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Herbivores rock

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[-] Deinonychus@hexbear.net 0 points 2 hours ago

I am horrified and feel deeply threatened by the amount of anti-theropod propaganda here

[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 22 hours ago
[-] Krem@hexbear.net 3 points 15 hours ago

shocked-dino: "how do you get your prot..."

tric: horns you to death

[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 26 points 1 day ago
[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

Mess with the bull you get the horns pardner yeehaw deng-cowboy

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago

Just a friendly reminder that three-horns were racist against long-necks.

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

And everyone else. I specifically recall and sometimes use the line 'Everybody knows how stupid DUCK BILLS are!' Sarah's racist dad had some memorable lines

[-] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

He was watching Fox News before mammals even existed. You can't explain that.

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

Lmao god that movie is beautifully animated though

[-] Goadstool@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I played on a The Isle (it sucks don't play it) server that had rules, and most of the rules were good but one rule that ALWAYS pissed me off was that herbivores were not allowed to attack carnivores unless proved / attacked first. Which A: is not how herbivores work in nature and B: was a god awful rule mechanically for the game, it meant that as an herbivore you were not allowed to fight carnivores unless the carnivore was very confident it had the advantage and could kill you, which also meant that playing as an herbivore was just wandering around eating the same fucking bush over and over for 12 hours until carnivores decided to kill you. Ass.

Anyway I fuck with triceratops, I used to sleep on this dino but it grew on me eventually. Dilophosaurus is still my favorite though, I just love those gangly fuckers.

[-] stevatoo@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago

I always thought the hypothesis that the horns were exclusively ornamental was ridiculous. Like, they're practically aimed at t. rex's stomach

[-] Deinonychus@hexbear.net 0 points 1 hour ago

I've never heard somebody say that Triceratops' horns were used exclusively for display. However it is very likely that ceratopsians evolved these weapons for fighting each other and not for fighting predators (this doesn't mean that Triceratops wouldn't have used their horns to protect themselves from predators)

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There are T. rex skeletons with horn marks in them!

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago

This picture is fake where is the triceratops' .50 anti-materiel rifle? How could it even fire a gun with feet like that? Yet the t-rex clearly has a gunshot wound. Hmmm......

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

T Rex Shot in Ofixccer Involved Incident,Triceratops Arrested

[-] Angel@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago

teleports behind T-Rex

psssh...nothing personnel...kid...

[-] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

Off to munch some leaves. That shit's for scavengers must-go

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

Yeah, that's like that planet earth episode where they managed to get footage of lions attacking an elephant. A TRex going after a triceratops would be a very desperate TRex. There's a lot of tank herbivores a t Rex wouldn't generally fuck with. Wolves won't fuck with us unless desperate and most of the time if there's humans where wolves the wolves will avoid us cause we have a history of fuckinf them up. Also pure speculation but fossil evidence of such conflicts may be a coincidence of desperate times and greater possibility of fossilization during say, the early phase of a mass extimxtion

[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

extimxtion

Extimxion UwU

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

There's a reason most predators rely on ambush tactics

[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

Indeed, ask any 4channer

[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 11 points 1 day ago

Regularly destroyed T. rex's what?

[-] Hatandwatch@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

kelly Triceratops

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago

spoiler[Bum bum. They were super in love wholesome

[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 7 points 1 day ago

Hey, good for them. <3

[-] AmericaDelendaEst@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

they got they tyrannussy rex'd

[-] AmericaDeserved711@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago

the T-Rex's "oh shit I have been owned" face is priceless. RIP

[-] RamrodBaguette@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

AT-TE vs AT-AT be like

[-] Aliveelectricwire@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

throws up the pitchforks that some Chicago gangs use Veggie life.

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

Hell yeah. Fuck that Sharptooth up, Cera!

[-] abc@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

strong claim but I don't buy that triceratops were 'regularly destroying' tyrannosaurs. this is like saying walruses (the triceratops of the artic) regularly destroy polar bears (the tyrannosaurs of the artic) when really they have a toolkit meant to help delay or fend off attacks BUT THE POLAR BEAR ALWAYS COMES BACK.

[-] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 1 points 23 hours ago

Aren't Tyrannosaurs now regarded as scavengers, due to their short arms?

Less like a polar bear and more like a large-headed hyena.

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Those are completely different animals living in totally different niches. Triceratops weighed more than T. rex for a start and is far more agile than a walrus on land.

Also there are Rex skeletons that show gouging in the bones from triceratops horns.

Much like lions often die trying to kill buffalo or elephants, rex's would have been taking a huge gamble hunting triceratops. That's not to say Triceratops also didn't also die regularly to T. Rex.

this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2024
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