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Post by Infinity Blade on May 11, 2024 3:23:37 GMT 5
At least some extent of it sounds plausible to me. After all, to help strike at prey, it would have helped to cock the necks back, so this sounds anatomically plausible.
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Post by Infinity Blade on May 11, 2024 9:34:50 GMT 5
This is how big an equally massive brown bear would look like compared to Kelenken. This was created by Undertaker (the former CF member).  |
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Post by Supercommunist on May 11, 2024 11:39:10 GMT 5
One thing that a side comparison fails to convey is the thickness of the Kelenken's neck. On other forums the Kelenken's neck is often derided as being fragile and vunerable but I was pretty taken aback when I saw a top down view of a Kelenken skeleton. It's neck was incredibly thick and I really doubt that it's neck was especially vunerable, if anything its long flexible neck seemed to be more of an asset than a detriment.
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Post by Infinity Blade on May 11, 2024 14:47:11 GMT 5
One thing that a side comparison fails to convey is the thickness of the Kelenken's neck. On other forums the Kelenken's neck is often derided as being fragile and vunerable but I was pretty taken aback when I saw a top down view of a Kelenken skeleton. It's neck was incredibly thick and I really doubt that it's neck was especially vunerable, if anything its long flexible neck seemed to be more of an asset than a detriment. Oh yeah, definitely. I’ve seen a GDI estimate for this bird, and in dorsal view the neck’s not exactly some weedy structure. The fact that the skull is so wide in the back already shows that the neck can’t be so gracile. People are also under the impression that the bird can’t do anything once caught, but as we’ve seen, animals that can bite in self defense can still bite a grappler, often times escaping from its grip. Birds especially have flexible necks, and I have no doubt Kelenken’s long, flexible neck would let it bite back against something grappling it. Not to mention the extremely powerful legs with sickle talons to furiously kick with. |
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Post by Supercommunist on May 12, 2024 0:39:59 GMT 5
One thing that a side comparison fails to convey is the thickness of the Kelenken's neck. On other forums the Kelenken's neck is often derided as being fragile and vunerable but I was pretty taken aback when I saw a top down view of a Kelenken skeleton. It's neck was incredibly thick and I really doubt that it's neck was especially vunerable, if anything its long flexible neck seemed to be more of an asset than a detriment. Oh yeah, definitely. I’ve seen a GDI estimate for this bird, and in dorsal view the neck’s not exactly some weedy structure. The fact that the skull is so wide in the back already shows that the neck can’t be so gracile. People are also under the impression that the bird can’t do anything once caught, but as we’ve seen, animals that can bite in self defense can still bite a grappler, often times escaping from its grip. Birds especially have flexible necks, and I have no doubt Kelenken’s long, flexible neck would let it bite back against something grappling it. Not to mention the extremely powerful legs with sickle talons to furiously kick with. It's ability to turn around and bite back was probably even greater than a hyena's. People also used to argue that its bipedal stature would have been a disadvantage but I think it was the opposite. Grappling animals would have had to rear up to reach its neck and the tb would have been the more stable animal. Also the size comparison you just posted broke. |
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Post by Infinity Blade on May 12, 2024 2:07:35 GMT 5
Oh yeah, definitely. I’ve seen a GDI estimate for this bird, and in dorsal view the neck’s not exactly some weedy structure. The fact that the skull is so wide in the back already shows that the neck can’t be so gracile. People are also under the impression that the bird can’t do anything once caught, but as we’ve seen, animals that can bite in self defense can still bite a grappler, often times escaping from its grip. Birds especially have flexible necks, and I have no doubt Kelenken’s long, flexible neck would let it bite back against something grappling it. Not to mention the extremely powerful legs with sickle talons to furiously kick with. It's ability to turn around and bite back was probably even greater than a hyena's. People also used to argue that its bipedal stature would have been a disadvantage but I think it was the opposite. Grappling animals would have had to rear up to reach its neck and the tb would have been the more stable animal. Also the size comparison you just posted broke. If it breaks again I'll post it on my Imgbb and hopefully it'll stay. Yeah, I think people underestimate literally everything about these things (or just carnivoran-sized theropods in general). Damage output, weapon applicability, stability, durability, all that stuff. |
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