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[Ashen Key]

Well, the T-Rex actually lived in the Cretaceous...

[Advent]

Originally Posted by Ashen Key

Well, the T-Rex actually lived in the Cretaceous...

Ah. Smart.

I suppose then this applies to just the 'Age of Dinosaurs'.

@Pa'li: An interesting topic to think about. Maybe that's how the dinosaurs came about...
Here's a thought. What if we possibly went back in time and saw our very first ancestors? 0_0

I wonder how the Na'vi would fare here, 100 million years ago.

[Ashen Key]

Originally Posted by Advent

Ah. Smart.

I suppose then this applies to just the 'Age of Dinosaurs'.

It's a common mistake! But, yeah.

And apparently the T-Rexes lived in family units, so you'd have the mum and the dad, and the kids (given it'd take, what, ten years for the youngsters to grow to full size, as far as I'm aware), so I don't know. I think a family of t-rexes could give the solitary thanator a run for its money.

Or maybe a pack of Deinonychus (a.k.a. the raptors from the Jurassic movies, given actual Velociraptor were much, much smaller).

But you'd probably want something that could also use its arms more, which does rule out the T-Rex - T-Rex has a terrible bite, both in power (could crush a car) and as a biohazard (rotting meat in the teeth with all that bacteria = fatal bite, like the komodo dragons), but probably not agile enough on its feet.

*likes dinosaurs ? *

[Advent]

Originally Posted by Ashen Key

Or maybe a pack of Deinonychus (a.k.a. the raptors from the Jurassic movies, given actual Velociraptor were much, much smaller).

I loled when I found out how small velociraptors were.
There are quite a few dinosaurs (unknown to most people) which are similar to the Jurassic Park movies though. Australia had the Rapator.

Originally Posted by Ashen Key

But you'd probably want something that could also use its arms more, which does rule out the T-Rex - T-Rex has a terrible bite, both in power (could crush a car) and as a biohazard (rotting meat in the teeth with all that bacteria = fatal bite, like the komodo dragons), but probably not agile enough on its feet.

*likes dinosaurs ? *

*Also likes dinosaurs*

Apparently though, the T-Rex (like all theropods) was built for strong speed. Not sure about it's agility, but I'd say it could go maybe 50km maximum.
And yes, it's jaws could crush a thanator's head easily. Read somewhere it could exert 25'000 lbs of force through it's jaws.

Also, for reference: theories about the Tyrannosaurus being a scavenger are pure speculation. Several wounds on other skeletons were inflicted by T-Rex's (while still alive) and it's arms may have likely been used to hold struggling prey.

For all we know, it's part scavenger, part predator.

[Ashen Key]

Originally Posted by Advent

*Also likes dinosaurs*

Apparently though, the T-Rex (like all theropods) was built for strong speed. Not sure about it's agility, but I'd say it could go maybe 50km maximum.
And yes, it's jaws could crush a thanator's head easily. Read somewhere it could exert 25'000 lbs of force through it's jaws.

Oh, absolutely, I was thinking more about AGILITY rather than speed - two legged, unable to have much reach with arms, vs a six-legged creature...

Originally Posted by Advent

Also, for reference: theories about the Tyrannosaurus being a scavenger are pure speculation. Several wounds on other skeletons were inflicted by T-Rex's (while still alive) and it's arms may have likely been used to hold struggling prey.

For all we know, it's part scavenger, part predator.

Most predators tend to scavenge when they can - hunting requires energy, which requires more food. But, yeah, I think they did both.