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MemberCompsognathusJul-10-2013 10:24 PMI'm sharing my opinions about the size of Giga Spino and Rex amd xomparing them, in my opinion of course, so you don't have to agree with me. For me, size is in this formula, length+weight+hieght=size. I really don't think T. rex could get over 45 feet long. And that seems a but long for me, and so at 9 tons and 16-17 feet tall, its pretty big. Now take Spino, 60 feet long, 7-8 tons and 25 feet tall at the sail, 18 at the hips, also pretty big with the sail, in my mind, larger than T. rex. Without the sail, only at T. rex size. A 1-2 ton difference on a creature that large just doesn't make it as big, if we are sizing it down to T. rex, it is smaller. And Giganotosaurus, who is 45-50 feet long, around 8-9 tons, and up to 18-20 feet tall, is, in proportion smaller than T. rex, but seems to me larger, being as heavy in its size, and longer and taller. This is just my opinion and thoughts. Size: Spino, T. rex, Giga. But they are all very close.
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MemberTyrannosaurus RexJul-10-2013 10:39 PMThey are very close to each other. They would all be evenly matched, and they all have their advantages and disadvantages.
Rex has smaller arms than both, but easily makes up for it by having a much larger bite force and serrated railroad spikes for teeth (as you said earlier).
Spino likely had weaker jaws than Giga, but makes up for it by having huge arms and claws.
Giga was evenly balanced and had a stronger bite force than Spino, but smaller than Rex, and had bigger arms than Rex, but smaller than Spino.
If any of these three had a battle with one of the other two, it could come down to an environmental factor, or experience. Rex was likely smarter than both, so might have a slight advantage there.
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MemberCompsognathusJul-10-2013 10:51 PMWhere did I say anything about them battling? And it would go down to an environment factor. But I was talking about size only, a battle will be for later discussions.
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MemberTyrannosaurus RexJul-10-2013 10:53 PMSorry about that. Just mentioning it. Good comparison though, I agree with it.
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MemberCompsognathusJul-11-2013 2:04 AMI think Giga's pretty underrated now. Alot of people sort of forgot about him...
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MemberCompsognathusJul-11-2013 7:39 AMMr Happy, why do you say Rex was likely smarter?
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MemberTyrannosaurus RexJul-11-2013 7:42 AMIt had millions of years of evolution over Spino and Giga, and that is just my opinion.
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MemberCompsognathusJul-11-2013 8:27 AMAlmost everyone, scientists that is, believe Tyrannosaurus was the smartest of the large theropods. It was the most advanced. Think about it, it belonged to the group that includes raptors and birds. Anyways, I use weight to determine what dinosaur, or any animal for that matter, is the biggest. A giraffe is taller and longer than an elephant, but is less than half it's weight. Elephant is bigger, the biggest land animal today. For me, same goes for dinosaurs. Spino was the longest and tallest, going by it's sail, carnivorous dinosaur ever. Giga rivaled T-rex, but both were exceeded by T-rex in weight, in my opinion. But I understand your method Deltadromeus. If that's how you want to compare the dinosaurs, go for it.
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MemberCompsognathusJul-11-2013 10:35 AM@Mr Happy -- I'm not a believer in evolution, but I see where you're coming from. I do believe that animals adapt over time to their environments, prey and predators, and the like, and depending on this adaptive quality, Rex and Spino could both be highly intelligant creatures, at least, for large therapods. The brain cavities of both dinosaurs were relatively the same size, so that's what I'm going off of, but who knows?
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MemberTyrannosaurus RexJul-11-2013 10:53 AMEveryone has their own opinion on these topics, and mine is that Rex could beat Spino at least 55% of the time. I see what you mean with the brain cavities on them.
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MemberCompsognathusJul-11-2013 11:03 AMI respect your opinion. I'd say it's a solid 50-50, completely up to environmental pressures. It's like the unstoppable force vs. the immovable object.
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MemberTyrannosaurus RexJul-11-2013 11:07 AMThat's pretty good. They are very evenly matched. I did a discussion on what could affect a Rex and Spino fight, it didn't get that far though. It wouldn't only be the environment though. For example, a lone bull Spino wanders into female T-Rex's territory and she has offspring to protect.
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MemberCompsognathusJul-11-2013 11:09 AMRight, the maternal instinct factor. Also the territorial aspect could come into play. But take all that away, 50-50.
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MemberTyrannosaurus RexJul-11-2013 11:12 AMIf it just over territory, 50-50 for sure. It wouldn't even be fatal most of the time though.
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MemberCompsognathusJul-11-2013 11:28 AMFood or territory, 50-50. Probably more intimidation than actual fighting
Offspring, whoever is defending their young, 100-0. The bond between a parent and their offspring is stronger than any weapon either dinosaur had. I showed that in my first fight, T-rex vs Spino
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MemberCompsognathusJul-11-2013 1:38 PMHeck, if a T. rex or Spino attacked a Utahraptor, and a baby was in play, especially if T. rex ate the baby, moma Utahraptor is not going to back down from a fight with that T. rex, and will most likely severely wound or kill it.
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MemberCompsognathusJul-12-2013 8:13 AMYou really are obsessed with raptors. haha!
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