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This whole family are the coolest.

I don't understand why people assume they'll be chased by T-Rexes, when everyone knows they only eat coconuts.

 azazel the cat wrote:
While the T-Rex is probably the coolest dinosaur, I think that the Triceratops shold be given an honourable mention, simply because it would be the most likely dinosaur that could be rode with a saddle.

And oh how we wish we could. With lasers on the saddle. Excuse me while I go look for a DinoRiders dvd on ebay...

 azazel the cat wrote:
While the T-Rex is probably the coolest dinosaur, I think that the Triceratops shold be given an honourable mention, simply because it would be the most likely dinosaur that could be rode with a saddle.

The Trike was always my favorite when I was a kid. No reason, just was.


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 Coolyo294 wrote:

 Ouze wrote:

Opinions on what the coolest dinosaur is

Clearly it is the Carnotaurus.
Just look at that thing.



It could probably kill you with those eyebrows alone.

I do like the Carnatosaurus, though.

What about dodging it?

If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball, if you can dodge a ball you can dodge a bullet, if you can dodge a bullet you can dodge a t-rex.

Easy. T-rex meet
Mr. Train

 Asherian Command wrote:
Easy. T-rex meet
Mr. Train

"Stay right there Mr T. Now let me get this train up to speed so I can hit you with it."

Coolest dinosaurs?

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
I don't need to outrun that Rex, I got me a gun.

Exactly. In Texas, TRex tastes like chicken.

Why would you be running? TRexes are vegetarians. They have the peg teeth to eat coconuts. Thats why early Frenchmen hunted them to extinction. Poor TRex, killed by the French.

Wouldn't be my approach anyway. Let's face if you're in a dinosaur wilderness, you've got play to your strengths.

Personally I'd go with the "Is mammal, digs hole", method of survival. T-Rex ain't fitting in my burrow, and with legs & arms like that he certainly ain't diggin' me out.

 Ouze wrote:
[url=http://io9.com/could-you-outrun-a-tyrannosaurus-rex-470867213]Posts that I, as OP, would consider on-topic for this thread:

Obviously, posts about the story

Discussion of evading and fighting dinosaurs with only melee weapons

Discussion of plot points in the Jurassic Park films

Opinions on what the coolest dinosaur is

Whether or not a velociraptor covered in feathers is more or less terrifying

Thanks for this - I found it good reading

Most of us still couldn't outrun it though - Warhammer not normally being a good sprint speed determiner. Although if we taught it to read and then how to play, we could probably baffle it with RAW vs RAI arguments.
I do like the idea of a Trex being an ambush predator - like Rambo. Sneaking up behind people, getting them in headlocks with its tiny arms and snapping necks. While rocking camo face paint.


IIRC - Triceratops is now being looked at as a potential juvenile Torosaurus (larger version of triceratops)
I also watched some tv program where they proved that if the triceratops charged at something at full pelt, it'd break it's own face. So they now think the spikes were purely defensive.
Brontosaurus used to be my favourite, then I found out it was made from an incorrect build - it had the wrong head, thus my favourite dinobot is now invalid.

Did anyone read the book jurassic park 2? there was a part in there about T rex's vision not being based on movement, as that would be dumb (prey animals natural response being to freeze before running. They also said anything larger than a goat would fill it for ages and thats why it didn't just eat them all in the first film)
Sure beats the film...where a trex can get out of a cargo hold, eat everyone while doing no damage to the ship then lock itself back in. In the meantime, the only people who can find the trex on the mainland are the heroes.
It knocks down a wall, roars, eats a dog and the kid goes to warn his parents - who havent woken up yet?
The velociraptors shrunk (they were oversized in the first film to make them better on screen villains - then a short while after they'd made it up, they found the utahraptor, which was an oversized variant)

In the first book/film, the kids roles were reversed too - The boy was the older computer geek and the girl was about 6. Random...

The coolest dinosaur - I like Baryonyx. No idea why.

Velociraptor - dressed in feathers doesn't seem as bad. Without feathers - It'd be like being chased by a naked lizard/chicken.

Thinks thats as on topic as I could get

Clearly this is the most awesome dinosaur related thing



Also on the whole "trex was an ambush predator" there is only one answer

 motyak wrote:


This whole family are the coolest.

Please

Look at the majesty of this melon-fether



Imagine seeing a whole herd of them grazing in your park

 ExNoctemNacimur wrote:

 motyak wrote:


This whole family are the coolest.

Please

Look at the majesty of this melon-fether

Spoiler:

Imagine seeing a whole herd of them grazing in your park

Just imagine the size of it's poo pile!

