Predators with tusks/horns | The World of Animals - ProBoards
May 13, 2019 · So developing really large, deadly horns would be rather unlikely, there being no reason why a predator should suddenly start using its skull roof instead of its jaws to kill prey (while most predators have claws and there are conceivable reasons why one might use them more, eventually replacing the jaws in their role as primary weapon).
Predators with tusks/horns | The World of Animals
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Horn-like structures as antipredator weapons (or not)
Mar 11, 2024 · So I think most of us are aware that herbivores with horns or horn-like structures (antlers, ossicones, tusks) don’t actually seem to use them to lethal effect against predators as often as people
Lions - predation capacity | The World of Animals - ProBoards
Dec 20, 2019 · A rhino calf was killed by lions in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania in May 2000 and the mother died four months later (Maige 2001). This followed a translocation of two rhinos from the Addo Elephant Park in South Africa where there are no predators. Having calved, the mother had no knowledge of how to defend itself or the calf from lions.
Dinosaur Planet – A Retrospective Review | The World of Animals
Apr 23, 2022 · More importantly, he dismisses the idea that the horns of ceratopsids evolved for defense against predators with three arguments: 1) young ceratopsids only had rudimentary horns and frills, the time when they were most vulnerable; 2) each species had a unique setup of horns and frills, the opposite of an established ideal design for defense ...
Tyrannosaurus rex vs. Triceratops horridus | The World of Animals
Dec 4, 2019 · Vertebrate Paleontology and/or Paleobiology - Education and Research. Veterinary Sciences. Origins of LIFE and Factors shaping it
Black Rhinoceros vs Doedicurus | The World of Animals - ProBoards
Aug 29, 2013 · Two horns on the skull are made of keratin with the larger front horn typically 50 cm (20 in) long, exceptionally up to 140 cm (55 in). The longest known horn measured nearly 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in length. Sometimes, a third smaller horn may develop. These horns are used for defense, intimidation, and digging up roots and breaking branches during ...
The Future is Wild: Plausibility of the Bestiary
Feb 21, 2020 · In short, the would-be falconflies and their ancestors would probably be the prey, not predators, of the Antarctic forest’s flutterbirds. Final verdict: implausible. Spitfire bird: Taken from the Parody wiki-> A flutterbird with a defense against falconflies. When threatened, it sprays a hot, poisonous fluid at predators.
Tyrannosaurus rex vs. Triceratops horridus | The World of Animals
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Prey defeating predators | The World of Animals
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