National Geographic: Prehistoric Predators

The zoological documentary National Geographic: Prehistoric Predators transports audiences innumerable millennia back in time to the Earth's Ice Age, when massive carnivorous predators including the dire wolf, the sabertooth cat and the short-faced bear roamed the face of the planet. In addition to recreating this prehistoric world onscreen for viewers, the program poses the question of why these magnificent beasts (who once freely exerted power and terror over lesser members of the animal kingdom) suffered from rapid extinction, while smaller and seemingly more vulnerable species persisted.