T-Rex Not Merely a Scavenger

[Anomalocaris]

I heard t Rex's leg and toe proportions meant it was fairly fast power walker, meaning it probably can't catch anything that can actually run, but can probably out walk large elephant sized herbivores over long distance.

[bladevalant546]

I heard t Rex's leg and toe proportions meant it was fairly fast power walker, meaning it probably can't catch anything that can actually run, but can probably out walk large elephant sized herbivores over long distance.

Possible hunting behavior like a komodo dragon from the sound of it.

[Anomalocaris]

I heard t Rex's leg and toe proportions meant it was fairly fast power walker, meaning it probably can't catch anything that can actually run, but can probably out walk large elephant sized herbivores over long distance.

Possible hunting behavior like a komodo dragon from the sound of it.

http://www.mesozoicrising.com/2011/07/ty...omodo.html

[Cyberman]

According to the YEC's, all animals were vegetarians until the flood. So when exactly did they turn into meat eaters? While boarding the ark? While riding on the ark? Or as soon as they disembarked? Either way, it would have been pretty scary for Noah & family getting the two T-Rex's off the boat, not to mention having to hide from them until they died out.

I'd imagine it like this. The ark makes landfall at Ararat. "Right," says Noah, "you can all stop saying 'are we there, yet?' Everybody off!"

So they make their way to the gangplank, but the pair of T Rexes are blocking the exit. "Um, would you mind opening the door and going outside, please?" says Noah. "You're kind of in everybody's way there."

"Actually," says Mr Rex, testing the sharpness of his teeth with his tongue, "the Mrs and I have been doing a bit of thinking. I'm afraid there's a slight change of plan..."

[bladevalant546]

Possible hunting behavior like a komodo dragon from the sound of it.

http://www.mesozoicrising.com/2011/07/ty...omodo.html

I like when my thought process follows current speculation with out knowing. That I wonder if we examine the teeth and jaw structure we might find signs of possible venomous bite or perhaps something to signal of a possible infectous bite.

[StealthySkeptic]

It only ever appears to have been Jack Horner that claimed T-Rex was a scavenger. Everyone else appears to have been of the opinion that it was a bit of both. As this appears to be the case for the vast majority of hunters we see today it is not really a surprising find. Lions, Hyenas and Leopards will all scavenge when the opportunity presents itself. On the African plains only the Cheetah limits itself to hunting alone.

And his involvement led to the godawful Jurassic Park III by presuming that the T. Rex was just a big, slow scavenger and putting the ridiculous Spinosaurus as the new big bad for marketing. If there's a hell in paleontology, Jack Horner will probably go there.

[A Theist]

http://www.mesozoicrising.com/2011/07/ty...omodo.html

I like when my thought process follows current speculation with out knowing. That I wonder if we examine the teeth and jaw structure we might find signs of possible venomous bite or perhaps something to signal of a possible infectous bite.

I wondered that one too. But the report stated finding a T Rex tooth lodged between two tail vertabrae on a Duck Bill dinosaur fossil, and that bone was growing around it, which indicates that the Duck Bill survived a T Rex bite and was healing. Some Triceratop fossils which were found also showed the same thing. I would have to guess that T Rex didn't have a venemous bite, just a big bite, similar to a Great White. T Rex also had a large chest cavity which indicates that it was active and that it could follow prey for long distances. How it actually hunted is anyone's guess. I always thought of T Rex being an ambush hunter that would spring upon its prey from hiding and take a big bite out it. T Rex would then follow its prey until it bled to death and fell over. Similar to the way a Great White Shark would do to its prey.

[ShaMan]

http://www.newsdaily.com/article/e35d644...r-got-away

Researchers found a part of a T. rex tooth wedged between two tailbones of a duckbill dinosaur unearthed in northwestern South Dakota.

4 out of 5 dinosaur dentists surveyed recommend sugarless gum for their patients who chew gum, precisely for this reason!

[A Theist]

http://www.newsdaily.com/article/e35d644...r-got-away

4 out of 5 dinosaur dentists surveyed recommend sugarless gum for their patients who chew gum, precisely for this reason!

Routine flossing with prey sinew is also recommended.

[StealthySkeptic]

http://www.newsdaily.com/article/e35d644...r-got-away

4 out of 5 dinosaur dentists surveyed recommend sugarless gum for their patients who chew gum, precisely for this reason!

9 out of 10 dinosaurs would want to eat Justin Bieber for that reason too.

(HINT: he's a bubblegum pop star lol.)