Dilophosaurus, Hunter or Scavenger?

I think Dilo was a 70-30 hunter-scavenger. It hunted by poison, but when it ran out, or had the opportunity, scavenged. (The poisonous Dilo is my theory)

Venom is a good theory but we haven't found any glands

I think it was an opportunistic animal. Like wolves. It hunted when it had what to hunt, and scavenged when it needed to.

Dilophosaurus was primarily a hunter. Not counting venom, it had speed and size (relative to herbivores in its time) on its side. Its jaws were small compared, perhaps, to Tyrannosaurus, but they were certainly not weak. Just because and animal's mouth is not built for charging and bone-crushing like Rex doesn't mean its jaws are weak. If you are of the opinion that Dilophosaurus shot venom, this is even more evidence to suggest it was a hunter. No carnivore would turn down a meal if it was provided, and, that said, I'm sure Dilophosaurus scavenged.... just not primarily.

Exactly what I was think dinosaur fanatic,but what do you think of the snake jaws?

Spino bro, technically we have found poison glands in Dilophosaurus. The hollow crests. I made a discussion about this theory, and I'll post the link [url=http://www.jurassicworld-movie.com/community/forums/topic/25749]Please push this, I went through a lot of trouble to find the link[/url]

Just because it's crests are hollow, does not mean they are poison glands. No official article, statement, or video/show has ever mentioned this. Most, if not all, scientists say Dilophosaurus was not poisonous. Now, that said, I still think it was primarily a hunter. Many of the plant eaters, like Anchisaurus for example, were less than half Dilo's size. Even with somewhat weak jaws, this would be an easy kill. It's teeth were very blade like and it had sharp claws. It was also pretty fast. It would have scavenged if it had the chance though. Why wouldn't it? It's food that doesn't fight back. Hunter- 60-70 percent of the time Scavenger- 30-40 percent of the time [img]http://0.tqn.com/d/dinosaurs/1/0/M/Q/-/-/dilophosaurusSK.jpg[/img] [img]http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/23700000/Dilophosaurus-dinosaurs-23742267-685-490.jpg[/img] I think the most accurate depiction of Dilophosaurus was in When Dinosaurs Roamed America.

I agree with you Rex Fan, of course, I still believe that Dilo was poisonous. Its my own theory, and you said most (then an if not all, but I'm just going to go over it) and I bet that at least one other person believes like I do.

[i]Dilophosaurus[/i]was certainly a part time fish eater. See article we wrote here: http://geology.utah.gov/surveynotes/archives/snt39-3.pdf