Post by burrunjor on Apr 24, 2023 12:51:16 GMT
List the strongest and most dangerous animals, with the most impressive feats here.
I'll start with my all time favourite. Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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Sadly the king of the Dinosaurs reputation has taken something of a bashing in the last few years thanks to one man. Jack Horner, a vindictive Paleontologist who for some reason by his own admission despises Tyrannosaurus. He's tried to undermine it in every way and as he was the consultant on the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies, then his opinions have influenced directors to make the T. rex into a pussy in those films, which being the most mainstream and popular Dino movies have in turn influenced the general public's perception of the animal to some extent.
The only three Horner wasn't able to influence as much, by sheer coincidence I'm sure, are the only movies in the JP series, where the T. rex is shown some respect. the first two Jurassic Park movies, and Fallen Kingdom respectively. In the first two, Steven Spielberg was the director and he knew enough about Dinos not to take Horner on his word for everything, whilst Horner didn't work on Fallen Kingdom. However Horner was back on Dominion and what do you know, the Rex goes back to being a total pussy like in 3 and 4 in that film.
Still JP's attempt to undermine the king of the Dinosaurs hasn't fooled those who know the facts.
To start with Tyrannosaurus Rex was the largest meat eating Dinosaur and the largest land based predator of all time. For a while it was thought that some of the others like Spinosaurus might have been bigger, but the most recent up to date estimates show that it was the biggest at over 10 tons in weight, 18 feet tall and over 40 feet long.
It also had the strongest bite force of any Dinosaur and any land based animal, though there are different estimates of just how hard it could bite. According to the 2005 docu, the Truth About Killer Dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus could bite with a force of over 4 tons, that's about the same as 8 small cars smashing into you at once. With a bite this strong, Tyrannosaurus' skull, and therefore its entire skeleton would have had to have been stronger than reinforced steel, and that's just its bone! Add the thick muscles over that and the thick scaly skin over that, it's safe to say it would have been built like a tank.
A bite this strong would have easily enabled Tyrannosaurus to crush a car in its jaws no problem.
Subsequent studies however have shown that the Tyrannosaurus Rex probably had an even greater bite than this. The most accepted estimate is about 6 tons, but one study for the 2009 docu Dinos vs Mammals suggested it had a bite force of over 9 tons.
Finally another study by Mason B Meers suggested that Tyrannosaurus may have even had a bite force of up to 23 tons, which if true would give it the biggest bite force of all time, even above the mighty Megalodon.
Even the lowest estimates for Tyrannosaurus' bite force still put it ahead of any other land animal, and within the top 5 greatest bites in the history of the planet. Also on top of that, whilst its bite force may not have been the strongest, it could exert more power behind its teeth than any other animal. The difference between that and biting is like the difference between grabbing onto something and then squeezing it in your hand, with the bite force, being the initial grab, and the power behind the teeth being like squeezing it in your hands.
According to Gregory Erikson's estimates. Tyrannosaurus could exert over 431000 pounds of pressure behind its teeth. This would have been enough to crush its victims bones completely. It's teeth were also both the longest and thickest of any meat eating Dinosaur. Bob Bakker an expert on meat eating Dinosaurs, said that comparing the teeth of T. rex with other meat eating Dinosaurs, was like comparing bullets to steak knives!
Aside from its big bite however, Tyrannosaurus was also an incredibly durable animal. Tyrannosaurus skeletons have been found with bite marks made by other members of their kind that show they were incredibly aggressive and fought with one another regularly. Many of the injuries they inflicted on each other meanwhile would have killed other even giant animals. One Tyrannosaurus had bite marks in its brain case that had healed, whilst another had a broken neck that had managed to heal completely.
Other T. rex's meanwhile have received injuries from their prey, such as Anklyosaurs and Triceratops that again would have killed or crippled even other giant Dinosaurs. Examples of this include a Triceratops stabbing its horn through a Tyrannosaurs leg, Anklyosaur clubs smashing their ribs, all of which again have healed.
