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| DinosaurMichael | Jul 15 2012, 10:00 AM Post #1 |
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Apex Predator
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So I just finished watching Valley of the T-Rex and though I accept Jack Horner's opinion about T-Rex being just a scavenger. I still think T-Rex was both a Predator and a Scavenger. So what do you guys think T-Rex is in your opinion. A Hunter, Scavenger or Both? Edited by DinosaurMichael, Jul 16 2012, 12:59 AM.
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| Black Ice | Sep 10 2012, 04:28 AM Post #61 |
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probably 50/50 |
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| Ursus panthera | Sep 10 2012, 04:38 AM Post #62 |
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Artiodactyla
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It likely was an opportunist that stole from lone raptors. |
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| Fragillimus335 | Sep 10 2012, 04:58 AM Post #63 |
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Omnivore
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Are you being serious? I rally want to know. Most of your posts don't make much sense. |
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| Jinfengopteryx | Sep 10 2012, 05:50 AM Post #64 |
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Aspiring paleontologist, science enthusiast and armchair speculative fiction/evolution writer
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Do you mean only or rather 50/50? Sometimes big predators steal from small, but that's not very common. |
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| Ursus panthera | Sep 10 2012, 05:51 AM Post #65 |
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Yes 50/50 or maybe 30/70. |
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| Shaochilong | Sep 10 2012, 05:55 AM Post #66 |
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Herbivore
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It is true that animals that are primarily scavengers usually have little or no need for binocular vision. The fact that it has an accute sense of smell could support either side of the debate. I can see no reason why large theropods would not take carrion when they got the chance, but there is plenty of evidence of active hunting in several other large theropods (and some in Tyrannosaurus itself), and I believe the most logical conclusion is that theropods, Tyrannosaurus included, were both active predators and scavengers. P.S. Are you the same 7Alx from Imperial Palace? |
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| Oaglor | Sep 10 2012, 03:56 PM Post #67 |
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Not to mention a death wish since the poor thing would only starve to death on such a diet. |
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| Carcharadon | Sep 11 2012, 09:27 AM Post #68 |
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Shark Toothed Reptile
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Its more of a hunter than a scavenger. There are a huge number of herbivores around and a small chance of being a hunter is impossible Perhaps the scavenger in the same place was Quetzalcoatlus, imo i think quetzal would be a similar equivalent of a vulture |
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| Godzillasaurus | Sep 11 2012, 10:42 PM Post #69 |
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Reptile King
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Why do you think that? quetzalcoatlus was surely big enough to be a hunter as well as t-rex. |
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| Verdugo | Sep 11 2012, 10:54 PM Post #70 |
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He has STATED he hated T rex, he is an official T rex hater |
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| theropod | Sep 11 2012, 10:55 PM Post #71 |
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godzillaman: it´s far more likely to be a scavenger than T. rex is, as it could fly. it wouldn´t have been able to hunt reasonable sized animals as it was too fragile in built, but of course it would have hunted small game... the more predatory equivalent to quetzalcoatlus is likely hatzegopteryx, it was probably it´s habitats top predator, and it´s beak is far more robust and suited for spearing larger animals as well. Edited by theropod, Sep 11 2012, 10:56 PM.
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| Godzillasaurus | Sep 11 2012, 10:58 PM Post #72 |
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Reptile King
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Well taking down large prey isn't really what pterosaurs are built for. But like you said, it might have taken smaller animals. |
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| theropod | Sep 11 2012, 10:58 PM Post #73 |
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you where the one who claimed it was a hunter. |
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| Jinfengopteryx | Sep 12 2012, 02:25 AM Post #74 |
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Actually, the depicton in COTD of Quetzalcoatlus(apart from a very bad modell and it's senses!)was not that bad, it could have looked for baby dinosaurs and attacked them(but of course without all these super senses and other power abilitys it got). |
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| Ursus panthera | Sep 13 2012, 03:07 AM Post #75 |
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Artiodactyla
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It was an opportunist waiting to steal from small animals. |
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