YLoveBigCats » Extinct cats http://ylovebigcats.com/en Big cats of the world, unite! Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:59:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Anatomy: The grip of the Saber-Toothed Cat http://ylovebigcats.com/en/2009/09/24/anatomy-the-grip-of-the-saber-toothed-cat/ http://ylovebigcats.com/en/2009/09/24/anatomy-the-grip-of-the-saber-toothed-cat/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:56:27 +0000 Yves Roumazeilles http://ylovebigcats.com/en/?p=464

Some believe that the Saber-Toothed Cats, impressive prehistoric big cats disappeared long ago, went extinct because the evolution of their canines too such length that they no longer could hunt, bite and eat. It’s really wrong; The animal had an astonishing capacity to crack his mouth wide-open, giving it a strong hook to catch a prey, as you can see in the following animation which allows a comparison with the modern lion anatomy:

All the details on Saber-Toothed Cats anatomy are on HowStuffWorks.

]]> http://ylovebigcats.com/en/2009/09/24/anatomy-the-grip-of-the-saber-toothed-cat/feed/ 0 How to draw a saber-tooth cat http://ylovebigcats.com/en/2009/06/18/how-to-draw-a-saber-tooth-cat/ http://ylovebigcats.com/en/2009/06/18/how-to-draw-a-saber-tooth-cat/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:12:33 +0000 Yves Roumazeilles http://ylovebigcats.com/en/?p=350

If you love saber-tooth cats, if you love drawing, if you want to associated both, it’s time you visit the DragoArt.com web site. They have a nice tutorial on how to draw one of these extinct big cats.

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Draw a saber tooth tiger

You will learn to draw in step by step construction, the Saber Tooth Tiger from the movie called 10.000 B.C.

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