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How many White Rhinos would it take to kill a Trex?
Topic Started: Dec 13 2016, 04:45 PM (1,286 Views)
SETA222
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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.

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Jan 22 2017, 02:06 PM
Ausar
 
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.

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I've actually seen the first video before. Judging from how the rhino seems to slide right before it hits the truck, I have a feeling that it was trying to stop, only to slide across the ground and have the impact turn its head sideways. It comes kind of close to what I was looking for, but not quite (I was imagining the rhino impacting with the horned dorsal surface of its head).

As for the second video, no, not really. The rhinoceros looks like it slowed down towards the end of its charge.

Lastly, the third video. The collision with the car wasn't actually shown, so I can't say what really happened with 100% conviction. But if the rhino collided with the dorsal surface of its head, then yes, I suppose.
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