen to his latest creation around the dinner table. This event was always met by groans from his siblings.Thankfully his writing has improved since then and it is much more welcome to his readers.

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14 FUN FACTS ABOUT

SABER-TOOTHED CATS

by Cullen Gwin

A LearningIsland.com

15 - Minute Book

We have used many sources to research these facts and they are accurate at time of publishing. The more we explore the wonders of our world, the more information we are discovering.

Editor: Jennifer Robinson

Pictures by C. Alexander unless otherwise noted

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(c) Copyright 2012 Cullen Gwin. All rights reserved.

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14 Fun Facts About Saber-Toothed Cats / Cullen Gwin

Summary: A set of 14 Fun Facts about the prehistoric saber-toothed cats.

1. Animals. Juvenile Literature. 2. Saber-toothed Cats. Juvenile Literature. 3. Trivia. Juvenile Literature.

Words: 1,710

Reading Level: 6.0

Ages 8 and up.

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You've seen them in museums. Large cats with giant teeth sticking out of their mouth! They are often called saber-toothed cats.

They are fantastic to look at, but how much do you know about these amazing prehistoric creatures? Here are some fun facts that scientists have discovered about saber-toothed cats.

Fact 1: There wasn't just one kind of saber-toothed cat, there were many different ones.

There are over 16 different families and many different species of saber-toothed cats. These cats lived all over the globe.

Scientists once thought there was

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I loved this book. So many things I didn't know. Fantastic series.