Question of the Day, August 23, 2010

[Queen Michael]

One word: Batmanosaurus.

 

[cartographer54]

Yoshi! Even if SSB thought he was a dragon, he's still a dinosaur to me.

 

[Queen Michael]

Yoshi! Even if SSB thought he was a dragon, he's still a dinosaur to me.

You and tons of official Nintendo material.

 

[GodofDisaster]

Personally I would say the Giganotosaurus, my all time favourite dinosaur and one awesome creature.


Just thought I would add that, since this thread is based on dinosaur fights.

Also speaking of dinosaur fights, but does anyone remember Jurassic park Warpath.

Sorry I just started to think about it, but god I loved that game.

 

[ultimateownage]

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Wow, you know your stuff. I only learnt stuff about dinosaurs was from all those rubbish documentaries that just made shit up has they went along to sound interesting, and museums. Oh yeah, and those top trumps cards. There where a few documentaries that where grounded in reality, but I watched them about 5 years ago and have long since forgotten all the cool facts.

 

[zombie711]

Velociraptors people. have you ever seen jarasic park? Velociraptors will kick your ass.

 

[Remzer]

Mr. Triceratop impales you, your mother and all raptors. Raptor-kebabs-on-a-horn. There.

 

[NeedAUserName]

You gotta wonder were the armadillo went wrong... On topic probably the Deinonychus, just because theirs a pack of them, and could surround and confuse anything.

 

[beniki]

Barney.

The other dinosaurs would run in fear and/or confusion.

 

[ultimateownage]

Everyone knows dinosaurs don't fight, they settle their differences through reasoned debate.
http://www.qwantz.com

Oh, wait.
http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1771

 

[ZakCanard]

Having a hard time choosing between Tyrannosaurus-X and DinoMight from Robot Dinosaurs That Shoot Beams When They Roar [http://www.kongregate.com/games/I_smell/robot-dinosaurs-that-shoot-beams-when-they-roar]. They'd wipe the floor with those pansy velociraptors any day of the week.

 

[Firia]

As an archaeologist I feel some of these posts could do with a bit of straightening out

Isn't it known that a Spinosaurus can (well, could) kill a T-Rex?

Only if you're the second sequel in a certain Jurassic-themed movie series. Spinosaurus was smaller than a T-rex, adapted for eating fish, and that sail on its back is a major weak spot as damaging it would have caused massive blood-loss

T-rex's were surprisingly rubbish, all slow and lumbering. I'd go for the velociraptors, they could all jump on it like wolves taking down an elk. Also they were smart (although how scientists know that I don't know, brain size probably) so would be more effective hunters.

Or a Giganotosaurus, those things were badassed

T-Rex was neither slow nor lumbering. It had hollow bones helping in weight, a long stride and powerful legs muscles, it could charge damn fast when it wanted to, certainly faster than a turkey-sized velociraptor. There was a balance issue with those massive jaws, but thats what the ram-rod tail was for, it was a counter-weight for balance.
Also, wolves tackling an elk have the distinct advantage of not being much smaller than the elk, and the elk having only antlers to fight back with, not claws and teeth of its own. The raptors of JP were much bigger than they were in real life, closer to Deinonychus, and that toe-claw is somewhat exaggerated. In real life velociraptors weren't so good at sustained combat, only ambushing in numbers. Ever seen famous fossils of the protoceratops locked in combat with a velociraptor? The raptor is roughly the same size as the ceratopsian, yet still couldn't bring it down. There is also no evidence suggesting velociraptor was especially smart, and little to suggests they even worked in packs. The fossils I just mention show only one velociraptor working against the protoceratops, nothing suggests the presence of any more
A T-rex could quite happily kill a velociraptor with a single blow from tail, leg or mouth. The raptors could only win if there were about a hundred of them, or they were clever enough to grab a weapon.

The velociraptor pack would devour a T-Rex. They have the advantage of numbers, and a group could easily work to hunt down a T-Rex by flanking and attacking swiftly before the T-Rex could fight back. By the same methods, they could wipe out all of those creatures. Seriously, the velociraptors are well known by the paleontological community to be one of the toughest, best predators of all the dinosaurs. They should easily win this poll.

You can only flank the T-rex in a "Clever Girl" scenario if it doesn't see, hear or smell you coming. Good luck with that. It's skull isn't just adapted for biting, it had remarkably good vision and a highly-developed sense of smell. This is assuming the raptors are even working together that well as a pack, for reasons I mentioned previously.
I don't know what paleontological community you're tapping into, because velociraptor is far from some pristine example of what dinosaurs should be. It wasn't especially large, they weren't killing machines (that famous claw of theirs was only good for stabbing, it could not rapidly slice through skin and fat to eviscerate something), nothing points to above-average intelligence (unlike, say, Troodon, with its large eyes and brain cavity), and was most likely not a pack predator.
Even in Jurassic park, with it's souped up hyper-raptors, the T-rex wins. It would have done so in real-life as well

After reading intelligence, it's hard to read any other post on the topic. Well said. When I first saw Jurassic Park, I wondered how much it actually got right. I voted T-Rex. Size and power was the way of the Jurassic era. Cunning kept creatures alive, while power determined who was King!

 

[Christemo]

the game ur talking about sounds like those ricockoulously awesome godzilla games for the original Xbox and the PS2

 

[V8 Ninja]

Why, the Awesomesaurus obviously.

 

[felixader]

The velociraptor pack would devour a T-Rex. They have the advantage of numbers, and a group could easily work to hunt down a T-Rex by flanking and attacking swiftly before the T-Rex could fight back. By the same methods, they could wipe out all of those creatures. Seriously, the velociraptors are well known by the paleontological community to be one of the toughest, best predators of all the dinosaurs. They should easily win this poll.

Plus: they steer with fashion savy feathers under their arms and on their heads. ^^

 

[onda]

They all died, so I win.

 

[JEBWrench]

You all are wrong, and I'm very very disappointed.

The one true answer is:

Spoiler: The Mighty Megalosaurus

 

[Not-here-anymore]

Easily has to be an Ankylosaurus

The defintion of a tank with legs and to add to the awesome, a massice club on their tail for major skull crushing.

EDIT: I would also like to add: Walking with Dinosaurs ftw. I loved that and I think I still have it on VHS somewhere. Shame I can't play it as all I have are DVD played now.

[small]and take this T-rex fanboys [/small]

I second the vote for Torterra the ankylosaurus. Walking tank with a massive club on the end of its tail. You're busy trying to eat it, it's just sitting there thinking "What? Is something happening to me? I can't feel it through my armour plating!"

I don't think the Tyrannosaurus' sudden but inevitable betrayal would be enough to take an ankylosaurus.