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Post by Venomous Dragon on Feb 20, 2012 21:48:26 GMT -5
^ It's faster than the Komodo. O'rrly? please direct me to the time machine you took to the past to measure Its speed.
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Post by Tyrannosaurus on Feb 20, 2012 21:52:07 GMT -5
It's obviously faster, due to it's erect posture and warm-blooded metabolism. 12 mph in short bursts doesn't set the bar high.
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Post by Ultimategrid on Feb 20, 2012 21:56:57 GMT -5
It's obviously faster, due to it's erect posture and warm-blooded metabolism. 12 mph in short bursts doesn't set the bar high. Yet Perenties can outrun rabbits, and a crocodile monitor can chase down tree kangaroos. Just because they're warm blooded doesn't mean they're fast.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Feb 20, 2012 21:58:32 GMT -5
It's obviously faster, due to it's erect posture and warm-blooded metabolism. 12 mph in short bursts doesn't set the bar high. Thats the problem Dinos (and other long extinct animals), very little is fact and until it becomes fact i will always treat it as theory.
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Post by Tyrannosaurus on Feb 20, 2012 22:06:34 GMT -5
You honestly think a Komodo is faster than a Protoceratops? Silly reptile fans. Cite an instance of a Perentie outrunning a rabbit. Rabbits are 15mph faster than Perenties.
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Post by Super Communist on Feb 20, 2012 22:21:27 GMT -5
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Feb 20, 2012 22:28:49 GMT -5
You honestly think a Komodo is faster than a Protoceratops? Silly reptile fans. Cite an instance of a Perentie outrunning a rabbit. Rabbits are 15mph faster than Perenties. I never said thats what I think, Im saying that you cant and never will prove that protoceratops is faster. Rabbits are common prey item for perenties, Its believed (last time i checked) that they are able to catch them because they have superior stamina in arid land scapes than rabbits do. You should look into perenties truly fasinating animals, They have been observed hunting seagulls by using cars as cover.
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Post by Anomonyous on Feb 21, 2012 17:08:01 GMT -5
According to the species profile, crocodile monitors are thought to have respiratory systems that allow for mammal-like endurance. Deinonychus was not actually particularly fast, according to Thomas Holtz.
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Post by Tyrannosaurus on Feb 21, 2012 17:51:54 GMT -5
It was faster than 12 mph!
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Post by Taurus on Feb 21, 2012 17:59:55 GMT -5
... whatever. You're biased. Protoceratops > Komodo Dragon. Based on what exactly? Komodo dragons are known to run circles around deer, which are pretty damn fast animals. A Protoceratops may be faster running in a straight line, but are you honestly saying that it is more agile than a komodo dragon? Based on what evidence that a komodo can run around a deer? That if you were talking about that injured samber deer then sure a komodo can run around an already injured samber deer.
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Post by Venomous Dragon on Feb 21, 2012 19:13:47 GMT -5
Based on what exactly? Komodo dragons are known to run circles around deer, which are pretty damn fast animals. A Protoceratops may be faster running in a straight line, but are you honestly saying that it is more agile than a komodo dragon? Based on what evidence that a komodo can run around a deer? That if you were talking about that injured samber deer then sure a komodo can run around an already injured samber deer. When Komodos "run circles" around deer Its deer that they have already amushed and injured....So I agree but deer are very Fast and agile even amoung mammals.
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Post by Canid Cetus Aves on Feb 21, 2012 20:59:31 GMT -5
The only way I can see a Komodo Dragon winning here is if it's freakishly large. Like the 350lb specimen. Otherwise the Raptor has better weapons, and it was most probably smarter.
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Post by jumbo1 on Jul 23, 2012 9:31:06 GMT -5
Battle between the 2 most overrated animals on this forum. For once, Deinon would win. It's likely faster than the komodo and has more weapons.
Anom is also right in that Deinon wasn't a speed demon.
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Post by Anomonyous on Jul 23, 2012 13:49:23 GMT -5
Otherwise the Raptor has better weapons, and it was most probably smarter. Komodo dragons are some rather intelligent lizards if I recall. Deinonychus is no dummy either but it's not JP.
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Post by Cr1TiKaL on Oct 2, 2013 15:04:21 GMT -5
I'm going to go with the komodo, if there is one present day land dwelling carnivore capable of competing with a dromeosaur, it's a komodo. It's low to the ground, and therefore has great stability, it has enough durability to survive the wild slashes of the Deinonychus' claws, and has equally powerful weapons itself. I see a deinonychus getting too close, getting knocked down by the komodo's tail, and then finished off. It's low on the ground, but the Deinonychus can also kick with it's feet, which has those foot claws armed with it. If the Deinonychus manages to slice the Komodo Dragon's neck with that claw, it's in a lot of trouble. Also it's got a lot of claws on it's hands and it can slash the Komodo Dragon with those claws. A Komodo Dragon is also nowhere near as fast as a Deinonychus. The Deinonychus would keep moving backwards away from the Komodo and then it will slash the Komodo Dragon and rip it into ribbons. As for this fight, the deinonychus might die later from venom but in the end it wins. Deinonychus 70/30.
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