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Post by dinosauria101 on Aug 7, 2019 19:02:08 GMT 5
 vs  NOTE: This may SEEM a bit unfair, but it isn't. African bullfrogs have surprisingly deadly bites |
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Post by creature386 on Aug 8, 2019 18:07:08 GMT 5
Surprisingly close actually. The frog has the more favorable bauplan and the much wider gape while Majungasaurus seems more adept at killing similarly sized targets.
Imagining the two at parity is extremely hard without handicapping one party or severely changing one of the two animals. The question is whether Majungasaurus could avoid those jaws which depends a lot on the assumptions we make about scaling and agility.
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Post by Verdugo on Aug 8, 2019 18:25:10 GMT 5
You could have just used Mastodonsaurus giganteus instead. Deviant Art user PaleoSir did a GDI for this animal and he got a result of up to 2.1 tonnes. Considering the size of the animal and the size of its skull, it must have been a very powerful predator, certainly capable of putting up a good fight against some mid-sized Theropods or maybe some prehistoric Crocs. |
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Post by dinosauria101 on Aug 8, 2019 21:49:44 GMT 5
creature386 I agree with you for the most part on the advantages and disadvantages for each, but there are some more things the theropod may have going for it here: -Being a land based animal from an arid environment, I'd expect it to have significantly more stamina than the frog -Hard scales would likely offer greater protection relative to body size than the relatively vulnerable skin of amphibians, and arethousleepy made a point here that may amplify that even more: theworldofanimals.proboards.com/thread/2612Potential presence of osteoderms would help durability greatly. About the scaling, wouldn't that generally favor the dinosaur? Correct me if I'm wrong, but we scale them up and down, wouldn't the bullfrog get less agile and the Majungasaurus more agile? Overall a close match, but I'd give it to the abelisaur 60/40. Will make a chart later btw. Verdugo Thanks for telling me; very fascinating to know multi ton amphibians exist! I think I may make Mastodonsaurus vs Majungasaurus or Megalosaurus tomorrow. |
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Post by creature386 on Aug 8, 2019 21:53:16 GMT 5
Scaling an animal down does not always only come with advantages. Freezing can be a problem for large animals scaled down (the many unknowns are one of the reasons why I don't like these matches so much; unless we come up with clearer rules, I think we should quit them for a while).
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Post by dinosauria101 on Aug 8, 2019 22:07:46 GMT 5
We could give them a break, or I could look up all the negative effects before requesting and explicitly state in the OP they are to be ignored.
Whichever you think is better
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