Tyrannosaurus Runs a Gauntlet

Jul 12, 2013

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In the Gauntlet series, we will see some of the toughest dinosaurs ever to live face 10 consecutive challenges with increasing difficulty. The idea was conceived about a week ago when DinoFights and I were eating nachos and watching Family Guy. Out of all the random stuff we talked about--including the upcoming DinoFights website--this one stood out. While I'm visiting my great aunt in Canada I'll be in charge of the series and I will post every few days or so. First up: Tyrannosaurus rex One of the greatest land predators ever to evolve, a 44 foot 9 ton T. rex takes the task of running a 10 challenge gauntlet. It will face several animal species one challenge at a time in a different setting and scenario and any damage he takes he will maintain throughout the gauntlet. He has a 30 minute rest period between fights. 1. Ekrixinatosaurus ambushes T. rex in a redwood forest, 36 feet long & 6 tons [img]http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/192/0/6/abelisaurus_malargue_by_Gonzalezaurus.jpg[/img] 2. Rex ambushes a very large bull African elephant in musth in a modern day African jungle, 17 feet tall & 14. tons [img]http://gifts.worldwildlife.org/gift-center/Images/large-species-photo/large-African-Elephant-photo.jpg[/img] 3. Two Carnotaurus attack Rex in a very dark arena, 30 feet long & 3 tons [img]http://trodinswebosaurcheats.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/carnotaurus2.jpg[/img] 4. Rex is caught in the path of a Spinophorosaurus separated from his herd near a beach, 50 feet long & 13.5 tons [img]http://kozmopolitaydinlar.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/spinophorosaurus.jpg?w=940[/img] 5. Mother Deltadromeus protects her young from our Tyrannosaurus who is hungry, 35 feet long & 2 tons [img]http://0.tqn.com/d/dinosaurs/1/0/L/Q/-/-/Deltadromeus-agilis.jpg[/img] 6. Adult Suchomimus attacks Tyrannosaurus to show dominance on the shores of a river, 43 feet long & 6.5 tons [img]http://www.luisrey.ndtilda.co.uk/jpegs/256col/such.jpg[/img] 7. T. rex wants to eat an angry Stegosaurus on a grassy plain, 30 feet long & 7 tons [img]http://0.tqn.com/d/dinosaurs/1/0/s/A/-/-/ABlexovisaurus.jpg[/img] 8. Deinosuchus ambushes T. rex in 10 foot deep water when he takes a drink from a lake, 39.5 feet long & 7 tons [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YBBSKavv3d4/Tszgy-9k0xI/AAAAAAAABoc/pfU-KFqhvjw/s1600/deinosuchus_and_albertosaurus.jpg[/img] 9. Rex feels hungry again and attacks an Ankylosaurus on a hillside, 35 feet long & 9.5 tons [img]http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120603235209/landbeforetime/images/6/6f/Ankylosaurus_2.gif[/img] 10. Rex faces Eotriceratops on a circular platform that is 200 feet wide and it is crumbling away at a rate of 2 feet off the width per second and the rate increases exponentially every minute, 32 feet long & 11.5 tons. [img]http://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/old/titanoceratops.jpg[/img] Does Tyrannosaurus run the gauntlet? If not, when does he fail? What challenges does he struggle with the most?

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Makaveli7July 12, 2013

[img]http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110913165855/dinosaurs/images/3/37/Spinophorosaurus_NT.jpg[/img] Spinophorosaurus pic didn't work...

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DeltadromeusJuly 12, 2013

He has the most trouble with the Ekrixinatosaurus, he is seriously wounded by it. He eats the elephant and regains some health. Carnotaurus, don't kill him, but weaken him greatly. The T. rex or the delta is 35 feet long. If delta, then T. rex falls. If T. rex manages to get by the angry mother, which he won't, or at least be nearly impossible. He just runs by the sauropod. If delta doesn't kill him, then suchomimis kills it. Ekrixinatosaurus caused the most trouble.

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Rex Fan 684July 12, 2013

I'm sorry, but those are the biggest Ankys and Stegs I have ever seen!

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Makaveli7July 12, 2013

Upper estimates. I see the 30 foot stegosaurus as realistic, but the 35 foot ankylosaurus isn't... So what's your opinion on the gauntlet?

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Rex Fan 684July 12, 2013

Let's see. We are talking about the biggest predator that ever walked the northern hemisphere and one of the biggest ever. 1. Beats Ekrix, but has serious injuries. Primarily broken ribs from numerous headbutts. 2. Kills elephant with little trouble. Used to fighting dinosaurs just as big if not bigger. Regains some health. 3. Being bigger, stronger, and smarter than the Carnos, he defeats them, but loses an eye. 4. Kills the Spinophorosaurus with a bite to the head. Used to fighting bigger sauropods like Alamosaurus. Regains more health. 5. Decides it's not worth fighting an angry mother Delta and is smart enough to avoid the situation. 6. Defeats the slightly smaller Sucho and eats the carcass to make up for it's lost Delta meal. Has a broken arm though. 7. Defeats the Steg, but has a hole punched into his left leg, making running difficult. Regains a little health from meal. 8. Barely escapes Deinocusuchus. When the giant gator is on the shore, he steps on it's head and kills it. 9. Avoids Anky. Knows they are hard to beat. 10. Fights Eo and wins. Tries to eat it, but his injured leg gives out and he falls on one of the horns. He ran the gauntlet and won, but it was a short lived victory. Even the most powerful predator ever has a limit.

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Rex Fan 684July 12, 2013

The length for Steg is one thing, weight seems a bit much, but whatever. Makes it more interesting.

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DeltadromeusJuly 12, 2013

Rex Fan, how did Rexy avoid the mother delta? I have a feeling that she would go out of her way to attack it if she knew it was in the area. And she is nearly twice as fast as rex.

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1. Ekrixinatosaurus injures T-Rex with broken ribs and some bite wounds, but unless he can knock T-Rex over, he's defeated after a fairly hard battle. 2. Elephant gores and badly injures T-Rex unless he is killed or severely injured by Rex's ambush. 3. Carnotaurus are outsmarted and killed after inflicting some minor wounds. 4. Spinophorosaurus could kill or badly injur Rex but would probably get killed beforehand because, being so small for a sauropod, would have an easily reachable neck. 5. Deltadromeus could have some emotional power that allows her to deal some serious damage, but one bite from T-Rex either severely injures or kills her depending on the location of the bite. 6. Suchomimus leaves some pretty gruesome wounds from claws but could get defeated with some effort. 7. Stegosaurus injures T-Rex but is killed fairly quickly. 8. Deinosuchus takes Rex to a watery grave unless T-Rex can see him ahead of time or can escape and run away. 9. Ankylosaurus breaks Rex's leg unless he can ambush the Anky and flip it over. 10. Eotriceratops gores him or chases him off the cliff because it was even bigger than Triceratops, a prey item that Rex already struggled with. Plus, with all of the injuries Rex would have racked up should he make it this far, he would have been far too exhausted and impaired to kill it.

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Rex Fan 684July 13, 2013

@Deltadromeus- Did I question how you had him run the gauntlet? No. @Spyrannosaurus- That is certainly one way he could have ran it.

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