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Post by dinosauria101 on Nov 29, 2019 17:10:21 GMT 5
Which do you tend to favor and why - jaw-based or grappling predators? If their heads are big enough, I lean heavily towards jaw-based. All they need to do is land a bite to an arm and no more grappling, while grapplers must grapple a lot more and with very little room for error
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Post by Life on Nov 29, 2019 21:08:58 GMT 5
Which do you tend to favor and why - jaw-based or grappling predators? If their heads are big enough, I lean heavily towards jaw-based. All they need to do is land a bite to an arm and no more grappling, while grapplers must grapple a lot more and with very little room for error Sound observation. If a macropredatory animal have a massive jaw structure (gigantic sharks; gigantic theropods), it can inflict mortal injuries to a potential target with minimum effort. Grappling types can deliver with cooperative hunting behavior and techniques (e.g. lions). Lone grappling types must be really strong though (Male Lions; Male Tigers; Male Bears). Morphological forms are numerous though. Crocodilians have to do with death roll technique for instance. There are animals with very large but elongated jaw structures which can do with capture technique (Spinosaurus-types; Pliosaurs; Mosasaurs; Livyatan-types) and/or cooperative hunting behavior and techniques, depending upon their dental structures and prey preferences (Killer whales; stem physeteriods in general). There are animals which have to do with constricting technique and then swallow (Python-types), and also those who do with poisoning (Snakes in general; Komodo Dragons). Nevertheless; A macropredator which have the luxury to kill with minimum effort = IDEAL morphology. Megatoothed sharks and Komodo Dragons come to mind. Although these two forms are really different. I suppose poisoning is a reasonable substitute for massive jaw structures, although sheer size is important factor in both cases.
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Post by dinosauria101 on Nov 29, 2019 23:15:49 GMT 5
Which do you tend to favor and why - jaw-based or grappling predators? If their heads are big enough, I lean heavily towards jaw-based. All they need to do is land a bite to an arm and no more grappling, while grapplers must grapple a lot more and with very little room for error Sound observation. If a macropredatory animal have a massive jaw structure (gigantic sharks; gigantic theropods), it can inflict mortal injuries to a potential target with minimum effort. Grappling types can deliver with cooperative hunting behavior and techniques (e.g. lions). Lone grappling types must be really strong though (Male Lions; Male Tigers; Male Bears). Morphological forms are numerous though. Crocodilians have to do with death roll technique for instance. There are animals with very large but elongated jaw structures which can do with capture technique (Spinosaurus-types; Pliosaurs; Mosasaurs; Livyatan-types) and/or cooperative hunting behavior and techniques, depending upon their dental structures and prey preferences (Killer whales; stem physeteriods in general). There are animals which have to do with constricting technique and then swallow (Python-types), and also those who do with poisoning (Snakes in general; Komodo Dragons). Nevertheless; A macropredator which have the luxury to kill with minimum effort = IDEAL morphology. Megatoothed sharks and Komodo Dragons come to mind. Although these two forms are really different. I suppose poisoning is a reasonable substitute for massive jaw structures, although sheer size is important factor in both cases. Yeah, you do indeed have a point. Even then, I don't think things like lions, tigers, and grizzlies can stack up favorably to large jawed predators - they have little room for error and a much harder attack strategy. Large theropods and crocodilians ESPECIALLY. Crocodilians are probably the achilles heel of bears, for example - they have massive jaws that are low to the ground, making them hard to grapple with and dangerous too. Heck, I might favor a croc over a same sized bear on land - all it needs to to is get a bite to an arm and there's not much the bear can retaliate with afterwards. Big, macropredatory theropods on the other hand have MASSIVE heads for their size - a 111 kg Deinonychus has a head about the same size as that of a ~900 kg short faced bear, and at close weights (say, short faced bear vs Megalosaurus), the dino could fit the head of the bear into its mouth. See this size chart for a better idea of it: theworldofanimals.proboards.com/post/44148/threadAnd yeah, Komodo dragons are a good example too - venom AND serrated teeth. They don't need infection at all
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