Saba Douglas-Hamilton

Saba Douglas-Hamilton is a big cat expert and an associate of Nigel Marven in Prehistoric Park. She is an expert at studying apex predators like big cats.

Saving the Sabretooth
On Nigel's second trip to Prehistoric South America, Nigel invites Saba on his trip and she accompanies him to Prehistoric South America, 10,000 years ago, when sabre-toothed cats were on their last legs.

She sees that South America had no megafauna, which means there were no Toxodon and terror birds, and very few Smilodon. She and Nigel guess that all the Smilodon are hunting on their own by now. She later finds some Smilodon scat and a deceased cub. They conclude that its mother probably couldn't provide enough milk, leading the cub to starve to death. She then goes looking for the mother Smilodon, but it finds her first, leading to a brief confrontation. Fortunately, her walkie-talkie scares it off. Saba later finds the mother hunting a brocket and determines that the brocket represents highly unsuitable prey that the Smilodons were forced to hunt after their normal prey went extinct. She and Nigel later find out that the Smilodon has another cub who is alive but weak and hungry. The mother has no milk to feed the cub. However, they decide to first tranquilize a male Smilodon who, they fear, could kill the cub. After successfully tranquilizing the male, they return to tranquilize the female and her cub. However, when they find them, they realize that they've come too late, as the cub has died from starvation. They then tranquilize the female and return to the park.

Portrayal in the series
Saba serves as another "main character" during Saving the Sabretooth. For the sections set 10,000 years ago, she plays a very similar role to Nigel.

Actor
Saba Douglas-Hamilton portrays herself in Prehistoric Park. Besides starring in Prehistoric Park, Saba Douglas-Hamilton has also appeared in a number of documentaries, such as the documentary series Big Cat Diary, which she cohosted with Jonathan Scott and Simon King.

Trivia

 * It was never stated if Saba was employed at Prehistoric Park.
 * The word "saba" means "seven" in Swahili.
 * Saba was born on 7 June 1970 at 7:00 pm, and was a seventh grandchild.