Spino arm effectiveness?

I'd imagine, Just like a humans arm, They'd be able to manuver them into multiple positions, As to swat at flies, Or deliver killed fish or such to their mouth. 

They'd use them like human arms.

They'd also use them in Combat, As, an arm like that could slice open A dinosaurs belly. 

Okay! Thanks, I just heard somewhere that their arms couldnt be put more than 45 degrees above their usual position. 

The arms of Acrocanthosaurus had a poor range of motion, and i recently read the arms of the therizinosaurs had the same problem. Not entirely sure, as we haven't found the arms of Spinosaurus yet...But since we're already in this hypothetical mindset, why not. The new spino reconstruction had suprisingly short arms and legs. 

I wouldn't say they really had a large range of motion. Acro had a whole whopping 45 degrees in every direction, my best guess is it wouldn't be a whole lot more then this

It probably used it to fight other Dinos and to hook into fish

I'd say it had a pretty big range of motion, as it could use them to attack, swat away insects, and help it eat.

Ok I thanks guys, and carnosaur what is that reconstroction? Is it the nat geo one? And if that right, that spino is really short!

Yeah, the nat geo reconstruction. It suprised the hell out of everybody i think, it pretty much confirms Spino wasn't the biggest theropod now. Still in the top 5 though, 6 tons isn't any thing to laugh at

Yeah It would probably be considered 4th heaviest

the order being...

1. Rex

2. Giga

3. Carchar

4. Spino

that's just my opnion though.

thats strange cause i remember seeing it at 11 to 14 tons

I think that was from planet dinosaur. AND WHHHHAT! 6 tons and that short, I think It might be outclasses by the other big three! My god, can't wait until someone brings this up on carnivoria!

ikr i would but i cant join the fourm.

I haven't tried, they seem quite bais towards animals and Dino's.

If it was 6 tons the other big three would have it outclassed in weight for sure. 

They already did

Spinosaurus on Carnivora

that forum hasn't been very active lately though. I try to post a lot on there :D

they arent biased

how do u join

The consensus over there is they now believe spino wasn't as big as they previously thought...and i'm pretty sure theres a 'register' button up in the top right corner

Sometimes they are, towards both dinos. They say stuff like OMG SPINO IS 20m LONG and 20tons, ONE SWIPE KILL DA TREX! and vise versa! But alot of people are actually very knowledge filled! 

there are some rex haters there too

yep there are some rex haters, but spino haters too.

yes, but i think the ones with an unsavory biased against tyrannosaurs are no loner active there(banned or otherwise) neat little forum, really

Yep it is huge, however is it active. It seems to be slowly lessing or something, I might be wrong though :)

it hasn't been too active lately, i posted about the new ornithiscian a couple days ago, usualy there's a lot of people with something to say but lately, not really

thats sad

Oh man! Even the spino v rex thread is quite!

After 245 pages of the same arguments, it's about time ;)

LOL XD! It was never going anywhere, it started off good until the fan boys of both dinos came :(

usually how that thing turns out

Now with this new revision of the spino, is it less powerfull? In terms of mussle and shoving power etc. ?

i think so