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Ah, sparking an old debate. 

Casts of forelimb elements of the Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Acrocanthosaurus atokensis were manually manipulated to determine range of motion and infer function. It was found that the humerus can swing posteriorly into a horizontal position but can neither swing laterally to glenoid height nor anteriorly much beyond the glenoid. The forearm can approach but not achieve full extension and right-angle flexion. Pronation and supination are precluded by immobility of the radius relative to the ulna. Motion also seems to be restricted at the wrist. The palm faces medially, and digital movement is subtransverse. All three digits are capable of extreme hyper-extension. Digits I and II converge during flexion. Only digit III can be abducted or adducted. The limited anterior range of brachial motion infers that Acrocanthosaurus first apprehended prey orally, using the forelimb afterwards to secure its grip or deliver fatal blows. Acrocanthosaurus could only manually grasp prey that was beneath its chest, towards which it may have used its mouth to move prey. Struggling prey would have impaled itself further upon the permanently and strongly flexed first ungual. The range of motion in the forelimb of Acrocanthosaurus resembles that of Herrerasaurus and Dilophosaurus, and exceeds that of Tyrannosaurus. Acrocanthosaurus exhibits a greater manual range of motion than ornithomimid and deinonychosaurian coelurosaurs, but less at the shoulder and elbow. Coelurosaurian theropods exhibit reduced digital flexion and hyper-extension, which suggests a change in the use of the manus in coelurosaurs.

so it's almost certain that carnosaurs such as acrocanthosaurus used its for more powerful arms for more then tyrannosaurids such as tyrannosaurus. 

The dinosaur is a megalodon, a giant prehistoric shark that is bigger than the Mosasaurus, but on Nublar, Blue has bred more raptors and they are being shipped to the park to fight the raptors on the island already and a Spinosaurus from Sorna is being shipped.

I would say the real Dilo would win, even thinking about it maybe the JP Dilo would be too scared to challenge a predator larger than its size.

But all monster movies, especially giants, have psuedo-science applied as backstories to their origins. The over-the-top theroies in Jurassic World are no more plausible in a fictional world than others. And while characters in these movies may regard them as animals, the movies frame them as characters. In the original movie, the Velociraptors, and the way the camera shot their scenes, the way John Williams underscored them and the way they were treated by the film's director (Spielberg), were villains-- Antagonists we were rooting for the main characters to overcome.

The same can be said for the Indominus Rex. The creature has even more anthropomorphic characteristics and monster-movie qualities than the original Raptors. "Killing for sport," tricking its captors into thinking it's already escaped, clawing out its implant, etc. Owen claims this thing, "isn't a dinosaur." And he's right. The movie basically reached out and said it's not a dinosaur. It's a movie monster. And this movie monster is defeated by the film's movie monster "heroes" in the end: T-Rex and the Raptor framed as heroes, not as animals.

As much as fans can try to spin it, Jurassic World has less to do with logic, science and even dinosaurs and more to do with having fun with movie monsters. It's a Godzilla/King Kong movie in disguise.

Predator X/Pliosaurus

I think in some aspects, the Jurassic Park / World franchises will always be considered a monster movie. What separates it from other monster movies is the attention to detail concerning backstories and how exactly these "monsters" came to be. Most of the time they are regarded as animals, which is awesome to see. 

Liopleurodon!

8-14 days for me.

I say the real dilo wins, it could possibly take a shot from the JP version because it is just so much larger and one bite would devastate the smaller version. But I'm not sure how the dilo will react to the frill. It is possible that it will panic and the JP dilo will spit venom at its distressed adversarys face and defeat it. 

Thanks for enjoying the topic, and that video truly shows the awesomeness of penguins.

I'm just going to leave this here.

Penguins

Great topic!

4-7 days how lucky at least i survive long enought to maybe be rescued :-)

Thanks!

Nice, very good.

That's actually a good idea. 

I'm not sure about that. It'd have to be a PERFECT shot to actually kill it. Screw up, and it's not dead, it's just pissed off beyond imagination. Large carnivores in general are tough. .50 BMG FMJ rounds would most likely have the penetration and do the job, but again, it'd have to be perfect shot placement. Ideal situations for the perfect shot rarely present themselves, and when they do, it's maybe two seconds. 

That's excellent to hear! I hope you enjoy learning about other creatures like I do!

Excellent job sir- 

It was informative and fun to read. Makes me want to go learn more about other creatures I never took interest in. Which, I'll do right now.

:) 

I would definitely go with the JP Logos and paint scheme but in Silver and metallic Blue. Jurrasic World Colors Jurrasic Park Theme.

As for ammo Slugs would be ideal, the kinetic energy would drop a t-rex with a well placed head shot.

Welp I only got 4 to 7 days...I don't know too much about nutrition. I mean...I would stay away from the park area because of what's lurking in there. But hey, I survive at least a week. xD

And that was what I was trying to accomplish!

To be honest I never saw penguins as interesting creatures, but after this, I'm glad to have a new perspective on them. 

Pretty nice information. 

Sorry Indominus, but Godzilla wins here, no contest! He's just to big and powerful!

Cool! If they needed a little traction, that claw will certainly do the trick.

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Article has also been updated, made a little mistake, penguin were around before the END of the Cretaceous period, not before the Creatceous period, there is after all, a big difference!

THEDINOSAURMAN: Unfortunately i have no images to post here, please let us know if you found out anything.

SCI-FI KING25: I didnt know that, thanks much :)

SOMETHING REAL: the pleasure is mine. :)

I was missing the waffles     :''> 

Yes I posted it before the show was aired, here the link :

T.REX AUTOPSY: A BLOODY SHOW.

I knwo what the guys are talking about stop to watch it, I got the same feeling but then I was like.. meh. I want to enjoy it and I´ll focus int he worthy part. 

I think here is so many ppl complaining about to much CGI, and Im aware they could make the same show with a voice in off and a 3D computer model . but at the end- what is cooler than sintetics that you can touch and cut, more if you can cut it with a  chainsaw!

So if you avoid the cheesy part in your mind, you will enjoy it as much as I did it, it was like 2 hours of fun.

Yeah, I knew only 2 lived in Antartica. I did read about how probably it is Penguins might of evolved from tha creature, though some things don't support it.

Nice job!!! :)

When you mentioned penguin evolution, I immediately thought of Hesperornis.

Did you know that only 2* out of 17 species of penguin live in Antarctica? The Emperor and Adelie.

*= The Macaroni penguin species has one nesting colony on the Antarctic Peninsula, but the rest of the species lives in the area surrounding it.

And yes, I did know that some penguins live in South Africa, the southern tip of South America, and New Zeland, plus the islands surrounding Antarctica.

Thanks again! :)

RAPTOR-401 - You succeeded with flying colors! :)

Thank you! I did try to make everything well-informed and fun to read, I hope i accomplished in doing so.

RAPTOR-401 - Aww, penguins! This was actually a very neat and interesting post! I very much liked the intellegent and fun manner in which you presented all of the information you included! Thank you for this extremely compelling and entertaining topic! :)

Hm. This was pretty interesting.

Welcome back BTW Carnosaur! :)

CARNOSAUR - Greetings! It is so very good to see you again! The information you have presented is exceptionally compelling! To find tracks so numerous and well-preserved is a paleontological jackpot - definately news-worthy! Thank you ever so much for taking the time to share this with us and, once again, it is extremely good to see you after so long a break! :)

8-14 days!

Cool find. 

Good to see you again Carno. 

Yeah, the "old" members are still around. Got some new faces around here too. 

I'll PM it to you shortly.

Yeah, that's good to hear. For the most part, yes its been active here.