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Post by dinosauria101 on Feb 26, 2020 19:52:38 GMT 5
American Lion (coalition of 5) - Panthera leo atrox  prehistoric.ucoz.ru/img/orig/Panthera-Leo-atrox.jpgOrder: Carnivora Family: Felidae Length: 2.5 meters Mass: 170-350 kg, average 256 kg Diet: Large herbivores Age and Location: 34,000-11,000 years ago, Pleistocene epoch, North and South America Weapons: Precision oriented jaws, manual claws One of the largest of the big cats. Is thought to be a subspecies of the modern lion, and competed with Smilodon for food. Utahraptor ostrommaysi (pack of 2)  4.bp.blogspot.com/-jraRyMnvr3w/UEnSVSmWsYI/AAAAAAAAA6s/IuvfTgASsAg/s640/3.jpgOrder: Theropoda Family: Dromaeosauridae Length: 6-7 meters Mass: 600-700 kg Age and Location: 125 million years ago, Early Cretaceous period, Utah, United States Diet: Other dinosaurs Weapons: Raptorial jaws, manual and pedal claws The largest known dromaeosaurid dinosaur. Thought to have hunted in packs and was very robust. |
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Post by DonaldCengXiongAzuma on Feb 28, 2020 17:45:16 GMT 5
In the op it says pack of 12 for the utahraptors.
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Post by dinosauria101 on Feb 28, 2020 18:35:14 GMT 5
My mistake, it's now fixed.
Who do you favor here?
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Post by DonaldCengXiongAzuma on Feb 28, 2020 18:41:13 GMT 5
My mistake, it's now fixed. Who do you favor here? No worries. One on one, the utahraptor will obviously be favoured. Now the American lion coalition is 2.5 times the utahraptor pair. It depends on how well both parties corporate. If the utahraptor pair stick together, they will have a better chance to win than if the American lion coalition separates them. |
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Post by dinosauria101 on Feb 28, 2020 18:45:24 GMT 5
You do have a point there.
I think 1 650 kg Utahraptor would have an easier time with 2 256 kg lions than 3 256 kg lions would have with 1 650 kg Utahraptor, due to its deadlier bite, larger claws, and more stamina. Then, it can go and help its comrade with the other 3 lions.
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Post by DonaldCengXiongAzuma on Feb 28, 2020 18:45:41 GMT 5
Most likely the American lions might not engage the utahraptors knowing that it could risk the lives of pride members.
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Post by dinosauria101 on Feb 28, 2020 19:11:30 GMT 5
In a fight to the death (this scenario), they would. But yeah, if they coexisted there'd be mutual avoidance most likely.
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Post by 6f5e4d on Mar 14, 2020 19:31:57 GMT 5
The Utahraptor are outnumbered and have a lighter combined weight, but still have the stronger teeth, scales, and feathers when going up against the lions.
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Post by creature386 on Mar 14, 2020 21:08:22 GMT 5
In what way do you consider the presence of feathers an advantage, if I may ask?
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Post by dinosauria101 on Mar 14, 2020 21:55:20 GMT 5
A thick enough feather coating (such as on some birds) can help protect briefly against a foe.
That said, I think Utahraptor would either have no or relatively few feathers - it is much bigger and more robust than other dromaeosaurs and any more feathers than for display may pose thermoregulation issues.
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Post by Infinity Blade on Mar 14, 2020 22:24:44 GMT 5
Umm, a thick enough fur coat could do the same thing. But I don't think any arguments regarding integument should be made here.
Utahraptor would be fine with feathers. Maybe its coating would need to be somewhat thinner since it lived in a semiarid environment (and even then with probably a fair amount of water in it), but definitely not reduced to relatively few to no feathers. I mean, camels arguably have a body shape less suited to dissipating heat and live in a more arid, presumably hotter environment, but they still have fur all over their bodies (if obviously a thinner coat).
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Post by dinosauria101 on Mar 15, 2020 16:47:41 GMT 5
Been looking into this a bit, and maybe a thicker feather coating may be plausible for Utahraptor after all - apparently feathers can shade as well as heat up, and since Utahraptor would have an air sac system that would help cool it more.
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Post by creature386 on Mar 15, 2020 17:18:50 GMT 5
6f5e4dNot trying to pressure you, but are you planning to reply? Because you seem to be very interested in commenting on a hundred different threads, but never twice in the same.
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Post by 6f5e4d on Mar 16, 2020 8:46:48 GMT 5
Sometimes I'm busy a lot, but yeah, the feathers may be thin but they can still be strong enough to help the Utahraptor.
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Post by Ceratodromeus on Mar 16, 2020 9:56:10 GMT 5
I'd exceedingly doubt that.
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