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Although it could easily manage a deer, the Florida panther was probably too small to tackle such a giant. But it wasn't the only big cat around 13,000 years ago. There was also the mighty² American lion, powerful enough to kill a glyptodont. 

 

The scimitar-toothed cat, known to attack young mammonths, was also big and strong enough. And then there was the most infamous³ cat of all, the sabertooth. Like the scimitar, it saved its awesome⁴ fangs⁵ for slashing⁶ soft flesh. It would have been unlikely to risk breaking them on bony armor. But the warm climate of ice age Florida made it a sanctuary⁷ for another killer⁸ cat. Still South America's top predator⁹, the jaguar¹⁰ is capable of taking prey¹¹ much larger than itself. Weight for weight, it's probably the most powerful cat alive today.

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