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Being able to outrun a T-Rex or not is moot. The buggers are known to cheat as much as we do:

On topic Primal Carnage is on sale on Steam today. Who wants to go and hunt some Dinos?

And personally I don't think it would be the dinos that really scares me about prehistoric creatures, it's the giant insects. A several hundred pound scorpian or cockroach and there goes my sanity.

TBH I don't see outrunning a T-Rex as being all that difficult. All you have to do is go round a corner and suddenly you're ahead, as they'd just have far too much momentum.

And a velociraptor with feathers would look like a large, clawed chicken. Which wild chickens can sometimes look rather majestic, the old model of a scaley velociraptor would probably look more terrifying.

 p_gray99 wrote:
TBH I don't see outrunning a T-Rex as being all that difficult. All you have to do is go round a corner and suddenly you're ahead, as they'd just have far too much momentum.

And a velociraptor with feathers would look like a large, clawed chicken. Which wild chickens can sometimes look rather majestic, the old model of a scaley velociraptor would probably look more terrifying.

More like grackle of death to me.
http://www.google.ca/imgres?hl=en&biw=1280&bih=823&tbm=isch&tbnid=VR3ueaG_eiBh-M:&imgrefurl=http://www.redorbit.com/education/reference_library/science_1/dinosauria/2584038/utahraptor/&docid=M4_XQ97khB-_NM&imgurl=http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2004/10/45_7c17c0a2ad9b6dc0378568b5ce29f17b.jpg&w=800&h=476&ei=U6RmUcyuDYS52QW7m4DoAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=2&vpy=170&dur=3562&hovh=173&hovw=291&tx=157&ty=67&page=1&tbnh=136&tbnw=241&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:96

 Frazzled wrote:

 p_gray99 wrote:
TBH I don't see outrunning a T-Rex as being all that difficult. All you have to do is go round a corner and suddenly you're ahead, as they'd just have far too much momentum.

And a velociraptor with feathers would look like a large, clawed chicken. Which wild chickens can sometimes look rather majestic, the old model of a scaley velociraptor would probably look more terrifying.

More like grackle of death to me.
http://www.google.ca/imgres?hl=en&biw=1280&bih=823&tbm=isch&tbnid=VR3ueaG_eiBh-M:&imgrefurl=http://www.redorbit.com/education/reference_library/science_1/dinosauria/2584038/utahraptor/&docid=M4_XQ97khB-_NM&imgurl=http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2004/10/45_7c17c0a2ad9b6dc0378568b5ce29f17b.jpg&w=800&h=476&ei=U6RmUcyuDYS52QW7m4DoAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=2&vpy=170&dur=3562&hovh=173&hovw=291&tx=157&ty=67&page=1&tbnh=136&tbnw=241&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:96

I dunno, cassowaries are pretty intimidating when they're mad as hell.
A featherraptor is basically that, except with teeth and useable arms.

 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.

There's research being done into dinosaur lungs. It's been theorised that if they had lungs like birds, they would be far more efficient with energy compared to us.

http://news.nationalgeographic.co.uk/news/2010/01/100114-alligators-dinosaurs-birds-lungs-breathing/


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

This is right IIRC

From wikipedia
As the foramina on the outside all communicated with a space on the inside of the snout, the authors speculated that Spinosaurus had pressure receptors inside the space that allowed it to hold its snout at the surface of the water to detect swimming prey species without seeing them.

A 2010 isotope analysis by Romain Amiot and colleagues found that oxygen isotope ratios of spinosaurid teeth, including teeth of Spinosaurus, indicate semiaquatic lifestyles.[41] Isotope ratios from tooth enamel and from other parts of Spinosaurus (found in Morocco and Tunisia) and of other predators from the same area such as Carcharodontosaurus were compared with isotopic compositions from contemporaneous theropods, turtles, and crocodilians.[41] The study found that Spinosaurus teeth from five of six sampled localities had oxygen isotope ratios closer to those of turtles and crocodilians when compared with other theropod teeth from the same localities.[41] The authors postulated that Spinosaurus switched between terrestrial and aquatic habitats to compete for food with large crocodilians and other large theropods



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 Gorskar.da.Lost wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 p_gray99 wrote:
TBH I don't see outrunning a T-Rex as being all that difficult. All you have to do is go round a corner and suddenly you're ahead, as they'd just have far too much momentum.

