Prehistoric Predators

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Prehistoric Predators
GenreTelevision documentary
Narrated by
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes7 (
National Geographic
ReleaseAugust 19 (2007-08-19) –
November 7, 2007 (2007-11-07)

Prehistoric Predators was a 2007

National Geographic Channel program based on different predators that lived in the Cenozoic era, including Smilodon and C. megalodon
. The series investigated how such beasts hunted and fought other creatures, and what drove them to extinction.

Featured animals

  • Pleistocene: 1.8 million-10,000 years ago
North America:
gray wolf (cameo), grizzly bear (cameo), early humans
  • Miocene-Pliocene: 15-3 million years ago
South America, North America:
Kelenken, Parapropalaehoplophorus, Homalodotherium, Titanis, Canis edwardii, Smilodon gracilis, Hipparion
  • Miocene-Pleistocene: 20-2 million years ago
The Atlantic:
C. megalodon, Cetotherium, Squalodon, dugong, great white shark (cameo), green sea turtle (cameo)
  • Oligocene-Miocene: 32-19 million years ago
North America:
Archaeotherium, Hyaenodon, Dinictis, Mesohippus, Poebrotherium, Subhyracodon, Moropus, Merycoidodon, Daeodon, Amphicyon

Episodes

No. Episode title Original air date
1"Sabertooth"2007 (2007)
mammoths
.
2"Dire Wolf"[1]2007 (2007)
The savage
Mexican horses
in large packs.
3"Giant Bear"[2]2007 (2007)
dire wolves, and even coming into contact with early humans
4"Monster Shark"2007 (2007)
The huge, powerful shark C. megalodon is shown subsisting on a diet of whales.
5"Terror Raptor"[3]2007 (2007)
The huge terror birds of South and North America,
Smilodon gracilis and Canis edwardii
, and is also shown to eat horses.
6"Killer Pig"[4][5]2007 (2007)
Archaeotherium was the largest and most powerful beast of the badlands until the bear dogs arrived, and is depicted evolving into the even larger Daeodon (or Dinohyus) in order to survive against the new threat.
7"Razor Jaws"2007 (2007)
The only animal who would attack an Archaeotherium was Hyaenodon, with its powerful razor jaws, until bear dogs arrived on the continent, driving both to extinction.

Related series

References

  1. ^ "Dire Wolf A Prehistoric Predators". Youtube. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2016.[dead YouTube link]
  2. ^ "prehistoric predators giant bear". Youtube. 9 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Prehistoric Predators: Terror Bird". Youtube. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.[dead YouTube link]
  4. ^ "National Geographic Documentary - Prehistoric Predators: Killer Pig". Youtube. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.[dead YouTube link]
  5. ^ "Prehistoric Fossil - Predators Big Pig (National Geographic)". 27 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2016.[dead YouTube link]

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