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How many White Rhinos would it take to kill a Trex?
1 1 (8.3%)
2 0 (0%)
3 2 (16.7%)
4 3 (25%)
5 4 (33.3%)
6 1 (8.3%)
7 1 (8.3%)
More.. 0 (0%)
Total Votes: 12
How many White Rhinos would it take to kill a Trex?
Topic Started: Dec 13 2016, 04:45 PM (1,285 Views)
Mammuthus
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In your opinion how many 2.5 ton White Rhinos would it take to kill a 6.5 ton Trex?

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I'm not sure of a precise number, but I'd estimate around 4-6.
I find some of the poll choices really funny, though.
Edited by Vivyx, Jan 22 2017, 03:06 AM.
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Just enough to mess up it's legs AND kill it once its down. How many that is I don't know. But I suspect in the higher amounts.
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5, I suppose. 2 to distract and 3 to destroy the T. Rex. Otherwise the rhinos would get crushed.
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Do rhinos ever cooperate to bring down another animal?

If we just assume that the rhinos cooperate in the way the poster above me describes, I'd agree on approximately 6 rhinos being sufficient for the task.
Shout out to the guy who voted one!
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Ausar
Jan 21 2017, 10:41 AM
Do rhinos ever cooperate to bring down another animal?

If we just assume that the rhinos cooperate in the way the poster above me describes, I'd agree on approximately 6 rhinos being sufficient for the task.
Shout out to the guy who voted one!


I havent voted but considering this :

The front horn is larger than the other horn and averages 90 cm (35 in) in length and can reach 150 cm (59 in).
https://intlrhinofoundation.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/how-long-can-a-rhinos-horn-grow/

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A single 5000 lb rhino with a horn larger than a meter charging and goring a T-Rex could make a real mess of a T-Rex. The frequency of that occuring is the hard thing to work out.

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First, just to make sure we mean the same thing by "charging", I want to clear up what I mean by that in the part of my post below. By that, I mean running towards some similar sized object (emphasis on similar sized) at maximum speed and colliding with them.

I don't assume that an animal with horns (or other head-mounted goring weapons) is necessarily adapted for charging at things that are at least comparable in size to itself and coming off unscathed. That obviously changes if I see an account of it actually doing so and/or if it evidently shows adaptations for charging (so things like bighorn sheep and muskoxen fit this bill). I don't think I've ever seen such an account for rhinos nor am I able to discern any anatomical adaptations that allow rhinos to charge at comparably sized objects with no adverse effects to themselves, but I am open to anyone showing me either of these.

Edited by Ausar, Jan 22 2017, 02:35 AM.
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T rex can kill rhino in one bite,one bite crush rhino head.
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Also, the number I gave is tentative. Maybe I'm wrong and six rhinos is overkill. We can be pretty sure that one rhino isn't the answer (particularly if by kill you really mean win more often than not against, which I'm sure Mammuthus meant), but how much more? I really dunno...
Edited by Ausar, Jan 22 2017, 03:25 AM.
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Probably three at the most. They're still two tonne + herbivores which are well armed. If they worked cooperate no doubt they'd probably severely injure a T. Rex.
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I would personally say around 4
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0, since rhinos don't work togheter and I don't really imagine how they would do it.
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Jan 22 2017, 12:47 AM
First, just to make sure we mean the same thing by "charging", I want to clear up what I mean by that in the part of my post below. By that, I mean running towards some similar sized object (emphasis on similar sized) at maximum speed and colliding with them.

I don't assume that an animal with horns (or other head-mounted goring weapons) is necessarily adapted for charging at things that are at least comparable in size to itself and coming off unscathed. That obviously changes if I see an account of it actually doing so and/or if it evidently shows adaptations for charging (so things like bighorn sheep and muskoxen fit this bill). I don't think I've ever seen such an account for rhinos nor am I able to discern any anatomical adaptations that allow rhinos to charge at comparably sized objects with no adverse effects to themselves, but I am open to anyone showing me either of these.