As if that wasn't enough Tyrannosaurus also had possibly the sharpest vision of any animal ever to live on the planet, as well as the sharpest sense of smell, and a refined and advanced form of hearing too. It was also finally extremely intelligent too.
In fact it is believed that Tyrannosaurus' intelligence may have even rivalled that of some primates, such as Baboons. At the very least it was the smartest of all the giant Dinosaurs, with only a very few smaller species and some modern day birds like Crows exceeding it.
On top of all this, Tyrannosaurus was the apex predator in its environment too, which included some of the toughest Dinosaurs around, such as Triceratops, Anklyosaurus etc. Unlike other giant plant eating Dinosaurs who simply used their size to scare of predators, these guys were built to fight! Though even then Tyrannosaurus would have hunted other giant sauropods such as Alamosaurus.
The dynasty of the Tyrannosaurs meanwhile was also impressive. They belonged to the Coleosaurs, a group of small meat eating Dinosaurs, who in the Jurassic split up into several different groups. Some of them climbed the trees and became birds, some stayed on the ground and became small specialised killers like the Dromeosaurs, whilst others started to kill their prey with their jaws, becoming the first Tyrannosaurs. Over the course of the Cretaceous, the Tyrannosaurs would grow larger, and eventually out compete and drive the existing giant meat eating Dinosaurs to extinction in any area they moved in. By the end of the Cretaceous they were the dominant giant meat eating Dinosaurs, having killed off almost all of their competition. Tyrannosaurus Rex itself was the last of the Tyrannosaurs and it was only driven to extinction by that asteroid that killed off all other non avian Dinosaurs.
Overall Tyrannosaurus Rex was bigger, stronger, smarter than any other giant meat eating Dinosaur (who were the strongest and largest land based predators this world has ever seen.) It dominated a world filled with some of the strongest giant Dinosaurs who were built to fight, it may have had the greatest biting power of any animal, it was smarter than a chimp, it was the last in a dynasty of meat eaters who had started out as small predators, but eventually outcompeted and killed off the other giant killers, and finally it was killed off in the most badass way possible. A literal appocalypse from outer space.
If that doesn't qualify it as one of the most badass animals ever to live on the planet, I don't know what will?
I'll start with my all time favourite. Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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Sadly the king of the Dinosaurs reputation has taken something of a bashing in the last few years thanks to one man. Jack Horner, a vindictive Paleontologist who for some reason by his own admission despises Tyrannosaurus. He's tried to undermine it in every way and as he was the consultant on the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies, then his opinions have influenced directors to make the T. rex into a pussy in those films, which being the most mainstream and popular Dino movies have in turn influenced the general public's perception of the animal to some extent.
The only three Horner wasn't able to influence as much, by sheer coincidence I'm sure, are the only movies in the JP series, where the T. rex is shown some respect. the first two Jurassic Park movies, and Fallen Kingdom respectively. In the first two, Steven Spielberg was the director and he knew enough about Dinos not to take Horner on his word for everything, whilst Horner didn't work on Fallen Kingdom. However Horner was back on Dominion and what do you know, the Rex goes back to being a total pussy like in 3 and 4 in that film.
Still JP's attempt to undermine the king of the Dinosaurs hasn't fooled those who know the facts.
To start with Tyrannosaurus Rex was the largest meat eating Dinosaur and the largest land based predator of all time. For a while it was thought that some of the others like Spinosaurus might have been bigger, but the most recent up to date estimates show that it was the biggest at over 10 tons in weight, 18 feet tall and over 40 feet long.
It also had the strongest bite force of any Dinosaur and any land based animal, though there are different estimates of just how hard it could bite. According to the 2005 docu, the Truth About Killer Dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus could bite with a force of over 4 tons, that's about the same as 8 small cars smashing into you at once. With a bite this strong, Tyrannosaurus' skull, and therefore its entire skeleton would have had to have been stronger than reinforced steel, and that's just its bone! Add the thick muscles over that and the thick scaly skin over that, it's safe to say it would have been built like a tank.
A bite this strong would have easily enabled Tyrannosaurus to crush a car in its jaws no problem.
