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Greatest predator, or greatest predator?
>> Anonymous
they recently discovered most dinos, including the t-rex had a coat of short feathers.

The more you know...
>> Anonymous
Greatest predator.
>> Anonymous
>Greatest scavenger, or greatest scavenger?

fix'd
>> Anonymous
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WUT?
>> Anonymous
>>233072
lol, theories.
>> Anonymous
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Superior.
>> Anonymous
>>233072
Go back to bed Jack Horner.
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>>233078
Magical Liopleurodon disagrees.
>> Anonymous
>>233052
excuse me wtf r u dong?
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A CHALLENGER APPEARS
>> Spinosaurus
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Hey guys, I hear you are having a contest on Greatest Predator?
>> Anonymous
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Greatest predator, or greatest predator?
>> Anonymous
>>233079
fuck you, im not tired!
>> Anonymous
>>233734
its not a competition greatest fish eater over glorified and misportrayed in a movie.
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>>233734
So I heard.
>> Anonymous
I think we all know what the greatest predator is.
>> BitterAnon !!WJLRQ1cwCyZ
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>>233740
Greatest predator: a fishing cat named Biscuit.
>> Anonymous
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nothing can defeat.

TANK CRAB
>> Anonymous
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MAN
>> Poster Parent !!US5cDeFhONO
>>233737
It still is a predator.
>> Anonymous
>>233746
haha holy fuck, what is this from?
>> Poster Parent !!US5cDeFhONO
>>233763
Ask in /co/. I think it was from some Punisher comic, but I'm not sure.
>> lawli !oIJyAN.1Gw
>>233052

http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/dinosaurcontroversies/a/trexhunter.htm
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>>233746
>> Hyper Cutter !XQ6W0CNp/o
I never understood why there even *was* a controversy about how T-rex fed. After all, most carnivores hunt *and* scavenge ( I once heard it put "predators scavenge when they can and hunt when they must")...
>> Anonymous
>>233830
that would be the "hunter" model: scavenge whenever possible, but still hunt. i think the idea behind the "scavenger" model is that t. rex was a specialized scavenger, using its large size to chase away other predators and unable to kill anything unless it was almost dead already or it chanced to come within range of the jaws and was too small to put up a fight. they point to its jaws, which are built for crushing rather than slicing (like giganotosaurus), its tiny arms which would have been useless in hunting, and attempts to determine its top speed which have indicated that it couldn't run very fast.

i can see where the scavenger camp is coming from, but i am unconvinced. none of today's scavengers work that way. really the only exclusive scavengers we have are vultures. jackals, coyotes, and the smaller hyena species do a lot of scavenging but can also hunt, even if it's mostly small game. they also share the ecosystem with predators much larger than themselves, whereas t. rex was the biggest in its ecosystem (even larger than most potential prey items). i remain dubious about the running speed argument until i see estimates for the speed of possible prey species.
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greatest predator
>> Anonymous
>>234378
only the greatest of hunters hunt the greatest of THAT predator