Re: [dinosaur] Utahraptor attacking Gastonia

[Jaime Headden <jaimeheadden@gmail.com>]

As with modern predators today, it's likely that most animals would
serve a potential meal for most larger predators. Young lions will
attack porcupines, crocs will attempt to crush tortoises, etc. Some
more successfully than others! And if you wonder if they would
succeed, the health of the Gastonia or Utahraptor in question likely
affects the answer more than "would they ever encounter each other?"

On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 11:29 PM Poekilopleuron
<dinosaurtom2015@seznam.cz> wrote:
>
> Good day!
>
> I would like to ask if it seems reasonable to you that a giant dromaeosaurid 
> Utahraptor ostrommaysi could be attempting to attack an adult Gastonia burgei 
> individual despite the presence of a tough body armour (as it is often 
> depicted)? Is it plausible and are there any modern analogues of this 
> hypothetical situation (albeit on a smaller scale)? Thank you for your 
> thoughts. Tom



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