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Post by rhino on Feb 19, 2013 21:44:08 GMT -5
I wish I could speak spanish. But as for this fight, I don't see what spinosaurus (or any other theropod) can do. The rhino will simply charge and thrust upward, goring the throat or belly of the dinosaur and killing it instantly. The spinosaurus has to be able to avoid the business end of the rhinoceros and it can't. It's just too unagile. It will have to bend downward to bite the rhino's back and totally expose his underside to being thrashed and skewered by the rhino's 2 meter long horn. I'm not one of those bigots who rip on spinosaurus and claim it's a pathetic, weak jawed fish eating flop. But it's simply outmatched against a more agile, better armed, and stable foe.
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Post by rhino on Apr 10, 2013 14:04:42 GMT -5
I honestly think that the rhinos flesh piercing abilities are being exaggerated. There is a video of a rhino beating the flem out a buffalo with its horn but you can't see any visible wounds. If spinosaursaurs could actually reach twenty tons I think that the rhinos getting crushed. No the piercing ability of a rhino isn't exaggerated. They kill each other in fights. And there's also an account where a white rhino killed a hippo in a fight. Hippos have 2 inch thick skin and still the rhino's horn penetrated it. The moment the spinosaurus bends down to bite, it gets a horn through its neck.
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Post by Cr1TiKaL on Aug 27, 2013 15:51:08 GMT -5
Mismatch, Spinosaurus is too big.
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Post by Carcharadontosaurus on Aug 27, 2013 19:46:14 GMT -5
I strongly favour Spinosaurus here, due to its large size advantage.
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Post by Cr1TiKaL on Aug 28, 2013 7:41:06 GMT -5
I agree
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Post by Dinopithecus on Sept 19, 2013 16:11:35 GMT -5
Elasmotherium is I think 4 tonnes while Spinosaurus is at least 11 tonnes. Hmmm, difficult decision.
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Post by Godzillasaurus on Oct 11, 2013 13:25:09 GMT -5
I might actually give this to the rhino. I used to be a huge spino fanboy, but those times have changed. It is still my favorite prehistoric animal, but it simply was not very well designed for killing big, low, and powerful animals like elasmotherium. Why did I vote for spinosaurus against diplodocus, but not something so much smaller? Because by bending down to bite the rhino, the theropod puts itself in immediate danger, exposing its neck and chest. Against a larger animal, like diplodocus, it can easily kill the sauropod by biting its neck, while avoiding its opponent's primary line of defense (tail). The thin jaws of the theropod would not be enough to cripple the rhino. Spinosaurus would be much better off biting the neck and dorsum of a much thinner-bodied animal as opposed to something so stout.
This is also the reason why I would favor sarcosuchus or deinosuchus over spinosaurus; the spinosaurus could not do a lot of damage to its opponent with its thin jaws (thin as in compared to most other large theropods) and would have to bend over and put itself at risk.
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Post by rhino on Oct 24, 2013 1:36:03 GMT -5
I agree. Spinosaurus is just too slow to avoid the rhino's main defense mechanism.
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Post by Cr1TiKaL on Oct 24, 2013 12:17:36 GMT -5
But the spinosaurus is so much larger and can just knock the rhino over.
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Post by rhino on Oct 26, 2013 4:24:49 GMT -5
true but the rhino is much lower to the ground and more stable.
If anything, the spinosaurus (or any other theropod) is more vulnerable to tripping.
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Post by Dinopithecus on Oct 26, 2013 5:26:26 GMT -5
The stability argument again...........theropods in absolute terms are very stable. Add to that, the spinosaurid can be at least almost 3x heavier than the perissodactyl. If that is the case, then the rhino is VERY susceptible to getting knocked over by the larger animal.
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Post by rhino on Oct 28, 2013 2:37:13 GMT -5
i meant to say it is less stable than the rhino which is true.
I don't doubt spinosaurus can kill the rhino. It's just more likely that the other way around happens IMO for reasons G saurus mentioned.
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Post by Dinopithecus on Oct 28, 2013 16:57:18 GMT -5
I honestly think the other way around. I mean, Spinosaurus is so much larger.
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Post by Godzillasaurus on Oct 28, 2013 20:35:06 GMT -5
I honestly think the other way around. I mean, Spinosaurus is so much larger. Yes, it was. But I would actually find it risky for an animal like spinosaurus (whose muscular ridge hinders its movement) to have to bend over to attack a thick-bodied animal armed with a huge horn. I don't know much about prehistoric rhinos, but I wouldn't expose myself to its horn in any way.
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Post by rhino on Oct 28, 2013 23:07:11 GMT -5
Exactly, that's my point.
Off topic question if no one minds: Hey Ryan, do you plan to see the new godzilla movie coming out next year?
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