Topic: T-REX: The Killer Question

[Thomas]

My favourite debate of all time.
A dinosaur debate.
Ha-ha.


Facts About Being A Scavanger

1) The legs are not made for running a great deal of speed, it would not be able to catch fast animals.
2) If it fell down, the arms would be too small to help REX get itself up.
3) The arms where useless at grasping things as they where too small.
4) Its sence of smell was so great it would detect recent kills.

Facts About Being A Hunter

1) Its jaw was so huge it could easily grasp prey and crush them.
2) T.REX's teeth show it was a bone crunching dinosaur, this would help in killing larger animals.
3) T.REX's eyes faced forwards so it could see prey in the distance.
4) REX's backbone was heavily muscle packed, giving it tremendous force when launching down on strong animals.

I beleive that Tyrannosaurus Rex was infact BOTH a scavanger and a hunter.
But WHY would the Dazpleaseosaurus (REX's ancestor) give up FULL hunting in exchange for both? Or just scavanging?

[ssj4gogita4]

What I don't get is...how did they decide what the dinosaurs looked like

[IZ]

What I don't get is...how did they decide what the dinosaurs looked like

Skeletons Tomo.

[Sb129]

Yeah if you mean the skin they probally thought about dinosuar's living cousins reptiles.Yeah you have mini dinos in your yard.I say it was a scavenger & hunter.

[spongey675]

a hunter

[Thomas]

It's got a 50% chance of being a scavanger due to all the discoveries we found recently, but it has a thinner chance of being a hunter anymore....but Im gonna stick with Both.

[AppleNick]

I'd think hunter, because how it's body was built so greatly for hunting.

[Thomas]

But take into account that it's legs are not properly made for running...we only recently discovered that it's legs where powerful...but not for running.