DinoFights Season 2 Resumes: Yangchuanosaurus vs Albertosaurus

Well, after so long of delaying it, I give you fight number 7 of season 2! I should be posting a fight every day from now on until Season 3 ends, then I'll just be a normal person again. So, here we go... Medium division, round 1, fight 7 InGen File: Yangchuanosaurus [img]http://0.tqn.com/d/dinosaurs/1/0/q/L/-/-/yangchuanosaurusDB.jpg[/img] Code Name: Yangchu Also Known As: Metriacanthosaurus Danger Level: Very dangerous Height: 14 feet Length: 35 feet Weight: 6 tons Speed: 29 mph Diet: Various herbivores Weapons: Bite, hatchet jaw function, speed, size, claws Description: Yangchuanosaurus is one of InGen's first dinosaurs created. It was for many years known as Metriacanthosaurus due to a labeling error but the mistake was corrected in 2001. Yangchuanosaurus lives on both Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna where it competes with Allosaurus, its close cousin, for food. It is slightly heavier and stronger than Allosaurus and has a more powerful bite force. It cannot, however, jump as high or run as fast as Allosaurus. Due to its more ground based life its enclosure will not have a roof like those of other allosaurs. They hunt in small packs of up to eight members when handling large prey but they can and occasionally do hunt in solitude. Yangchuanosaurus is identifiable by its distinct coloring which is normally a series of vertical bright yellow stripes that begin on its tail and fade to orange near the middle if its back before turning an orangish red up its neck and ending on its eye crests in a bright crimson color. Aside from the stripes Yangchuanosaurus is a light olive tone with a whitish underbelly and alpha females have large scarlet circles with black stripes in them around their eyes. Females are usually slightly larger than males and lead packs. Like other allosaurs Yangchuanosaurus can use its jaw two ways: in a typical biting fashion that tears off flesh or in a strange maneuver that is done by dislocating the lower jaw and using its powerful neck muscles to bring its upper jaw down with a force of 4.5 tons per square inch. They use the latter tactic to break the vertebrae of very large prey like Diplodocus when they jump on it, while the other is used by larger pack members to tear large chunks off of their prey's underside or flank. Yangchuanosaurus has a large cerebrum for a theropod and this makes it a very deadly threat to humans because it will be capable of forming complex plans and recognizing the danger they pose. Despite their potential danger Mr. Hammond has requested they be featured in the new park as a middle popularity attraction and capture is set to begin on April 9th, 2011 with three being requested for capture. InGen File: Albertosaurus [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Daspletosaurus_torDB.jpg[/img] Code Name: Alberto Danger Level: Very Dangerous Height: 13 feet Length: 33 feet Weight: 4 tons Speed: 33 mph Diet: Various herbivores Weapons: Bite, speed Description: Albertosaurus is the most common tyrannosaur on Isla Nublar. It hunts in small packs of 4 to 6 members and preys primarily on medium sized hadrosaurs like Parasaurolophus, the main food source of nearly all of Nublar's carnivores. It is social with Daspletosaurus and Gorgosaurus among many tyrannosaurs and forms super packs with them though they are short lived for unknown reasons. Gorgosaurus frequently interbreeds with Albertosaurus and the hybrids are fertile. As with most tyrannosaurs, Albertosaurus is rather dully colored, being a light tan color with grey markings on some individuals. Strangely, they group around Tarbosaurus whenever they can and offer the larger tyrannosaur food in exchange for protection from other large carnivores and warmth at night or during storms. They also share a hatred for most non-tyrannosaurian theropods even if they aren't direct competition. Tyrannosaurus is a feared predator of them and the only known carnivore to prey on them regularly. The subspecies of Carcharodontosaurus native to Nublar, Carcharodontosaurus iguadensius nublaris, is also a known predator but it prefers large herbivores over them. They are intelligent and domesticatable dinosaurs that can be friendly if trained properly. They are not known to kill humans but they wounded a park employee on accident when he was feeding them before locking up the park. It was their tails that caused the injury with a blow to the head but, in an act unseen by any other species, they did not eat the keeper but instead kept him warm while he was unconscious. They are a favorite among employees and they will be captured and put in a large enclosure with several other medium sized tyrannosaurs. Ten are planned for the new park and one male will be included for breeding. FIGHT! A Parasaurolophus eats some flowering plants a distance away from his herd near a small watering hole. He continues walking along it and eating it until he passes the tree line. His mother bellows out to him and just as he starts to turn back the herd hears a low exhaling growl. They immediately blast their foghorn calls and start running but the young male is separated from his herd when the Albertosaurus pack sprints out and cuts him off. His mother and father come back for him and start to blast their stunningly loud calls at the hungry theropods. One of the Albertosaurus attempts an attack on the subadult but he ducks away from its deadly jaws and sprints away from the others, heading across a field filled with Gallimimus. He stumbles and the Albertosaurus nearly catches him but a Gallimimus blocks its attack on accident. The Albertosaurus roars at the ornithomimid and tries to bite it. It jumps back and starts to lift its unfeathered arms as if they were feathered