 Asherian Command wrote:
Easy. T-rex meet
Mr. Train

Out of everything you could've picked to either outpace or kill it? You pick a train?

Stegosaurus are cool too, especially MLRS ones

I'm that hungry tonight it's more a question of if a T Rex could outrun me.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
I'm that hungry tonight it's more a question of if a T Rex could outrun me.

If you're that hungry... think of the number of T-Rex "tastes like chicken" dishes you can have...

Better get that Barrett .50 primed and ready.

If dinosaurs are related to birds... what if they taste like turkeys?

6 tons of pure deliciousness.

We're gonna need a bigger smoker.

 Ouze wrote:
If dinosaurs are related to birds... what if they taste like turkeys?

6 tons of pure deliciousness.

We're gonna need a bigger smoker.

Dude, smoked turkey is awesome....we must now intersplice Rex DNA with Turkey DNA to make the world's largest smoked trukery breast. Quick Robin, to the Bat DNA Splicer!


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OT question but, you always hear the phrase "ambush predator." Outside of a pack of wolves or lions, is there anything not an "ambush predator?"

 Ouze wrote:
If dinosaurs are related to birds... what if they taste like turkeys?

6 tons of pure deliciousness.

We're gonna need a bigger smoker.

Naw man... we gonna need a bigger FRYER!

Turn this:


Into something like THIS:

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
I don't need to outrun that Rex, I got me a gun.

That's a lot of muscle and very little brain for a bullet, unless it's a very big bullet.

 Mr Nobody wrote:

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
I don't need to outrun that Rex, I got me a gun.

That's a lot of muscle and very little brain for a bullet, unless it's a very big bullet.

You'd be better off going for a torso shot. I'm not sure what the resistance of a skull that thick to a bullet would be, but if Bison skulls are practically bullet proof then I'm betting the T-rex is probably in the same vicinity.

That's why you hunt it with an anti material rifle silly!

 Frazzled wrote:

OT question but, you always hear the phrase "ambush predator." Outside of a pack of wolves or lions, is there anything not an "ambush predator?"

Sharks, killer whales, and possibly polar bears? I know that polar bears do ambush their prey, but not always, right?

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

OT question but, you always hear the phrase "ambush predator." Outside of a pack of wolves or lions, is there anything not an "ambush predator?"

Sharks, killer whales, and possibly polar bears? I know that polar bears do ambush their prey, but not always, right?

What is the difference between an ambush predator and a 'regular' predator?

I would think that all predators rely on at least some element of surprise. Does it depend on just how sneaky and/or how long they chase?

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Mr Nobody wrote:

 MeanGreenStompa wrote:
I don't need to outrun that Rex, I got me a gun.

That's a lot of muscle and very little brain for a bullet, unless it's a very big bullet.

You'd be better off going for a torso shot. I'm not sure what the resistance of a skull that thick to a bullet would be, but if Bison skulls are practically bullet proof then I'm betting the T-rex is probably in the same vicinity.

And that's why you always hunt dinosaurs with the .577 T-Rex!

 d-usa wrote:
What is the difference between an ambush predator and a 'regular' predator?

I would think that all predators rely on at least some element of surprise. Does it depend on just how sneaky and/or how long they chase?

You already know the difference, if you think about it. While all predators do depend on the element of surprise, consider the difference between a lion attack (where it actively, and stealthily, tracks down it's prey) and, say, a crocodile, which will pick a nice spot, wait motionless for as long as it takes for some creature to come up and take a drink, and then attack it.

I imagine for a creature as large as a T-Rex, being an active predator is impossible - just soo much energy cost for risky, possible unsuccessful hunting. I wonder if they even stayed submerged frequently.

An Ambush predator is one that lays in wait until its prey comes very close, close enough for it to grab it before it escapes.

Other predators chase their prey down, usually after stalking as close as they can get.


T-rex probably did some chasing down, but more closer to a Croc than a Lion. Close enough as hundred ton animals can get anyway.

Allosaurus was probably more akin to a lion as a predator that tracked down and stalked its prey. Possibly in packs.

T-rex may have also followed other large predators, that were still smaller than it, around and stole their kills. Or eaten mostly carrion. Or a combination of all three.


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 Ouze wrote:

I imagine for a creature as large as a T-Rex, being an active predator is impossible - just soo much energy cost for risky, possible unsuccessful hunting. I wonder if they even stayed submerged frequently.

Really?

Is there any thought they may have been semi-aquatic?

Probably not, actually. It looks like Spinosaurus was and had totally different teeth. Probably hung out near water though, streams and such.

Being semi-aquatic could explain how it survived with such tiny arms.