Description Bring a piece of prehistory into your home with Giants of the Ice Age series fine art prints! Read more about the origins of Giants of the Ice Age drawings.  The sabre-toothed cat (Smilodon populator) was one of South America’s most fearsome predators during the Ice Age, weighing up to 400 kilograms. With long flat fangs, powerful front paws, and sharp claws, it stalked large prey. While there were several species of sabre-toothed cats in Eurasia and the Americas, they were not closely related to modern tigers. These predators became extinct about 8,000 years ago, likely due to the disappearance of large herbivores. They hunted large animals through ambushes, preying on species like toxodons, macrauchenia, giant armadillos, and horses. Today, the largest herbivores in the Pampas are too small to support such a predator, with the nandu, a 20-kilogram flightless bird, being one of the biggest. The artworks are printed on heavyweight paper by Hahnemühle using a digital Giclée fine art printer with high-quality pigment inks. Actual artwork size: 30 x 40 cm. A limited set of 50 prints, signed and numbered by the artist. The fine art print fits into a standard-sized frame.