:Prehistoric Predators

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| genre = Television documentary

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| country = United States

| language = English

| num_episodes = 7

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| runtime = 48 minutes

| company = Creative Differences Productions

| network = National Geographic

| first_aired = {{Start date|2007|08|19}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2007|11|07}}

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Prehistoric Predators is 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:

:Smilodon fatalis, dire wolf, short-faced bear, American lion, Bison antiquus, Mexican horse, Columbian mammoth, Megalonyx, 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, Neohipparion

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

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{{Episode list\|EpisodeNumber=1\|Title=Sabertooth\|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|2007}}\|ShortSummary= Smilodon fatalis is shown as an apex predator. It is depicted defeating dire wolves, living in prides and killing Bison antiquus, and baby mammoths.}} {{Episode list\|EpisodeNumber=2\|Title=Dire Wolf\|RTitle={{cite web\|title=Dire Wolf A Prehistoric Predators\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9-FO-1RYUQ\|website=Youtube\|access-date=16 October 2016\|date=13 April 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links\|date=February 2022}}\|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|2007}}\|ShortSummary= The savage dire wolf was the largest dog on the planet at the time. It is shown chasing off lone Smilodons and faceing off with short-faced bears and hunting down Bison antiquus and Mexican horses in large packs.}} {{Episode list\|EpisodeNumber=3\|Title=Giant Bear\|RTitle={{cite web\|title=prehistoric predators giant bear\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5z2TmJB2SU \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/k5z2TmJB2SU \|archive-date=2021-12-21 \|url-status=live\|website=Youtube\|access-date=16 October 2016\|date=9 December 2013}}{{cbignore}}\|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|2007}}\|ShortSummary= Arctodus simus, the giant short-faced bear, was one of the largest mammalian carnivore ever to walk the Earth. The bear is shown defeating Smilodon fatalis and Megalonyx, trying to take down Mexican horses, scaring off dire wolves, and even coming into contact with early humans}} {{Episode list\|EpisodeNumber=4\|Title=Monster Shark\|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|2007}}\|ShortSummary= The huge, powerful shark C. megalodon is shown subsisting on a diet of whales.}} {{Episode list\|EpisodeNumber=5\|Title=Terror Raptor\|RTitle={{cite web\|title=Prehistoric Predators: Terror Bird\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqugMqsEcUg\|website=Youtube\|access-date=16 October 2016\|date=4 October 2016}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links\|date=February 2022}}\|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|2007}}\|ShortSummary= The huge terror birds of South and North America, Kelenken and Titanis, are both shown as apex predators. Kelenken is shown to eat Homalodotherium, glyptodonts, and rodents, and Titanis is shown coming into competition with additional predators Smilodon gracilis and Canis edwardii, and is also shown to eat horses.}} {{Episode list\|EpisodeNumber=6\|Title=Killer Pig\|RTitle={{cite web\|title=National Geographic Documentary - Prehistoric Predators: Killer Pig\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idC_HPtzCo8\|website=Youtube\|access-date=16 October 2016\|date=10 January 2016}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links\|date=February 2022}}{{cite web\|title=Prehistoric Fossil - Predators Big Pig (National Geographic)\| website=YouTube \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbPj5biT3vU\|access-date=5 November 2016\|date=27 November 2015}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links\|date=February 2022}}\|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|2007}}\|ShortSummary= 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.}} {{Episode list\|EpisodeNumber=7\|Title=Razor Jaws\|OriginalAirDate={{Start date\|2007}}\|ShortSummary= 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.}}

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{{Episode list|EpisodeNumber=1|Title=Sabertooth|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007}}|ShortSummary= Smilodon fatalis is shown as an apex predator. It is depicted defeating dire wolves, living in prides and killing Bison antiquus, and baby mammoths.}}

{{Episode list|EpisodeNumber=2|Title=Dire Wolf|RTitle={{cite web|title=Dire Wolf A Prehistoric Predators|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9-FO-1RYUQ|website=Youtube|access-date=16 October 2016|date=13 April 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007}}|ShortSummary= The savage dire wolf was the largest dog on the planet at the time. It is shown chasing off lone Smilodons and faceing off with short-faced bears and hunting down Bison antiquus and Mexican horses in large packs.}}

{{Episode list|EpisodeNumber=3|Title=Giant Bear|RTitle={{cite web|title=prehistoric predators giant bear|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5z2TmJB2SU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/k5z2TmJB2SU |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=Youtube|access-date=16 October 2016|date=9 December 2013}}{{cbignore}}|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007}}|ShortSummary= Arctodus simus, the giant short-faced bear, was one of the largest mammalian carnivore ever to walk the Earth. The bear is shown defeating Smilodon fatalis and Megalonyx, trying to take down Mexican horses, scaring off dire wolves, and even coming into contact with early humans}}

{{Episode list|EpisodeNumber=4|Title=Monster Shark|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007}}|ShortSummary= The huge, powerful shark C. megalodon is shown subsisting on a diet of whales.}}

{{Episode list|EpisodeNumber=5|Title=Terror Raptor|RTitle={{cite web|title=Prehistoric Predators: Terror Bird|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqugMqsEcUg|website=Youtube|access-date=16 October 2016|date=4 October 2016}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007}}|ShortSummary= The huge terror birds of South and North America, Kelenken and Titanis, are both shown as apex predators. Kelenken is shown to eat Homalodotherium, glyptodonts, and rodents, and Titanis is shown coming into competition with additional predators Smilodon gracilis and Canis edwardii, and is also shown to eat horses.}}

{{Episode list|EpisodeNumber=6|Title=Killer Pig|RTitle={{cite web|title=National Geographic Documentary - Prehistoric Predators: Killer Pig|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idC_HPtzCo8|website=Youtube|access-date=16 October 2016|date=10 January 2016}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}{{cite web|title=Prehistoric Fossil - Predators Big Pig (National Geographic)| website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbPj5biT3vU|access-date=5 November 2016|date=27 November 2015}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007}}|ShortSummary= 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.}}

{{Episode list|EpisodeNumber=7|Title=Razor Jaws|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007}}|ShortSummary= 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

External links

{{IMDb title|1428465}}

Category:National Geographic (American TV channel) original programming

Category:Documentary films about prehistoric life