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Elroi

Sweden5600 Posts

September 14 2009 16:51 GMT

#141

T-rex : Wolf = Wraith : Norad II

teedotkrayz

United States2 Posts

September 14 2009 17:09 GMT

#142

On September 15 2009 00:01 tdotkrayzee wrote:

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How many tdotkrayzs would it take to rape a t-rex?

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Athos

United States2484 Posts

September 14 2009 17:15 GMT

#143

All right people, I tested it in Scribblenauts and the first time I tried it took 10 wolves to take down a T-Rex. Exactly 10!

However, the second time I tried it took just 2 wolves to bring it down because they got a perfect surround on the T-Rex. I guess Scribblenauts is like Starcraft where positioning can often mean more than numbers.

vGl-CoW

Belgium8305 Posts

September 14 2009 17:27 GMT

#144

help im being sexually assaulted by what seems to be an angry parrot with crab arms

DivinO

United States4796 Posts

September 14 2009 17:37 GMT

#145

On September 14 2009 21:26 Klive5ive wrote:

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On September 14 2009 07:38 El.Divino wrote:

On September 14 2009 06:23 Klive5ive wrote:

On September 14 2009 05:46 El.Divino wrote:

On September 14 2009 05:36 randombum wrote:
Wolves would stand no chance. According to Wikipedia a T-rex would be like 40 feet tall and 14,000 pounds. The largest wolf is about 4 feet tall weighing 175 pounds.

The Trex is 10 times taller and 80 times heavier than the wolf.
You guys watch transformers? Cause imagine yourself fighting optimums prime. How many of you would it take to kill something that size even if it did have short arms.

Optimus Prime is intelligent and agile.

Ten men could beat a 60-foot-tall rock to bits given the time.

You think a T-rex isn't agile? Of course it is.

Can you clarify the question a bit more... are the wolves and the T-rex locked in an arena or something?

Because otherwise to kill a T-rex they would have to catch it first. If wolves did attack the T-rex would obviously just run away. Yes wolves are faster at a sprint but they can't maintain that for long periods of time. The T-rex would be able to move at a considerable pace for a long time.

Say they are in an arena it would still take a ridiculous amount of wolves to kill the T-rex. Even then they aren't going to be able to do much damage.

A wolf jaw would be utterly useless in an attack. The T-rex won't be stationary long enough for the wolf to get a grip and even if it could somehow open wide enough to bite something the jaw of a wolf is not powerful enough to do any damage.
Wolves only have their jaws to attack with, without any claws or secondary means of attack they would be utterly useless against the T-rex.
If the T-rex can't run away then the wolf can't either.
50 wolves in an arena with a T-rex would be a massacre. The rex would annihilate all of them. It would be just like Optimus prime vs 50 men as someone suggested.

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.

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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.

Good points.

I suggest you check out Neil Alexander's article in Scientific American a while back.

teedotkrayz

United States2 Posts

September 14 2009 17:42 GMT

#146

On September 15 2009 02:27 vGl-CoW wrote:
help im being sexually assaulted by what seems to be an angry parrot with crab arms

hey guys my names vgl-cow and im so cool im cooler than everyone even this kid

abc_47

United States1 Post

September 14 2009 19:20 GMT

#147

Depends on how good there micro is. I would say the T-Rex would fear the shear numbers of attackers over their actual size. Even though they are small I think with a group of 30 should be enough to take down the T-Rex.

I think it would play out like this. Wolves surround the Rex, They make small attacks and try to stay away as the Rex loses energy and blood. Eventually the Rex will collapse from exhaustion. BUFFET OPEN!

Sueco

Sweden283 Posts

September 14 2009 19:54 GMT

#148

Doesn't matter how many wolves you have. They lack the tools to inflict a mortal wound to a 7 ton animal, much less a 7 ton predator. That's the reason saber-toothed cats had long fangs, and mammoths weighted only 4-5 tons.

Any wolf that got withing striking distance would receive a most likely fatal blow while having a very small chance to injure the Tyrannosaurus. I suppose if you had a gazillion wolves you could wear it out but you'd also get the same effect with a gazillion bunnies as well.

foppa

Canada451 Posts

September 14 2009 20:10 GMT

#149

depends who is microing the wolfs

FyRe_DragOn

Canada2056 Posts

September 14 2009 21:02 GMT

#150

It wouldnt take very many wolves to kill it because every time the t-rex would lunge downwards and grab a wolf in its jaws, the other wolves would have an easy opportunity to go for its neck, and assuming the neck is softer and easier to bite than the hardened lower leg area, they would cause significant damage after sacrificing only a few of their number. The only way the t-rex would kill wolves until it succumbed to exhaustion would be if the dinosaur used his legs to kick/stomp and did not allow the wolves access to more vulnerable parts of its body, but it was probably too stupid to use such methods in combat since it would be used to charging and killing the target in a couple of gigantic crushing bites, plus with all that weight distributed around its frame the t-rex would have an awkward time trying to kick something as small as a wolf.

Rambling.

Canada314 Posts

September 15 2009 00:32 GMT

#151

How many rats do you think it would take to kill a human? I think that's a pretty close comparison.

FragKrag

United States11567 Posts

September 15 2009 00:48 GMT

#152

On September 15 2009 02:27 vGl-CoW wrote:
help im being sexually assaulted by what seems to be an angry parrot with crab arms

hahahaha

tree.hugger

Philadelphia, PA10406 Posts

September 15 2009 00:51 GMT

#153

On September 15 2009 09:32 Rambling. wrote:
How many rats do you think it would take to kill a human? I think that's a pretty close comparison.

It really isn't.

And not only that, but the elegant beauty of this question is that there is no possible comparison. How many wolves would it take to kill a T-Rex? Simple as that.

Sadist

United States7328 Posts

September 15 2009 01:53 GMT

#154

On September 14 2009 16:25 Rekrul wrote:
totally agreed with HB

whoever said 50 = retarded

trex can just lash around stomping the fuck out of shit

agree to totally.

A single tail swipe could destroy like 8 wolves at a time. It could head but the shit out of them and kill them. Not to mention.....if they jump on its back? GL it falls over and crushes them.

neobowman

Canada3324 Posts

September 15 2009 02:00 GMT

#155

T-rex is likely slower than wolves and more stupid. Wolves are not able to beat the T-rex since they don't have the tools.
T-rex can't hit wolves
Wolves can't hurt T-rex.

They team up against sheep and sauropods and take over the world.

Fraidnot

United States824 Posts

September 15 2009 02:59 GMT

#156

I've been doing some research on this, and from what I can figure out is that it just doesn't look good for the wolves. I started off in the camp of 50 wolves could do the trick, but now after many google searches I'm leaning more towards >400 wolves.

First off Trexs' brains are absolutely tiny comparison to their bodies, they're still larger than a human's, and from what I've been reading the old idea of proportion of brain to body as indicator of intelligence might not be a good indicator. So I think you might have to throw out the idea that a Trex was stupid and possibly give them the advantage in the brains depo.They used there tails to balance and turn fast so they're not as slow as we'd expect and on top of that with eyes on either side of their head they actually have the same peripheral vision as a hawk. Now the most damning evidence for wolves is of course the fact that Trex's mate with other Trex's! If you can survive being mounted by a 7tons of love a wolf bite isn't going to phase you.

Misrah

United States1695 Posts

September 15 2009 03:12 GMT

#157

considering that Trex is cold blooded, and doesn't do well at night- or in any cool weather for that matter, and the wolves have fur........ if it was night and or it was winter: wolves > rex. But if it was nice and warm or day time rex > wolves. unless the wolves waited until night, and until rex had a lower metabolism........maybe?