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Definitely. Maybe that's why they went extinct.

Not that I could make such impressive animations of course, but I couldn't help thinking the sabre toothed lions looked a bit porky rather than muscular. Like they'd spent too long lounging in front of the tv eating crisps. Perhaps that's why they went extinct too.

Ah no those two theories are mutually incompatible actually.

It was good though. Though I have to admit, according to the rule of sunday night tv with soothing scientific voices, I did find myself having to fight snoozing off by the end. No reflection on the quality of the programme, mind.

Recorded this. I can say though, without even watching, that it was fantastic; being that it was presented by Prof Alice Roberts.

Rhiannon wrote:
...I couldn't help thinking the sabre toothed lions looked a bit porky rather than muscular. Like they'd spent too long lounging in front of the tv eating crisps. Perhaps that's why they went extinct too.
Yes, they did look a bit porky/cuddly.

CGI has come on by leaps and bounds over the last few years but creating something like a CGI saber tooth cat is still down to a lot of (artistic) interpretation (ditto the faces created in Meet the Ancestors). The bit about how the saber teeth actually worked though was interesting and I guess the more finds that are made and the more research that is done the clearer the picture will become.

I was hoping that there'd be more on the human effect on these big beasties (and their possible contribution to their extinction) but there was nothing - nothing at least until the very end of the prog when a short trailer for the next episode was run. Looking forward to that one.