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Big Monster Dig Monster quick link
Take a closer look at the monsters we've investigated
Sarah checks out other remains in the local museum
Sabre tooths in Spain
Sabre tooths in Spain
Homotherium: a lion among sabre tooths
Resources
Websites

The Natural History Museum
www.nhm.ac.uk
The Natural History Museum is the UK's national museum of natural history and a centre of scientific excellence in taxonomy and biodiversity. Its website has a wide range of information for dinosaur enthusiasts and history lovers.

Prehistoric Cats
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/agarman/bco/prehistoric.htm
Comprehensive site detailing the history of the cat family, discussing Homotherium – also known as the sabre tooth cat.

Sabre Tooth Cats
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/agarman/bco/sabre.htm
Provides a little background on the sabre tooths, including how they probably hunted.


Books for adults

Gone Forever: Sabre-tooth tiger by Rupert Matthews (Heinemann Library, 2003)
This book details the sabre tooth tigers of prehistoric times, discussing what it looked like and its probable social behaviour, along with the information that enables us to make these assumptions.
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Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids: 65 million years of mammalian evolution in Europe by Jordi Agusti and Mauricio Anton (Columbia University Press, 2002)
Ranging from the period of the extinction of the dinosaurs, this book tells of the many other wondrous beasts that have walked the Earth, including the sabre tooth cats.
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Book for children

Extinct: The sabre-toothed tiger by Furman Simon (Channel 4 Books, 2001)
Young readers can discover the life cycle of the Smilodon, a sabre-toothed tiger. With its seven-inch-long, razor sharp canine teeth, Smilodon was a majestic, highly successful hunter – so why did it become extinct?
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