Subsequent studies however have shown that the Tyrannosaurus Rex probably had an even greater bite than this. The most accepted estimate is about 6 tons, but one study for the 2009 docu Dinos vs Mammals suggested it had a bite force of over 9 tons.
Finally another study by Mason B Meers suggested that Tyrannosaurus may have even had a bite force of up to 23 tons, which if true would give it the biggest bite force of all time, even above the mighty Megalodon.
Even the lowest estimates for Tyrannosaurus' bite force still put it ahead of any other land animal, and within the top 5 greatest bites in the history of the planet. Also on top of that, whilst its bite force may not have been the strongest, it could exert more power behind its teeth than any other animal. The difference between that and biting is like the difference between grabbing onto something and then squeezing it in your hand, with the bite force, being the initial grab, and the power behind the teeth being like squeezing it in your hands.
According to Gregory Erikson's estimates. Tyrannosaurus could exert over 431000 pounds of pressure behind its teeth. This would have been enough to crush its victims bones completely. It's teeth were also both the longest and thickest of any meat eating Dinosaur. Bob Bakker an expert on meat eating Dinosaurs, said that comparing the teeth of T. rex with other meat eating Dinosaurs, was like comparing bullets to steak knives!
Aside from its big bite however, Tyrannosaurus was also an incredibly durable animal. Tyrannosaurus skeletons have been found with bite marks made by other members of their kind that show they were incredibly aggressive and fought with one another regularly. Many of the injuries they inflicted on each other meanwhile would have killed other even giant animals. One Tyrannosaurus had bite marks in its brain case that had healed, whilst another had a broken neck that had managed to heal completely.
Other T. rex's meanwhile have received injuries from their prey, such as Anklyosaurs and Triceratops that again would have killed or crippled even other giant Dinosaurs. Examples of this include a Triceratops stabbing its horn through a Tyrannosaurs leg, Anklyosaur clubs smashing their ribs, all of which again have healed.
As if that wasn't enough Tyrannosaurus also had possibly the sharpest vision of any animal ever to live on the planet, as well as the sharpest sense of smell, and a refined and advanced form of hearing too. It was also finally extremely intelligent too.
In fact it is believed that Tyrannosaurus' intelligence may have even rivalled that of some primates, such as Baboons. At the very least it was the smartest of all the giant Dinosaurs, with only a very few smaller species and some modern day birds like Crows exceeding it.
On top of all this, Tyrannosaurus was the apex predator in its environment too, which included some of the toughest Dinosaurs around, such as Triceratops, Anklyosaurus etc. Unlike other giant plant eating Dinosaurs who simply used their size to scare of predators, these guys were built to fight! Though even then Tyrannosaurus would have hunted other giant sauropods such as Alamosaurus.
The dynasty of the Tyrannosaurs meanwhile was also impressive. They belonged to the Coleosaurs, a group of small meat eating Dinosaurs, who in the Jurassic split up into several different groups. Some of them climbed the trees and became birds, some stayed on the ground and became small specialised killers like the Dromeosaurs, whilst others started to kill their prey with their jaws, becoming the first Tyrannosaurs. Over the course of the Cretaceous, the Tyrannosaurs would grow larger, and eventually out compete and drive the existing giant meat eating Dinosaurs to extinction in any area they moved in. By the end of the Cretaceous they were the dominant giant meat eating Dinosaurs, having killed off almost all of their competition. Tyrannosaurus Rex itself was the last of the Tyrannosaurs and it was only driven to extinction by that asteroid that killed off all other non avian Dinosaurs.
Overall Tyrannosaurus Rex was bigger, stronger, smarter than any other giant meat eating Dinosaur (who were the strongest and largest land based predators this world has ever seen.) It dominated a world filled with some of the strongest giant Dinosaurs who were built to fight, it may have had the greatest biting power of any animal, it was smarter than a chimp, it was the last in a dynasty of meat eaters who had started out as small predators, but eventually outcompeted and killed off the other giant killers, and finally it was killed off in the most badass way possible. A literal appocalypse from outer space.
If that doesn't qualify it as one of the most badass animals ever to live on the planet, I don't know what will?
