Barbourofelis: The First Sabertooth Predator 

I love the presentation style in these kinds of documentaries. Like a movie

They're nimravids again afaik. Barbourofelids just can't decide if they wanna be classified

That taxonomy heading was done in the same year as the documentary that this clip came from was.

can ANYONE TELL ME THE NAME OF THIS SHOW?!

😂🤣😂

This was late 1990’s and early 2000’s... wut u expect

@@prince_yt3406 These kid where born with iPhone out their moms snatch.

That is what I was thinking...

yup

It wasn’t a true mammal it was a proto mammal.

even larger than their canines.

The plural of "gorgon" is "gorgons", without an apostrophe.

Yeeeah.

how do you know barbourofelis hunted in packs?????

Thylacosmilus atrox

They've been moved again to Nimravidae might have moved to barbourofelidae again though it changes frequently

Primeval having "good" depictions of prehistoric animals? That's cute.

@@daliborjovanovic510 To be fair, besides walking with monsters, it's one of the only depictions of the gorgonopsids in media.

@@daliborjovanovic510 inostrancevia was great

Coolgar

True; as I myself pointed out a few minutes ago.

Thats true gorynychus was a sabertoothed predator even before gorgonopsids

WTHeskett bich

@@PaleoTheExaminer And you think gorgonopsids are a recent discovery? Here's a small tip, do your research before "correcting" people.

@@PaleoTheExaminer What does that have to do with my statement? I should be asking you that in relation to your reply. You made no statement, just a bunch of random non-sequiturs that in no way relate to the point I made. My point being a simple truth about how egregiously incorrect the title of the video is and how there is no excuse for it, only for some random idiot to come along and pester me with mindless ramblings for no reason XD Get back on your meds, dum-dum.

@@PaleoTheExaminer Look, dummy, I'm not at fault here. You're lack of IQ points and your delusions aren't my fault XD So be a good boy and leave the nice man alone, while you go find whatever medicine you've stopped taking.

@@PaleoTheExaminer All Dalibor did was point out accurately that the title of this video is wrong because gorgonopsids (aka gorgonopsians) preceded sabertoothed cats in time. He in no way implied that they are a recent discovery. So it makes no sense that you are claiming he is wrong and you insulted him. Both of you need to quit being juveniles and stop insulting each other. I am sure you both can be smarter than that. Debate, don't insult.

@@dondragmer2412 Sure I can. How about you spare me your "holier than you" crap and show me how to "debate" with some rambling moron functioning on troll logic? Or better yet, explain to me how you can have a "debate" when one person is entierly right with a simple statement and the other just randomly attacks them with nonsenscial accusations about lying and other rambling.

A documentary called “Mega Predators”.

@@alexanderdragonheart2036 Your welcome.

Yees.

13:12.

It seems that the science of brain size is really misleading, or downright wrong. You are right to question the facts when they try to tell you an animal was not intelligent. The crocodillians are very smart animals. Alligators in the US and crocodiles in Asia have been seen using tools to hunt plus they nurture their young. On one occasion a croc that was healed back to health by a Philippine man remained with that man and would swim and play even after the croc was over 12 feet long. Animals are all very smart things, most suck at physics but then again most of us do as well.

juan giron but big brained mammals are smarter than small brained mammals. And that's the point here.

@@brunomattos1130 well actually Neanderthals had bigger brains than we do and they were clearly not as smart.

@@chancegivens9390 and why would you think they were not smart? That's nonsense. Their brains were shaped the same way as ours, but bigger.

@@chancegivens9390 they were smarter than us and they needed to be smarter than us to survive. We are both weaker and dumber than them

Mark Scarlett nothing is uglier then purple shep that is what pink sheep said

I do like pink sheep, but I think that there are more uglier things than purple shep. I'm not saying pink sheep's ugly. I like pink sheep. :)

Saber teeth. Actually, scientists have pretty well figured out how they worked. See the book "Sabertooth." I think it's written by Alan Turner and illustrated by the amazing artist Mauricio Anton.

Laughing Man it's a different animal

"saber toothed tiger" Is an outdated term.

Laughing Man When you correct, you should give the correct answer, a fact, not a wrong one with a wrong term. Barbourofeldae is a family inside the feliformia suborder. In the video says Nimravidae but now is considered not to be the case. Tigers are inside the panthera genus of the felidae family, inside the feliformia suborder. "Saber tooth tiger" is the way people referred to Smilodons, wich are animals from the subfamily machairodontinae, inside the family felidae (obviously inside feliformia suborder). So they are not related to tigers, beyond being both cats, and were not similar to them in their adaptations and/or ecological niches.

@@syedzafran2682 Not really. It can be used as a layman's term, just as the jaguar is called el tigre in Spanish. Or thylacines were formerly called marsupial wolves. You may say that too is outdated but I see no problem in calling them that except it may cause some people to think they are a type of wolf.

@@Fergutor You mean panthera genus, or did you just make a typo? Even so, "saber toothed tiger" is a cool-sounding evocative term for a fearsome cat that may have equaled the tiger in ferocity and terrifying magnificence.

Are u an idiot, it's not saber tooth tiger. There are multiple types of saber tooth cats, including this one. As well saber tooth tiger are mostly found throughout Europe, u have no idea what ur talking about. This saber cat is Barbourofelis, as well there are others such as smilodon, and deinonychus. Get ur facts right bud before saying things like this.

Yusuf Reyes The most notable difference between Barbourofelis and Sabertooth is the chin.

What you are referring to as a saber tooth tiger is known as a Smilodon. Barbourofelis is an entirely different animal.

exactly. They are two different animals. Look here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbourofelis

A Saber tooth tiger is a Smilodon. There is a whole family of Saber tooth tiger species.