Cretaceous Carnage #6

Why cpuldnt daspletosaurus rear up then bite the head or neck.

I also think Daspletosaurus is taller than you give it credit for...

Zhuchengtyrannus(pre-dated it about a million years or so, but still) and Tarbosaurus were larger then Daspletosaurus, hence the likelyhood of them killing an animal the size of Therizinosaurus go up, not substantially, but still.

rDaspletosaurus is not a small animal.

Das had a head height of 8-11 feet.(nine being roughly the average)

Therizinosaurus had a head height of 13-16 feet, you tell me how it's going to get that neck. Or how Daspletosaurus is even going to get close enough to deal out serious injuries?

This is a face to face confrontation, not ambush. Though that's the only way i'd say das would be able to kill it

Why can't das rear up?!?!?

The prowess of 'Rearing up' in Tyrannosaurs seems a bit...understudied.

But, for a decently sized tyrannosaur such as das to 'rear up' would cause its center of gravity to shift backwards, due to the relatively long tail. It puts the animal in an unstable and vunerable position, which i do not believe it would enjoy being in.

But also, mentioning Therizinosaurus's height advantage, DRAMATIC advantage at that, Das would probably have to jump a good 6 feet in the air to even get a chance of biting its neck, but I doubt a Das would be able to even get a 3 foot jump, that and also would have to get through those big arms. So definately, i lean a fair amount towards Therizinosaurus.

It's only for a few seconds to bite the head off the theiriseniosaurus.

@Spino rex,It won't have to jump. 

Everyone has different thoughts in the matter. Even given the same information, people will view it differently. Nothing's going to change that.

Anyway, if Therizinosaurus did indeed have a 14 foot reach, it would be a heck of a weapon, but it would take a minute to get ready for a second slash after one. Anyone ever swing a piece of pipe about eight feet long? With a weight do ten pounds, those things get a heck of a velocity going on the end. But, once it's going, it doesn't stop easy. And once it's stopped, it doesn't start easy. Same would most likely be the problem with Therizinosaurus swinging it's arms around. 

Its a lot thicker towards the base, and i doubt that Das would be able to get its mouth around any spot that could cause real damage.

Even if it did only hit the base, it would be able to cause some damage. Perhaps only minor, but damage nonetheless. 

@mr. happy yes, that's true. But that eight foot pipe isn't attached to your arm, and you don't use it in every day life, but the arms of Therizinosaurus were just that, and in all likely hood it could swing them around with  a fair amount of ease

Why do you think that?

No doubt about it, but perhaps at higher velocities it would have some difficulty stopping at the very least. 

But Happy, those are its arms packed with much more muscle than what me and you have when swinging a pipe that long, thats a bite of a poor arguement because this is about the leverage along with the strength, not the relationship between humans being able to do as much as a dinosaur in a single swipe.

It was an example. I didn't say a good one, just an example. Not the pipe example for difficulty, but not as easy as, say, swinging a shouldered rifle that's about four feet in total length (weight around seven or so pounds). 

The therizenosaurs would have no problem swinging its arms since it was connected to its body. And packed with Muscle.

It would as easy  as swinging a shoulders rifle do to reasons I already stated

But as a Therizinosaurus, its arm... is just its arm ;) 

Mr.H the problem wth swinging a pipe or riffle is its not proportional. But, a similar point it...

ever see some body in a boxing match throw a wind mail punch or more commonly known as a haymaker. No. The reason for this being while it is a very powerful punch it is easy to counter. If the Therizinosaurus missed it would most likely lose its balence due to the momentum. Leaving it vulnerable.

But, most of the time the hit would probably go home, as Daspletosaurus aren't fast or agile animals.

It would be like you swiping your arm.

I know. Still though. I don't care who you are, I don't care what you are, I don't care how big and strong you are, 14 feet of anything isn't going to effortlessly be swung around. 

If you are 40 feet long 16 feet tall and a couple tons. It won't be as hard as you think.

And it won't be as easy as you think. 

I'm sure it would be easy as i think because it was made to withstand that kind off stress on his arm.

The Biomechanics of Therizinosaurs haven't really been studied, but basic laws of physics show us that once an object is in motion, it stends to stay in motion. But, As HHP pointed out, a Therizinosaurus probably isn't going to swing unless it's certain it will hit its target. Something like that, colliding with an animal half its size, is going to do some considerably damage, if not kill the animal outright. Something some peopld don't seem to grrasp very well

Never mind. I give up. You win.

Ya talkin ta me mr.happy?