While Nigel saves the armadillos, Saba has found a sign of a saber-tooth.

Unfortunately, it's a dead cub.

Distressed, Saba calls Nigel. Once he arrives, they plan their next move.

"This is just heartbreaking: we found a saber tooth, but it's too late to save him. Still, there's still some hope here. This cub, his mother must still be around, otherwise the scavengers would have picked him clean. I think we need to keep searching. There's tracks here, and they're very fresh, so if we follow them, they'll lead us to the mother."

With that, Nigel and Saba reluctantly leave the cub behind and search for its mother.

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The search leads Nigel and Saba through a set of hills. The two decide to split, hoping to be able to corner the cat should it be in the hills.

As Saba enters the hills, something feels off.

"I can't find any more tracks. Where did she go?"

Saba soon gets her answer.

On a hill behind her, a saber-tooth emerge from the bushes. It roars and growls at her. Saba quickly calls for Nigel. By the time he arrives, however, the cat is gone.

As Nigel and Saba winder what to do, they realize how late it is getting. Night will soon arrive and they will need all the rest they can for tomorrow.

While Saba sets up camp, though, Nigel has something else to do.

"Now, there's a game trail over here, and I noticed some Smilodon tracks on it, so I'm going to try and set up a game cam here. In the morning, I'll see if we get any luck from it."

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The next day, it appears that Nigel did, indeed, have some luck.

The camera is tipped over, with claw marks on it. The tape reveals the source: an angry saber-tooth.

"This is wonderful. This cat, he's a male, so if we can rescue him and the female, we'll have a breeding pair for the park."

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Later on, Nigel and Saba find another set of tracks. Following it leads them to the female cat, stalking her prey. This time, it's a herd of deer.

A million years earlier, she would be unbeatable. Now, however, the grass is too short to provide much cover.

Nigel, realizing what will happen, sets up the portal near the deer. The minute they notice the cat, they run, followed by, to Nigel's surprise, two large bears.

The female cat, however, tires before she can get anywhere near the portal.

"It looks like I was right. Smilodon was built for power so that they could kill big animals, but when those animals died out, they couldn't adapt to the faster prey and joined their food in extinction.

The female heads off, with Nigel and Saba in hot pursuit.

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In the present, Bob is dealing with the newest arrivals.

"Well, I was expecting a saber tooth, not deer and bears. Still, I prepared for them. The deer are called Morenelaphus, while the bears are Arctotherium. These guys were on their last legs, so it's a good thing we rescued them."

From a nearby set of pens, hissing has erupted. The tyrannosaurs have been moved here for the time being. In order to adequately protect Terence from Matilda, Bob needs to put a dividing wall in their fence. And he can't do than with the parents inside.

For once, Terence and Matilda are in agreement about something.

"I'm worried about those lads."

Just then, Bob hears a squawk from Terence's pen. It came from a Thescelosaurus.

" HOW DID HE GET OUT OF HIS PEN."

For Terence, however, a familiar process repeats. He opens up his mouth, which the ornithischian begins to clean. His other cleaner is busy getting some bugs off his neck.

"At this point, I don't know what to do."

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Back in South America, Nigel and Saba have made a wonderful discovery.

They've found the mother. Beofre they can catch her, however, she calls out to something.

She's answered... by a tiny saber-tooth. He's scrawny, but he's still alive

Saba and Nigel are ecstatic about this, but the also have a sense of urgency: if they don't act now, the cub could die from starvation.

Nigel gives Saba a tranquilizer and the portal to deal with the female, before setting off. He still has to find the male.

Soon, he does find him. And he's getting worryingly close to the mother. If Nigel doesn't hurry, he may kill the cub.

Nigel, acting fast, hits the male with a tranquilizer. It should take the cat down in 5 minutes. Unforutnately, he disappears into the underbrush.

"Where did he go?" wonders Nigel aloud.

He's answered by the male clawing at him fro the front of his jeep.

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