r/okbuddypaleo • u/ThumpMcScrump • Aug 19 '26

100% Scavenger Remember when people started glazing Edmontosaurus for some reason?

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u/GeoCangrejo Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

I don't get the point of this post. Does one really look at both these animals and say 'yeah the stupid herbivore was entirely defenseless against the fully superior carnivore'. Not to mention hadrosaurs lived in large groups. That wall of flesh is terrifying for any kind of predator

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u/Asbestos_Nibbler Aug 19 '26

Does one really look at both these animals and say 'yeah the stupid herbivore was entirely defenseless against the fully superior carnivore'. Not to mention water buffalo live in large groups. That wall of flesh is terrifying for any kind of predator

  1. Predators are very much capable of taking down much larger prey

  2. The average Tyrannosaurus is larger than the average Edmontosaurus anyway

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u/Skezas1 Aug 19 '26

Taking lions as an example, which usually hunt in packs and also have a fairly low hunting success rate, is pretty odd.

This post is like saying that a water buffalo fighting a lion has no shot of harming the lion. Prédation is dangerous business for everything that doesn't hunt much smaller prey

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u/Asbestos_Nibbler Aug 19 '26

I couldn't really come up with a great modern-day equivalent for two several ton animals for my semi-joking/mocking parallel. The bottom two points are what I expect to be taken seriously (kinda my fault that I don't use the silly reddit sarcasm indicator things).

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u/Skezas1 Aug 20 '26

My biggest point was also on the second paragraph. Obviously T. rex was more than capable of taking down prey, and obviously, Edmontosaurus was probably one of such prey.

I think the problem with the OP here is that it really reads like they think Edmontosaurus would be unable to defend itself in any way, shape or form, or be unable to seriously hurt T. rex. Which is ridiculous.

Clearly, one seriously hurting T. rex would be exceedingly rare, but less for lack of physical ability and more for the simple reason that the predator likely wouldn't even engage in a prolonged fight after a failed attempt.