 In addition to this, "Megantereon" had relatively small carnassial teeth, indicating that once making a kill, it would have eaten its prey at a leisurely pace, either hidden deep in bushes or up in trees away from potential rivals.This indicates a similarity in lifestyle with modern leopards in that it was probably solitary.It is unlikely that "Megantereon" simply bit its prey as the long, sabre-teeth that "Smilodon" is famed for are not strong enough to leave buried inside a struggling prey animal