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No, I dont think so...

Why Not? Lets do it

Great chapter and don't worry you got every thing in the right order.

I love the part where she doesn't understand why they stopped moving. XD

Look, Spinosaurus was undeniably a powerful animal, just look at it's sheer size, but the "debate" has always been centered around whether Spinosaurus had the ability to take down large game & the evidence does point towards Carcharodontosaurus simply being better suited for tackling large sauropods and the like. Spinosaurus was huge & powerful, but it was also a fairly slim and gracile animal. It's jaws might be able to withstand twisting and pressure but one look at it's teeth is, in my opinion, proof that this animal was not hunting and killing large prey items. Recurved teeth only exist, with maybe 1 or 2 exceptions, in land predators for the simple reason that teeth that curve backwards are useful for holding onto and tearing at prey that is trying to get away. Spinosaurus has the conical teeth of a crocodile, this doesn't mean it had a weak bite, but it means that it was built for primarily catching smaller, aquatic prey. Robustness of jaws is only one factor of an animals diet. Spinosaurus simply was not designed to be a big game hunter, Allosaurs like Carcharodontosaurus where, that's simply the facts based on the evidence we have.

Nice. Can't think of any fights at the moment. Has Spino vs Carchar been done before (I'm not sure, but it seems like an obvious fight to do)?

Correction...

*What do you wish to see from FBR this year?

Thanks guys.

I'm not just rooting for them. I do think they'll win ;)

i figured cerato and tarasco because they're some of your favorites :) round two is gonna have the same animals fight..i think with the exception of a couple. Should make it interesting..that Dilo was the one that fought the carnotaurus if any of ya caught it ;)

Good fight. I was rooting for Labocania.

I'll say...

Utahraptor

Suchomimus

Tarascosaurus

Megalosaurus

Ceratosaurus

Gorgosaurus

Same as MrHappy's, haha

it's up now :)

Thanks. I enjoy writing them.

cool, can't wait! i like it all so far. you do a good job writing these

Chapter 19, tomorrow is chapter 10 (and part 1 of the 1993 events), so depends on your definition of shortly.

 i knew that would happen eventually :( is it soon?

Speaking of cliffhangers, I've got one in Thorn's Life that you will hate me for.

If that's the case then that would be awesome!

I'm going to say Utah, Sucho, Tara, Mega, Cerato, and Gorgo.

Used the cliff hanger idea;) 

Round 2 schedule:

Cryolophosaurus vs Utahraptor

Becklespinax vs Suchomimus

Nothronychus vs Tarascosaurus

Megalosaurus vs Carnotaurus

Ceratosaurus vs Sinraptor

Gorgosaurus vs Labocania

Good fight. I was rooting for the Labocania, and I can't wait to see what was going to the fight scene.

I can't find Chapter Uno, so I'm guessing it's on Isla Sorna. Si, I will be doing an I.S.S. Chapter Dos soon (or at least try to). This REALLY reminds me of my story. Aaaaaaand I just gave away the secret dinosaur. Great. Gracias for inspiring me back into I.S.S.

Godzillasaurus look its good to have your own opinion but when do go off facts thats how it works trust me I was given a hard time with my topic Rex Killer they got and found more facts of NanoTyrannus.

Great fight PFG cant wait to see tomorrows.

This is really good MrHappy.

This reminds of my topic of NanoTyrannus.

you'll like JW. plenty of good posts(usually). as far as this goes....i'd like Carnotaurus, even though it's unlikely..

Here's a crazy idea! How about we all just drop it! Godzillasaurus, you're opinion/theory is yours and you can't force it upon other people. PFG, I'm on your side, but you aren't getting through to him. It's a debate about an animal that has been extinct for 100 million years! There are no true answeres! There are only theories/opinions. So just drop the whole damn arguement! NOW!

Sorry to all those that aren't the problem. This does not apply to you. You know who you are.

Two things.

Why didn't you post this on JW?

Most of us on JW think it will be Troodon or an Allosaur as secondary predator with T-Rex being the main one.

T.Rex/Utahraptor/Argentinosaurus

Can you imagine the possible size and power of this thing?!

Did somebody mention me? XD

Oh, and while the Bulldog/Husky comparison is pretty good, i think that the Rottweiler/Great Dane comparison is a bit more accurate. :)

good chapter, can't wait for the next

Great chapter and I'm okay with him being young.

I'm good with that.

I had forgottan about that when I posted. Rexy is big, as was stated, and Spino had a rather thin neck. I forget if I had wrote it and plan ed on saying it was full grown or not, but remember, Rexy is 20 and was released into her paddock at 14, so the Spunosaurus could have been young, so let's go with that.

I can already smell the Spino/Rex debate coming, but otherwise it was, yet again, a great chapter

yeah, the predator were used to be horizontal, they only vertical when they scout their prey, and sized up their competators, they need to be horizontal so they can be more aerodynamics when they chased their prey down.

Or, Plan C, T-Rex Faster and sleeker Cousins, The Gorgosaurus, shown of the WWD The 3D movie, this predator is the main antagonist character, NO, Stick With Plan B.

Alright then ! Plan B, Congratulation Dinosteve and Deltadromeus, you've got another guy in the pack, I'm also Utahraptor.

How theropod dinosaur skulls experience stress and strain during the application of adductor muscle loads provides a unique insight into their feeding behaviour andprinciples of skeletal construction and scaling. Of particular interest are unusual cranial morphologies, such as those seenin the spinosaurid theropods,Baryonyx walkeri,Suchomimus tenerensis,Irritator challengeri and Spinosaurus aegyptiacus.This study uses the engineering technique ï¬nite elementanalysis to reconstruct feeding-related stress and strain in the skulls of seven theropod dinosaurs: ï¬ve non-neotetanurans( Afrovenator ,Dubreuillosaurus,Monolophosaurus,Spinosaurus and Suchomimus) and two basal neotetanurans ( Acrocanthosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus). Two-dimensional ï¬nite ele-ment models are created, and simulated adductor muscle loads are applied in proportion to the lateral surface area of the skull, thereby removing the influence of size and testingthe efï¬ciency of shape at resisting relative loads. Results show a signiï¬cant size-related trend, with large taxa experiencinggreater stresses than smaller taxa. Whilst Suchomimus scaleswith other theropods,Spinosaurusis a notable outlier andexperiences much higher magnitudes of cranial stress thanwould be predicted. It may be that when realistic loadingparameters are considered, larger theropods mitigate poten-tial cranial weakness through concomitant scaling of adduc-tor muscle and bite force or through modiï¬cations tofeeding ecology, especially in taxa such asSpinosaurus. Giventhe 2D nature of these models, results and interpretationsshould be treated with caution, and are at best consideredpredictors of biomechanical performance and feeding ecol-ogy, to be tested in the future with more appropriate 3D finite element models.

Thats just the abstract portion.