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Why do people underrate the Deinonychus?
Topic Started: Apr 3 2013, 02:17 PM (3,639 Views)
TIKI
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I find it hard to believe that a leopard can kill a Deinonychus. I actually find it pretty hard to believe that any big cat can kill that thing.

I am oblivious when it comes to dinosaur combat, so elighten me on the Deinonychus, and where would it stack up against other top predators of today.
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theropod
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I don't get the impression that Deinonychus is overrated, I think in fact it's true, it is underrated, due to the reasons already stated. Whether or not it would prevail more often than not against extant medium sized cats like cougars and leopards is a matter of debate and will never be solved, but it can definitely hold its own.

The problem is, everybody knows D. antirrhopus as Velociraptor, because they used "Velociraptor" anthirrhopus for the JP triology. Dromaeosaurs are not the kind of killers depicted there, but a single look at their morphology makes clear how perfectly equipped they were for a fighter in their weight class.
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Jinfengopteryx
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Apr 17 2013, 10:54 PM
Even human-sized animals are pretty big prey for these small carnivores.
Well, for their size, this is already big game.
Edited by Jinfengopteryx, Apr 17 2013, 11:12 PM.
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theropod
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taking down a human would be extremely impressive for a turkey-sized predator, no matter how much you hate dinosaurs lol
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Vivyx
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Black Ice
Apr 15 2013, 11:12 AM
It's really both. People on this forum before I joined used to think they were made of PAPER! Don't believe me? Look at grey wolf vs deinonychus.
Yeah, I know. Like this post from futuremarine1:


Wolf - Easily 9/10.
One bite, and it's over. Raptors are built extremely lightly. With very light and thin bones. One bite, and the wolf would simply crush eveything.
If the raptor bites the wolf, it will be effective. But not nearly as dangerous or as powerful as the wolf's bite.



That is stupid beyond belief. I thought reptiles are normally more durable than mammals, but people seem to disagree. In Grey Wolf vs Deinonychus, I strongly vote for the dinosaur.
Edited by Vivyx, Apr 19 2013, 03:48 AM.
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I think raptors are quite overrated. They are normally portrayed as "it's more agile so it wins" stuff. And sometimes, people will only favour Deinonychus over a larger animal because of speed and more weapons, just that. And I find it hard to believe it has a bite as strong as an American Alligator. However some people say Deinonychus is very light and people think an animal will kill a raptor with one bite just because they think it is very light, bullshit, raptors are much more durable than similar sized mammals.
Edited by Vivyx, Apr 19 2013, 03:47 AM.
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Black Ice
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Thanks for your support!
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Black Ice
Apr 18 2013, 01:05 AM
Thanks for your support!
No worries.
Edited by Vivyx, Apr 18 2013, 01:39 AM.
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Me favour deinonychus over wild boar and tigress they super fast and danger claws
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i feel that Deinonychus is underrated at times. imo, Deinonychus would prevail over any modern mammalian carnivore at the same weight more times than not.
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Off course a big cat could kill Deinonychus! It just wouldn't be really easy cause Deinonychus was very similar to a big cat. Maybe Deinonychus is commonly underrated because there were larger dromaeosaurs.
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Inhumanum Rapax
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Like most of the animals that have been in the interspecific conflict section deinoychus has been both overrated and underrated. You can find examples of both happening in this thread.
Edited by Inhumanum Rapax, Jul 6 2015, 02:50 AM.
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What is sure is that people overrate Velociraptor.
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