and the Albertosaurus gets ready to fight it but then it realizes the Parasaurolophus is getting away. He knows the Gallimimus would be an easier meal but as soon as he starts to attack its entire herd comes over and protect it. He sees the Parasaurolophus is nearly across the field now but it's slowed due to the injury it sustained to its toes when stumbling. The Albertosaurus looks behind him and sees his pack is struggling to hold its parents back on the other half of the field and goes for the younger and injured hadrosaur while he can. Sprinting across the field he nearly catches up to it when they break the tree line again but as soon as he does another predator emerges from behind a fallen and moss covered tree. A Yangchuanosaurus. The Parasaurolophus is trapped between a rock and a hard place as the two predators come at it from both sides. It turns back and forth rapidly as they approach and they reach it at the exact same time. The Yangchuanosaurus lunges at it but it dodges the attack and the allosaur bites the Albertosaurus instead. She hangs on to it and tries to wrestle it down thinking its the Parasaurolophus but when she sees her intended prey run away out of the corner of her eye she lets go and chases it once more until she feels teeth pierce her shoulder just as the she's about to bite down on it. She turns and sees the Albertosaurus attacking her. She pulls away from him and roars in pain as a chunk of her flesh is pulled off. As he is swallowing it she slams her shoulder into his throat and he starts choking. The Yangchuanosaurus bites down on his neck but before she can kill him he pulls away from her and kicks her over. Having bought himself a few seconds he slams his side against a tree and starts coughing up the piece of Yangchuanosaurus he was choking on and he feels relieved but then he feels a stinging pain in his leg and sees the Yangchuanosaurus has dug its arms into his flank. It chops down on his back with its upper jaw and his spinal cord is touched by his vertebrae. The Albertosaurus spasms and falls over and the Yangchuanosaurus capitalizes, standing over him and biting his chest. The Albertosaurus pulls his legs back and kicks her off of him, sending her crashing into a towering tree. Having broken ribs and a deeply cut chest from the Albertosaurus' toe claws she rests for a minute before getting to her feet. The Albertosaurus does so as well and he feels a searing pain in his back. He limps towards his rival and starts circle her, planning his attack. She still leans against the tree only half up when the Albertosaurus charges. Luckily her leg gives out and the tyrannosaur smashes his open jaws full speed into the hard bark where her neck would have been. His cracked and bloody snout is in agonizing pain and he roars but before he can recover the Yangchuanosaurus gets up and she punctures his neck with her long teeth. She starts pulling him around by the neck, trying to break it, but he has other plans. The Albertosaurus lowers his head as she pulls up and, while severely tearing open his neck, he escapes. The tyrannosaur dodges her lunge and snaps his jaws shut on her lower jaw, breaking it in two. Half of it oddly hangs and she roars in pain. The Yangchuanosaurus looks for the Albertosaurus and sees him when she turns her head left just as he lunges again. Having phenomenal reflexes she ducks and he bites over her head and then she brings it up with amazing power, breaking his lower jaw with what was essentially an uppercut. She stands over him again and chokes him with her broken jaws. His life is slowly slipping away and he feebly attempts to kick the Yangchuanosaurus off with little effect. She lets go once it is sure he is dead and starts to walk away but then the parent Parasaurolophus break through the trees with their baby and the Albertosaurus pack that led them to the other Albertosaurus who was just killed by the Yangchuanosaurus. Seeing their pack member dead the tyrannosaurs turn on their natural enemy, the allosaur. The two Parasaurolophus parents, however, block the path of the three young carnivores. Tired and already down three pack members they decide it isn't worth it and leave. The Parasaurolophus do as well and the Yangchuanosaurus begins calling to her mate and their small pack. Epilogue As the afternoon clouds set in and rain begins to fall for the first time in nearly a month the "dead" Albertosaurus begins to regain consciousness. He tries to stand up but finds his legs don't work. He moves his head to look at them and sees they are gone. Three surprised Rugops look at the shockingly still alive tyrannosaur in confusion. Their bloody snouts hold pieces of his tail and legs. They simply look at him again before shrugging the surprise off and eating him alive. He tries to roar but his vocal cords are torn. He blacks out for the last time as the scavengers eat. WINNER: YANGCHUANOSAURUS [img]http://www.wikidino.com/wp-content/uploads/YangchuanosaurusHenry-Gee.jpg[/img] Yangchuanosaurus had a size advantage and strength advantage to counter the speed and agility the tyrannosaur had. When it came down to it the Yangchuanosaurus had the real advantage with bite, having an equally devastating normal bite as the Albertosaurus along with the hatchet function bite that perhaps won it the fight. NEXT: Ichthyovenator- The only spinosaur from Asia, this unusual dinosaur possesses a two lobed sail on its back and is 30 feet long. Medusaceratops- An equally strange dinosaur, the 20 foot North American ceratopsian has a strange frill with weird downwardly curved spikes and a pair of huge face horns. When a desperate Ichthyovenator attacks a lone bull Medusaceratops, who wins? Find out next time on DinoFights! Questions? Comments? Think this deserves a revision? Let me know!