And a velociraptor with feathers would look like a large, clawed chicken. Which wild chickens can sometimes look rather majestic, the old model of a scaley velociraptor would probably look more terrifying.

More like grackle of death to me.

I dunno, cassowaries are pretty intimidating when they're mad as hell.
A featherraptor is basically that, except with teeth and useable arms.

I'd run from a normal angry ostrich. Give it teeth and 6 inch claws...

Yeah, those ostriches are scary, really...

On a more serious note, I'd be surprised if dinosaurs (at least the late ones) didn't have lungs like those of a bird. After all, they evolved into birds.

Heck, we know for certain that the latest dinosaurs have lungs like birds, given that they are birds. See that pidgeon out your window? Dinosaur. That magpie? Dinosaur. That blackbird? You guessed it, they're all Alpharius. But also dinosaurs.

From
http://www.wikihow.com/Survive-an-Encounter-with-an-Ostrich

" An ostrich attack, however, is straight out of Jurassic Park. Like that movie's velociraptors, ostriches are fast--they can run at up to 45 mph--and they have a sharp nail on each of their feet that is capable of slicing a person open with one kick."

So yeah, scary!

Well they did evolve from velociraptor-like things, so I'm unsurprised that they are similar. But really, I'm not particularly scared of either because, unlike in Jurassic Park, neither can open a door. And of course, there's my secret weapon for if they learn how to: The Doornob!

PredaKhaine wrote:
From
http://www.wikihow.com/Survive-an-Encounter-with-an-Ostrich

" An ostrich attack, however, is straight out of Jurassic Park. Like that movie's velociraptors, ostriches are fast--they can run at up to 45 mph--and they have a sharp nail on each of their feet that is capable of slicing a person open with one kick."

So yeah, scary!

They can kill a lion in one kick just from blunt force, let alone any disembowlement caused by the claw. People have been literally disemboweled by ostrich before.

 p_gray99 wrote:
Well they did evolve from velociraptor-like things, so I'm unsurprised that they are similar. But really, I'm not particularly scared of either because, unlike in Jurassic Park, neither can open a door. And of course, there's my secret weapon for if they learn how to: The Doornob!

lol - the dinsoaurs in Jurassic Park were buff!

By the end of the book, the raptors are chewing through metal bars...
Also IIRC, JP the book had the velociraptors doing 70mph.

Now I want a pet one to ride to work. Is there a speed limit for riding an animal?

PredaKhaine wrote:
Now I want a pet one to ride to work. Is there a speed limit for riding an animal?

IDK, but there might be a fine for one killing your neighbour...

 p_gray99 wrote:

PredaKhaine wrote:
Now I want a pet one to ride to work. Is there a speed limit for riding an animal?

IDK, but there might be a fine for one killing your neighbour...

I don't see where owning a T-rex is illegal, but be prepared for a law to come quickly. Likely with your name on it

It'd be worth it, just for the few days of awesome.

Although I was thinking of riding a velociraptor - I'd get to work so much faster at 70mph

Laughing at the speed cameras as I went.

PredaKhaine wrote:
Although I was thinking of riding a velociraptor - I'd get to work so much faster at 70mph

Laughing at the speed cameras as I went.

"Excuse me sir, do you have a license to drive this Velociraptor? And when did it pass its last MOT?"

'Hi, is that direct line? I want to add a velociraptor to my multi-car insurance'

and when I'm done with it?

Hi, I'd like to part ex this 6ft monster from the jurassic era against the yellow volkswagon polo in the corner...

 Coolyo294 wrote:

Now i refuse to believe that i am the only one whom saw this and thought naughty thoughts .

But seriously? Just napalm it and kill 2 birds with one stone-kill it and cook it in one go!

On the plus side, parallel parking shouldn't be as hard.


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 master of ordinance wrote:

 Coolyo294 wrote:

Now i refuse to believe that i am the only one whom saw this and thought naughty thoughts .

