EPTHow many wolves would it take to kill a T-rex? - Page 7
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writer22816
United States5775 Posts
On September 14 2009 05:50 forgotten0ne wrote: Come on guys, have we not learned anything from Starcraft. It takes 9 zerglings to kill an ultralisk, so it must take 9 wolves to kill a T-rex. ...unless of course the wolves have an attack speed upgrade... You suck at zvz | ||
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Alethios
New Zealand2765 Posts
10 wolves at most. The T-Rex wouldn't be able to attack more than one or two at a time. Wolves would go in and hamstring the fucker. Once thats done, the dinosaur is fucked. Think about it, as cool as T-Rex are, they never attacked large groups of other dinosaurs. They were a scavenger, preying on the weak and the young. Add this to the fact that wolves are also very cool, and you've got yourself a certified scientified answer. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
Raptors are like 6 feet tall | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On September 14 2009 19:02 CharlieMurphy wrote: somewhat related: Raptors are like 6 feet tall Velociraptors are actually very small. God History Channel makes me sick. All sensationalist bullshit. | ||
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Klive5ive
United Kingdom6056 Posts
On September 14 2009 07:38 El.Divino wrote: Research has suggested the T-rex was a scavenger, and that it had no way of moving quickly, given its weight on its legs. It therefore, as far as science can tell us, is not agile. Definition: Agility is the ability to move and change direction and position of the body quickly and effectively while under control. I've read that wiki page just like you have and scientists agree that the Rex is a hunter as well as a scavenger so it would need to be somewhat agile. Think about how the tail would help in redistributing weight and also as someone mentioned it is not especially tall relative to it's length. It's center of gravity would not be high when attacking as it would stoop over. On September 14 2009 08:13 StorrZerg wrote: You are wrong good sir. T rex to fast to be attacked? your saying a t rex is comparable to a mutalisk. and last i checked T-rex does not have wings. O RLY?! There was me thinking it could fly. Wolves have no way of damaging a T-rex, that's the bottom line. A human comparison might be quite good here. We aren't particularly quick in straight line speed either. Now imagine something 80 times lighter than you, weighing about 1kg if you're an average adult male. 1kg. Just think how light that is to you. That is lighter than any dog breed I know of but imagine a dog. We're talking a really small dog. Now imagine they have no claws and a mouth that is so small it could bite your finger but still wouldn't do much damage. They would be pretty much incapable of doing you any harm. Yes you would struggle to hurt them back because they would just run around. It's pretty much a stalemate but if they come too close they will get kicked in the face and end up injured. | ||
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Vex
Ireland454 Posts
On September 14 2009 21:26 Klive5ive wrote: Definition: Agility is the ability to move and change direction and position of the body quickly and effectively while under control. I've read that wiki page just like you have and scientists agree that the Rex is a hunter as well as a scavenger so it would need to be somewhat agile. Think about how the tail would help in redistributing weight and also as someone mentioned it is not especially tall relative to it's length. It's center of gravity would not be high when attacking as it would stoop over. O RLY?! There was me thinking it could fly. Wolves have no way of damaging a T-rex, that's the bottom line. A human comparison might be quite good here. We aren't particularly quick in straight line speed either. Now imagine something 80 times lighter than you, weighing about 1kg if you're an average adult male. 1kg. Just think how light that is to you. That is lighter than any dog breed I know of but imagine a dog. We're talking a really small dog. Now imagine they have no claws and a mouth that is so small it could bite your finger but still wouldn't do much damage. They would be pretty much incapable of doing you any harm. Yes you would struggle to hurt them back because they would just run around. It's pretty much a stalemate but if they come too close they will get kicked in the face and end up injured. no no no no no no no. all wrong. no. just no. 50 wolves > dino. | ||
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deL
Australia5540 Posts
