grizzly
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Post by grizzly on Jun 10, 2013 22:38:36 GMT 5
Creature says: I know that most of such accounts are freak occurrences (like the bear surviving gunshots), but I'm still every time surprised when I see something like that.
Actually, those were not freak occurrences that Lewis and Clark spoke of. They and many other pioneers, early settlers, and Indians had similar tales by the dozens. Even today, bear pepper spray is considered a safer tool in grizzly country than a firearm. All too often, the shooter cannot stop a bear with bullets. The pepper spray will work every time because of the bear's extra sensitive nose.
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Post by creature386 on Jun 10, 2013 22:44:11 GMT 5
There are also lots of accounts of birds surviving car crashes, but they are still freak occurrences.
The same applies to people surviving torn off limbs.
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Post by Vodmeister on Jun 11, 2013 1:07:50 GMT 5
I have already created a durability tribute thread to Felines.
theworldofanimals.proboards.com/thread/175/durability-big-cats
Reliable records, videos, and pictorial evidence of Tigers and Lions surviving through brutal Hippo bites, Buffalo gores, Giraffe kicks, multiple lost limbs, arrows through the head, and even running through a spray of bullets.
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Post by Runic on Jun 11, 2013 1:43:47 GMT 5
Arrow to the head.
^Damn! So close! LMFAO yall already know what I wanted to say...
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Post by creature386 on Jan 6, 2014 23:05:06 GMT 5
Crocodile durability strikes again: |
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Post by Supercommunist on Jan 8, 2014 1:55:59 GMT 5
There is a video where a boar charges a hunter after being shot by a rifle, and had to be shot several more times by .45 pistol at close range to kill it.
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Post by Supercommunist on Jun 10, 2014 2:48:56 GMT 5
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Post by Infinity Blade on Jun 10, 2014 3:33:38 GMT 5
 www.niu.edu/PubAffairs/RELEASES/2009/nov/testytrex.shtml I believe thesporerex posted the above image elsewhere; apparently it's the Allosaurus specimen with a broken lower jaw that of course healed (supposedly the inspiration for the Allosaurus in Dinosaur Revolution nicknamed 'Broken Jaw'). Though, these are only two instances of what theropods endured.  |
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Post by Vodmeister on Jun 10, 2014 4:35:16 GMT 5
Dismemberment in the wild;   Both the lion and tiger still survived despite losing in a limb. In the three-legged lion's case, it even killed a crocodile:  |
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Post by creature386 on Jun 10, 2014 13:21:22 GMT 5
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Post by theropod on Jun 10, 2014 16:44:00 GMT 5
I believe thesporerex posted the above image elsewhere; apparently it's the Allosaurus specimen with a broken lower jaw that of course healed (supposedly the inspiration for the Allosaurus in Dinosaur Revolution nicknamed 'Broken Jaw'). Though, these are only two instances of what theropods endured. I don't think that's the fossil that served as an inspiration for DR. If I recall correctly they actually showed it was "Labrosaurus": This specimen: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allosaurus_fragilis#mediaviewer/File:Labrosaurus.jpgThe skull above looks remarkably similar to big al two (SMA 0005) if you ask me, to the point where I'd say it is probably a cast of that specimen. www.bhigr.com/store/product.php?productid=306 |
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Post by Infinity Blade on Jun 11, 2014 0:00:14 GMT 5
I believe thesporerex posted the above image elsewhere; apparently it's the Allosaurus specimen with a broken lower jaw that of course healed (supposedly the inspiration for the Allosaurus in Dinosaur Revolution nicknamed 'Broken Jaw'). Though, these are only two instances of what theropods endured. I don't think that's the fossil that served as an inspiration for DR. If I recall correctly they actually showed it was "Labrosaurus": This specimen: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allosaurus_fragilis#mediaviewer/File:Labrosaurus.jpgThe skull above looks remarkably similar to big al two (SMA 0005) if you ask me, to the point where I'd say it is probably a cast of that specimen. www.bhigr.com/store/product.php?productid=306I actually wasn't completely sure of it being the one, but I recall thesporerex apparently posting it on Carnivora as an Allosaurus with a broken jaw, so I just assumed it was 'Broken Jaw'. Anyway, yeah, that link you posted does look a lot more like the specimen I saw on DR. |
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Post by Godzillasaurus on Jun 11, 2014 0:35:18 GMT 5
That allosaurus skull looks awfully shallow for an animal that possessed inherently deep rostra. But that would only make the overall strength of allosaurus much greater, even though it was the mandible that was injured and not the upper jaw.
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Post by theropod on Jun 11, 2014 1:51:20 GMT 5
That is a fairly deep skull actually, it seems deeper than most tyrannosaur skulls of even remotely comparable size. Not a particularly deep Allosaurus skull of course, but there is a lot of variation, as in many animals known from a decent sample.
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Post by Godzillasaurus on Jun 11, 2014 2:27:08 GMT 5
I just sort of glanced at it earlier. Now that I examine it more closely (also note that there isn't much of a color contrast in the image), it does look reasonably deeper. But still, it does look rather shallow as well as you said
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