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The thing, with dinosaurs, and well any creature, dead or alive, Theres always a reason it would evolve souch things, Feathers, would be developed for "Pups" (That was what we were calling Tyranasaur young, correct?) To protect them from harsh elements until they were old enough to molt and their hearts could produce enough heat to sustain itslef... They Might, jsut might have in more northern regions, (IE china where all these feathered creatuers keep coming from) Developed them for mating and a little for warmth, while in warmer climates, they would change colour to show dominance... 

Bloody Paleontoligists and they're therioes... Tsk, Chickens... all im seeing...

thanks guys! this is probably gonna come in handy for future fights...also, i decided to replace skorpiovenator with something else...this would be the third time in round 1 an abelisaur made an appearance..any good matchups for utahraptor?

Brachosaurus was not the tallest.

Also, Seismosaurus turned out to be a larger-than-usual Diplodocus. Some 30m long, not 50m.

A lot of you are forgetting that alligators are about as intelligent as dogs...

i'm totally not agree ! Brachiosaurus Is The tallest creature ever exists but theres another sauropod that catches my eyes and it is the Seismosaurus ! it is the longest creature ever exist because the adult can streched for almost about 53 meters long !

Even as a Spino fan, I would have to say it would win 5/10 times. Most of Spiny's wins would consist of intimidating its opponent into forfeiting.

With neural spines nearly 6 ft high, it's gonna be big.

A hump doesn't have to be big and thick like in that photo you posted, the structure probably would've been about a foot or two wide.

Also, skin can still grow over the hump, which would give all the benefits of a sail.

Haha, nice. Here's a few more...

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You never know. They could have been that smart. For all we know, they could have been smarter than humans, but could only understand each other, so there would be no inter species communication. Resources could have been too heavy for Dromeasaurs, but large theropods couldn't understand what the Dromeasaurs wanted to do, and neither could herbivores. The large theropods could lift the heavy objects, but their arms prevented them from doing anything with it. 

I doubt any of that is possible, but don't underestimate their intelligence.

Feathers done wrong:

Feathers done right:

Isn't this adorable?

Chimp intelligence? No.

Large theropods where undeniably smart by Dinosaur standards, but I'd say intelligence wise they're comparable to a crocodile or maybe an Emu or Ostritch. 

Smaller Theropods probably could have approached bird level, some basic problem solving, semi-complex communication ect.

Herbivores probably weren't dumb, but I'd say cow level at best.

I'm not trying to "destroy" your idea, but you may be giving them a little too much credit, as much as it pains me to say, they're still primitive animals by modern standards.

Small ones like Guanlong and Dilong certainly had feathers. Really large ones like T-rex and Tarbosaurus probably had them as juveniles and lost them when they reached adulthood. Adult tyrannosaurs(large species) may have had a few on the arms, head, and/or tail, but not a ton. Some from the north(Gorgosaurus or Albertosaurus for example) may have had some for insulation, but it's hard to say for any real certainty.

Overall I agree with all the comments.

Wow Spino Rex. This may be the first thing we've agreed on, haha.

Good fight. Rooting for Lythronax as well.

Your fights are pretty good overall. The only thing I can think of is making them a little longer. But you write pretty good fights already.

Good fight and I have already read that fight and Lythronax wins. Yeah!!!!

I agree with the theory with the spine/hump theory, and also if you look at a camel it doesn't have bones to help form the hump,  and the hump probably wouldn't be that big to need the bones to keep the hump upright.

Nice job, I was also rooting for Lythronax.

thanks! what is some stuff you think i can improve on?

Good fight. I was rooting for Lythronax. Good job. 

That is one mean looking chicken.

Young ones most likely had a covering of feathers, and the adults may have had a crest, but not like that.

Ive seen some sites that say it could have been a place for muscle storage, like acrocanthosaurus, maybe it had some at the base, but definately not the entire thing.

I see what you mean Alphadino... and I think that's what RexFan wanted to explain by skin menbranes.

I agree with the sail.  

As well, the neural spines are grouped too closely together for simple skin membranes to be placed between them.  The sail probably looked a lot like the one on the Spino from JP3, where there was skin, fat (however, not too much for the environment's humidity), and connective tissue covering the structure.  

Haha, it always amazes me how similar our thinking is! :D

I'll be sure to read what you post :)

Lex- Movie(sorry to give this away for anyone reading the book), but Lex was such a brat in the book, haha.

Tim- Hard to say. Pretty close. I'll say book.

You beat me on this mainly because I never post my own theories/thoughts. That'll change though! ;)

And 20MPH is good to me.

That's pretty close to what I think. Shocker, haha

As you two, I consider dinosaurs were pretty smart reptiles.

That's how I put it, entirely based on brain-body size ratio:

Sauropods and Tyrephora: as smart as the dumbest cow;

Ceratopsians and Hadrosaurs: as smart as horses (sorry for being un-original, but I couldnt find any herbivore smarter han a cow, but not too smart);

Ordynary theropods: as smart as alligators/crocodiles;

Raptors: as smart as wolves;

Advanced big theropods: somewhere between.

I place Giga, Spino, and Rex in the same speed category. Anywhere between 15 and 25 mph.

I agree, and an apex predator (I think Spino could be described as one, it has the size), is going to be slower than a secondary predator. 20 MPH would be a good pace for any large theropod though.

Haha, I do always seem to beat you to it.

I agree they were smart, but I'm not sure about chimp smart.

Advanced herbivores like hadrosaurs and ceratopsians were probably pretty smart(for herbivores). Maybe as smart as alligators.

Allosaurus and other "average" theropods were probably at least as smart as alligators.

Tyrannosaurs and other advanced theropods were probably as smart as house cats.

Raptors and troodonts were about as smart as lions or wolves.

That's how I break them down at least.

Completely agree, good points RexFan (next time I'll have almost the same theories as someone else, I'll post'em myself, haha)

I agree with the sail too.

As far as speed goes, I meant relatively speaking. We really don't know how fast Spinosaurus was. But being that it weighed at least 4 tons(5-8 for me), I don't think Spinosaurus was a speed demon like Albertosaurus or Deltadromeus.

But not the slow 20mph part

I agree with the sail

Don't we all. Seriously though, welcome back.

I love that villain saying