However, if we assume an 'arena' style scenario where wolves keep coming until the T-Rex goes down (not considering exhaustion) then it's something to think about. It is hard to prove that the wolves could even pierce the T-Rex's skin and scales, as even though their jaws can readily crush bown (to get to the sweet, sweet marrow within) the extent to which it would have to open its jawd to such a huge girth in (et tu Pholon?) probably would mean their jaw strength is useless. Also it's easy to give the wolves too much credit with regards to intellect, and we can't assume they'd go for the toes and cripple it or gang up and use their own dead weight to bring it down or impede it (plus their insticts might be a little sketchy when it comes to a T-Rex...). The wolves would have agility on their side, so it might be hard for the T-Rex to kill a whole bunch, and I'd say its legs and tail would be the more effective weapons than its jaws, especially as the wolves are in a pack and harder to target individually. T-Rex because of the body shape and weight distribution would have pretty exposed flanks (poor agility, but I imagine a good linear speed for 'charging' or something with the heavy skull - which would probably not catch a wolf). I've thought a bit about it before and while I think the hip structure like birds would give them pretty good direction change (e.g. emu or ostrich), the large, heavy skull and even larger, heavier tail - which those birds have neither of - just the interia from those weights (very eccentric to to centre of gravity remember) would mean it wouldn't change direction too fast. I would say the decider would unfortunately be fatigue as I doubt nearly any number of wolves could take down a T-Rex without it being handicapped somehow by exhaustion and the T-Rex would not be able to kill enough wolves fast enough. Charliemurphy velociraptors are like 6 feet *long*, including tail, not tall. They are like 2-3 feet tall tops, off the top of my head. Utahraptor was a huge bastard though and that could definitely take a T-Rex down even on its own, I imagine. Just remember that wolf hunts even with large packs are unsuccessful like 90% of the time and that is predominantly against the sick, old or disadvantaged stags or w/e they are called such as male ones with large, heavy horns - not the pinnacle of speed or agility and they still fail 90% of the time. | ||
alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
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vGl-CoW
Belgium8305 Posts
shoot on sight | ||
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Itachii
Poland12466 Posts
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Spike
United States1392 Posts
Anyone who is low balling answers clearly haven't thought it through or is going with the whole bacteria bit which is clearly against the spirit of said discussion A pack of wolves don't even attack adult bears yet people are insisting that a few could take on a 20ft T-Rex. There's the obvious - can a wolf's jaw even inflict damage? Besides, anything that gets close to the T-Rex will get kicked and stomped, and smacked by its tail. Sure, the wolves *may* get out of the way of a few attacks but me thinks people have been watching one too many kung-fu movies for their own good. The whole wolves are intelligent thing is also being taken a little too far. The correct answer = # of wolves it takes to tire out a T-Rex. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32152 Posts
only way trex loses is if he tires himself out | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32152 Posts
On September 14 2009 17:03 RisingTide wrote: Ok, on some TV show on Nat Geo or Discovery, I heard that while T-Rex's can sprint very fast, they have very little maneuverability side to side, and considering how agile and intelligent wolves are in comparison, it would actually be really hard for a T-Rex to score a blow on a wolf. Also, a wolf's teeth would be able to penetrate a T-Rex hide. Perhaps not a lot, but enough for blood to start coming out. I think maybe as few as 5 wolves would be able to do it. da fuk | ||
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tdotkrayzee
United States1 Post
On September 14 2009 22:42 vGl-CoW wrote: OP was tdotkrayz shoot on sight How many tdotkrayzs would it take to rape a t-rex? one cuz im da man NSFW: + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i29.tinypic.com/ta0dc1.jpg) | ||
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Kong John
Denmark1020 Posts
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h3r1n6
Iceland2039 Posts
On September 15 2009 00:22 Kong John wrote: As if your lame f-14 T-rex ever stood a chance against even a single wolf... + Show Spoiler + Nice wolf there The only way we can know for sure is if we ask the makers of http://www.wolfquest.org/ to implement a T-Rex and then go hunt it. | ||
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