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Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:05 am to DVA Tailgater
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Where does Kate Upton come in on this chart?
After seeing her Fappening pics, I'd guess somewhere between T Rex and Diplodocus
Dreadnoughtus is a fricking awesome dinosaur name by the way
Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:06 am to RedRifle
Really hard to believe. It can fall and not be able to get up yet at that size it would have to have some means of obtaining enough food from a populace that is 99.9999% smaller and faster. Doesn't make sense. 
Hollow bones like a bird?
**Edit: Ok, so it ate plants. So how did it not get preyed upon by smaller, faster animals? Maybe why it's just now been discovered.
Hollow bones like a bird? **Edit: Ok, so it ate plants. So how did it not get preyed upon by smaller, faster animals? Maybe why it's just now been discovered.
This post was edited on 9/4/14 at 10:09 am
Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:07 am to Bamadiver
Herbivore, dude.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:07 am to LSUBoo
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Nah, it just didn't have to do too much walking around. Slow grazing, like that person in the buffet line with tennis balls on the bottom of their walker.
It would have to move around. In fact, it would have to be moving constantly. A fully grown elephant that weighs about 15,000 lbs eats between 200 to 400 lbs a day. They spend like 12 hours a day doing nothing but eating non-stop. Now imagine the energy requirements to keep a 65 ton animal alive? Now consider that these were probably herd animals like most sauropods were. No one area could support a herd of these things for more than a very short period of time before they would have stripped every eatable bit of vegetation bare. These thins had to keep on the move constantly. They'd go into one area, strip it clean and then they'd have to move on to find more to eat or they'd starve.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:08 am to When in Rome
Easily ward off predators? The thing could barely move, seems like the opposite, a few TRex's would destroy this thing and eat for months
Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:08 am to Bamadiver
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Although it was a plant-eater, a healthy Dreadnoughtus likely had no real issues with predators due to its intimidating size and muscular, weaponized tail.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:08 am to Darth_Vader
Where does the Lickalottapuss fit on that list?
Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:10 am to KingRanch
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Y'all think dinosaurs would have been good table fare?
A rack of ribs would flip your car over. I've seen it in a documentary...
Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:11 am to RedRifle
I love dinosaurs. Wish we could have a live one one day.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:16 am to Tiger1242
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a few TRex's would destroy this thing and eat for months
you're assuming the T-rex was a pack hunter. Most in the field seem to think they weren't.
Rarely does a lion go after an elephant or a Rhino. I'm sure the dinosaur babies made for many a meal though.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:16 am to Tiger1242
Maybe it could just sit on them if they got too close. 
also the article says it had a "weaponized tail." But I think its size probably intimidated any potential predators.
I don't know, call me crazy, but I trust the judgment of paleontologists when it comes to dinosaur assumptions
also the article says it had a "weaponized tail." But I think its size probably intimidated any potential predators. I don't know, call me crazy, but I trust the judgment of paleontologists when it comes to dinosaur assumptions
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Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:16 am to forksup
Going by the daily food intake of an elephant, I'm calculating this thing would have required a little over 5,000 lbs of food a day to survive. How big of an area would this monster have to cover in just a day to be able to find that much food?
This post was edited on 9/4/14 at 10:17 am
Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:19 am to Tiger1242
Whales have femur bones. So in light of your argument, explain that from an evolutionary standpoint.
The key is remembering that evolutionary advances usually have a positive and a negative side. Being larger, makes maintaining body heat easier, potentially increases buoyancy, improves defenses from predators, and allows animal to reach food sources others can not. Of course there are disadvantages also.
The key is remembering that evolutionary advances usually have a positive and a negative side. Being larger, makes maintaining body heat easier, potentially increases buoyancy, improves defenses from predators, and allows animal to reach food sources others can not. Of course there are disadvantages also.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:22 am to Tiger1242
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a few TRex's would destroy this thing and eat for months
Maybe it was so big and thick skinned that they couldn't.
Or maybe because it could feed a TRex pack for months, only a few died each year.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:23 am to forksup
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I love dinosaurs. Wish we could have a live one one day.
Gators?
Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:26 am to Bleeding purple
quote:I agree. I think that was a stupid thing to say. If you're gonna guess just say you're guessing. The animal may have lived in lakes, swamps, and rivers and used the water to help support its weight like a manatee.
A gigantic dinosaur that could barely walk and died if it fell over seems not real to me
Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:52 am to RedRifle
I am always skeptical of these things.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:53 am to Pectus
pectus are you a paleontologist yet?
Posted on 9/4/14 at 10:55 am to el Gaucho
Close!
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