Re: Whose the real King?T.rex?Spinosaurus?GiganotosaurusNO!All of the above!

[timlee3005@earthlink.net]

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> >
> > I would really think of the spinosaur (if
> > really that big,remains are still too fragmentary to tell) as a
potential
> > rival to the tyrannosaur with any conflict liable to go either way.
>
> Well, I've said it before  (specifically, here:
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/600104.asp?cp1=1):
>
> " In reality, the two terror-saurs were separated by the early Atlantic
> Ocean and about 30 million years

True enough,but I was thinking of movie-land,really,where the average human
being could routinely do death defying stunts (like with a torn parasail)
without real life consequences.

- but hypothetically speaking, Holtz says
> it wouldn't be surprising if Spinosaurus could take down the king of the
> reptiles.
>        "When you're dealing with these supergiant predators, it's like,
what
> 's stronger, a crocodile or a lion? Whatever gets a good grip on the other
> one wins," Holtz said."
>
> >(I prefer the Spinosaurus over
> > T.rex any day!)
>
> No accounting for taste... :-)

Be glad it wasn't decided by the movie makers that a large group of
Ceratosaurus (my favorite of ALL) would be what brought down T.rex,I would
have REALLY rubbed it in!