But seriously? Just napalm it and kill 2 birds with one stone-kill it and cook it in one go!

Using napalm to cook something is like using a cattleprod to wake up a kitten.

But yeah - I think T-rex's top speed is theorised as 25mph give or take. So taking one to work would take longer.
I'm pretty sure everyone would move out of the way though...

PredaKhaine wrote:
But yeah - I think T-rex's top speed is theorised as 25mph give or take. So taking one to work would take longer.
I'm pretty sure everyone would move out of the way though...

Not in the traffic around here

I think if life and limb are at a loss, I'll cheat and clock in at 22-23 mph. Can I count Prehistoric sharks? Megalodon is a fave. If not I'd pick Plesiosaur. and I'd like a 40k army of dinosaur men with guns.

 dreamakuma wrote:
I think if life and limb are at a loss, I'll cheat and clock in at 22-23 mph. Can I count Prehistoric sharks? Megalodon is a fave. If not I'd pick Plesiosaur. and I'd like a 40k army of dinosaur men with guns.

Eldar Exodites use dinosaurs...if they ever appear. Been waiting since 2nd ed. Some people have done custom flesh tearers - what with the home planet being 'cretacia' and having big 'not dinosaurs' roaming round on it.
Ever wanted to see what wouild happen if Marines fought Godzilla? read 'flesh of cretacia'

Fastest dinosaur is the peregrine falcon. And yes, it can go faster than a human

 Rysaer wrote:
What to do if you find yourself being chased by a T-Rex with no hope of outrunning or escaping it:

Consider yourself lucky that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far — which, given your present circumstances, seems more likely — consider yourself lucky that it won't be troubling you much longer.

sage like wisdom.

The O2 levels during the Cretaceous was 35% opposed to the ~21% now. The T Rex may pass out from hypoxia before the chase gets too far along.

PredaKhaine wrote:
It'd be worth it, just for the few days of awesome.

Although I was thinking of riding a velociraptor - I'd get to work so much faster at 70mph

Laughing at the speed cameras as I went.

Kinda hard to ride an animal the size of a turkey, don't you think?

That's my biggest beef with Jurrasic Park. They GROSSLY oversized the Velociraptor throughout the entire series. Even Velociraptor's big cousin Deinoychus wasn't that big.

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Yeah, if you want a Raptor to ride try the Utahraptor. They were about the size of an SUV.

 Vulcan wrote:

PredaKhaine wrote:
It'd be worth it, just for the few days of awesome.

Although I was thinking of riding a velociraptor - I'd get to work so much faster at 70mph

Laughing at the speed cameras as I went.

Kinda hard to ride an animal the size of a turkey, don't you think?

That's my biggest beef with Jurrasic Park. They GROSSLY oversized the Velociraptor throughout the entire series. Even Velociraptor's big cousin Deinoychus wasn't that big.

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Yeah - as I said, the dinosaurs in the Jurassic park book were buff...
They ran at 70mph and could chew through steel bars

 Grey Templar wrote:
Yeah, if you want a Raptor to ride try the Utahraptor. They were about the size of an SUV.

Yeah, but they'd also quite happily kill and eat a human. Sure you want to try and ride it?

 Vulcan wrote:

PredaKhaine wrote:
It'd be worth it, just for the few days of awesome.

Although I was thinking of riding a velociraptor - I'd get to work so much faster at 70mph

Laughing at the speed cameras as I went.

Kinda hard to ride an animal the size of a turkey, don't you think?

That's my biggest beef with Jurrasic Park. They GROSSLY oversized the Velociraptor throughout the entire series. Even Velociraptor's big cousin Deinoychus wasn't that big.

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They were Utahraptors, conveniently discovered just in time for the movie. (The book had velocirprators, considerably smaller). Whats scary is look at the biggie sized Utahraptor. Thats Allasauris sized. YIKES!
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 p_gray99 wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:
Yeah, if you want a Raptor to ride try the Utahraptor. They were about the size of an SUV.

Yeah, but they'd also quite happily kill and eat a human. Sure you want to try and ride it?

Well so would wolves. And now we have dogs

We will never know if dinosaurs were trainable or not, unless someone manages to clone something.