Gotta admit this is one of my favourite episodes and, despite the parasite having to be waaaay too big to satisfy dim TV viewers, the biology isn't too bad!
>"wouldn't that mention probably coincide with the likely coming through of the cub raised and revealed in S2?"<
I doubt it. No idea how long it takes a Smilodont to grow from cub to mature adult but it must have been more than the six months max S1 and S2 take place over. I'd suggest the cub musthave come through several years back as a minimum.
Well, according to the wiki timeline for the events it's over 9 months between her comment and the discovery of the one in S2 (March 3rd to January 26th). Of course that still may not be long enough to account for a cub growing up but it was only a guess- I've no clue how long big cats take to grow up.
Looking up about cheetahs "Females reach maturity within twenty to twenty-four months, and males around twelve months (although they do not usually mate until at least three years old)," so it's perhaps not so impossible.
Hmmmm... what's the source for the wiki timeline? Nine months seems a little long to me but even so... modern day lions take about three years to come to sexual maturity, tigers also three years, cheetahs, as you say, a bit less at two years (although a male cheetah would not be fully grown merely theoretically capable of intercourse which is a bit like calling an eleven year old boy sexually mature...)the Smilodont was a fair bit larger than a modern lion so probably lived a bit longer (there's a relationship between body size and lifespan) and therefore would likely mature a little later
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I'm not sure to be honest - I don't recall them mentioning dates on the episods unless I wasn't paying close enough attention. First ep maybe from the newspaper with the creature sighting? I have'nt yet got the DVD's so no clue if it could've been a mix of special feature and in ep references.
I'm usually interested in timelines for shows but hadn't paid attention in Primeval - so a thing for me to do when rewatching them again. :D
Fair point about the big cats - it does sound much less likely given what you posted, though there's a bit of creative license with animals from so far in the past I'd say because it's all estimates. ;) Like your explanation for Valerie's sudden issues with control though.
Apart from Abby referring to one month having passed since Connor moving in (ep 1-05) I don't think there are any concrete dates or references to time passing in the series (which is one of the reasons I'm suspicious of the wiki timeline).
My reaction is a gut one based on the progresion of the relationships between the characters and their abilities to deal with the situations they encounter. Nine months - well, I suppose... I thought more like five or six months.
>"wouldn't that mention probably coincide with the likely coming through of the cub raised and revealed in S2?"<
I doubt it. No idea how long it takes a Smilodont to grow from cub to mature adult but it must have been more than the six months max S1 and S2 take place over. I'd suggest the cub musthave come through several years back as a minimum.
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Looking up about cheetahs "Females reach maturity within twenty to twenty-four months, and males around twelve months (although they do not usually mate until at least three years old)," so it's perhaps not so impossible.
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I'm usually interested in timelines for shows but hadn't paid attention in Primeval - so a thing for me to do when rewatching them again. :D
Fair point about the big cats - it does sound much less likely given what you posted, though there's a bit of creative license with animals from so far in the past I'd say because it's all estimates. ;) Like your explanation for Valerie's sudden issues with control though.
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My reaction is a gut one based on the progresion of the relationships between the characters and their abilities to deal with the situations they encounter. Nine months - well, I suppose... I thought more like five or six months.
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