Ausar, you created a fantasy thread. White Rhinos dont hunt in packs. In fact they dont hunt. 1 goring from a 1 meter horn in the right place will kill a Trex. Therefore the answer to your fantasy question is ≥ 1. There is no other answer.

Back to the scenario, if you are granting White Rhinos cooperative fighting behaviours, I am granting the ability to charge at opponents and to gore with a horn up to 1.5 meters. What I am believing a White Rhino would do in your scenario is far more feasible than would you proposed.

Taipan
Jan 21 2017, 11:43 PM

A single 5000 lb rhino with a horn larger than a meter charging and goring a T-Rex could make a real mess of a T-Rex. The frequency of that occuring is the hard thing to work out.


Given 1 Rhino can kill a T-Rex, you should have asked for frequency rather than number.


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Jan 22 2017, 03:03 AM

T rex can kill rhino in one bite,one bite crush rhino head.


White Rhino can kill Trex with one goring, one goring Trex bleeds out.

Edited by Taipan, Jan 22 2017, 01:07 PM.
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Jan 22 2017, 01:02 PM
Ausar
Jan 22 2017, 12:47 AM
First, just to make sure we mean the same thing by "charging", I want to clear up what I mean by that in the part of my post below. By that, I mean running towards some similar sized object (emphasis on similar sized) at maximum speed and colliding with them.

I don't assume that an animal with horns (or other head-mounted goring weapons) is necessarily adapted for charging at things that are at least comparable in size to itself and coming off unscathed. That obviously changes if I see an account of it actually doing so and/or if it evidently shows adaptations for charging (so things like bighorn sheep and muskoxen fit this bill). I don't think I've ever seen such an account for rhinos nor am I able to discern any anatomical adaptations that allow rhinos to charge at comparably sized objects with no adverse effects to themselves, but I am open to anyone showing me either of these.



Ausar, you created a fantasy thread. White Rhinos dont hunt in packs. In fact they dont hunt. 1 goring from a 1 meter horn in the right place will kill a Trex. Therefore the answer to your fantasy question is ≥ 1. There is no other answer.

Back to the scenario, if you are granting White Rhinos cooperative fighting behaviours, I am granting the ability to charge at opponents and to gore with a horn up to 1.5 meters. What I am believing a White Rhino would do in your scenario is far more feasible than would you proposed.

Taipan
Jan 21 2017, 11:43 PM

A single 5000 lb rhino with a horn larger than a meter charging and goring a T-Rex could make a real mess of a T-Rex. The frequency of that occuring is the hard thing to work out.


Given 1 Rhino can kill a T-Rex, you should have asked for frequency rather than number.
Huh? I didn't devise this fantasy thread and question. Mammuthus did that. The only thing I asked was if rhinos ever actually cooperate to bring down another animal in real life (the answer to which I take is no). And when I gave my answer, I was only granting the rhinos fantasy cooperative fighting behaviors because that's what I assumed the actual creator of this thread wanted.

I'll concede to your point, namely that if one in-actuality-nonexistent behavior/ability is granted to the rhinos, another might as well be.
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Jan 22 2017, 01:45 PM


Huh? I didn't devise this fantasy thread and question. Mammuthus did that.


Apologies to you and Mammathus, I should have simply said, Ausar you created a fantasy, and left the word "thread" of.

Ausar
Jan 22 2017, 01:45 PM
The only thing I asked was if rhinos ever actually cooperate to bring down another animal in real life (the answer to which I take is no). And when I gave my answer, I was only granting the rhinos fantasy cooperative fighting behaviors because that's what I assumed the actual creator of this thread wanted.

I'll concede to your point, namely that if one in-actuality-nonexistent behavior/ability is granted to the rhinos, another might as well be.


No, what the point you need to realise is than there is only 1 answer - ≥ 1. The person who voted 1, who you were shouting out to, has provided the closest to correct answer. Rhinos charge, rhinos gore, rhinos do not cooperatively attack large opponents. Remember that.

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