| Most predation in the modern world is on juveniles and is adults, anyway. And Iâm the Mesozoic, when the largest land animals had large numbers of comparatively small offspring, this was likely even more true.
I second Tomâs thoughts, and I will add that any bite by a large robust tyrannosaur to the vertebral column of a juvenile Alamosaurus would be devastating. Pneumaticity is great... until it isnât.
Cheers,
âMBH Sent from my Cybernetic Symbiote On Jun 30, 2019, at 3:40 AM, Thomas Richard Holtz < tholtz@umd.edu> wrote: What Mike says is true for adults.
But given that most dinosaurs spent most of their life cycle as not-fully-grown, how to kill a younger Alamosaurus? Neck bites would be the quick way, particularly with the bone-crushing strength of a T. rex bite. Also, a disabling bite to the thigh or a massive bite on the abdomen might do the job. The chances of anything successfully attacking a healthy adult Alamosaurus are basically zero. It wouldnât even be a fight, it would be a homicide.
To put it in perspective, if the Alamosaurus clipped the tyrannosaur with even just a small neck or tail strike, it would be like hitting someone in the head with a hammer that weighs as much as the person you hit. Think splatter and shrapnel.
Cheers,
âMBH
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> On Jun 29, 2019, at 10:49 PM, Poekilopleuron <dinosaurtom2015@seznam.cz> wrote:
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> Good day! I was wondering, how could possibly adult Tyrannosaurus attack and take down giant adult Alamosaurus? What would be its best attack technique and hunting strategy? I suppose it would very different from the strategy of hunting edmontosaurus or triceratops in the "northern" territories. Any thoughts? Thank you in advance, Tom
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