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hyphenatedsuperhero — Badass Lizard King
Published: 2011-05-24 23:56:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 1209; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 61
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Yeah. In fact, I think Tyrannosaurus rex's name should be changed to something to this effect, if only there were a word in greek for "badass".Because, come on! It's a 13-metre long carnivore with a ridiculously powerful bite! Even if it happened to be a scavenger (which I think is absurd), the animal's characteristics are badass! And it's a dinosaur, to boot, and we all know that everything is better with dinosaurs.
But no, really, I don't think the name should be changed. Tyrant lizard king is perfect just as it is.
And we all love giant carnivores. You know you do.
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It's why you must always call him Rex at the end of his name to show his true patental
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Exactly.
"imperator" would also have been a great specific name, though. After all, emperors are more powerful than kings.
Either way, its generic name still refers to a type of ruler and that alone speaks greatly of the animal's majesty and might.
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I know right 
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Easier to handle, I guess?
But then again, that's odd, because the T. rex is of the few animals well known by the general public by its binomial name.
Which one?
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Oh wait, nevermind. It was someone else 
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Oh. By the way, keep up the good work! 
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Thanks!!
I... try. But, to be honest, I'm very lazy, and while I enjoy detailing and ornamenting their heads, I lose someinterest in the rest of the body and background. Still working on it, though.
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Hah! I completely disagree with that T-Rex is a scavenger! It's impossible for a predator that weighs 6-8 tons to feed solely on dead flesh! Animals don't die very often and its impossible for it to eat alone on rotting flesh. T-Rex's designs show that its a predator since it has binocular vision (what we have), to be able to locate its prey and by Catscans(spelling?) that it used eyesight well and was a strategized predator to engage against other prey like Triceratops and Ankylosaurus! I do believe it would scavenge at times when it couldn't make a successful kill when it wasted too much energy on hunting, but its impossible for it be solely a scavenger. I hate Jack Horner and his stupidity!
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Whoa. I always love it when I find someone like-minded.
Exactly that is what I was trying to say in the description. Every single one of the Tyrannosaurus' adaptations to a predatorial lifestyle is,by any standard, badass. The large brain, the hypertrophied olfactory bulb, the eyes pointing forward instead of sideways, its biomechanics... really, everything points to a true hypercarnivore, not just some glorified vulture. The T. rex may a well be the reason Ankylosaurus and Triceratops developed such amounts of defenses and grew so large, just to stand a fighting chance.
And I absolutely hate Horner. Discovering a dinosaur nesting site does not entitle you to throw absurd theories to smash everyone's childhood dreams.
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I agree. T-Rex was an efficient predator which more than likely through its time period of its family became more and more powerful. From Guan Long to the mighty T-Rex became the best dino predator family ever lived!
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Ah. Cierto. Es un dinosaurio genial. Facilmente el dinosaurio mas famoso de todos.
Pero por que tuvo que matar al Triceratop? Facilmente el segundo dinosaurio mas famoso de todos! Sea lo que sea estan geniales las poses.
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Lo es. Lo es y con muy buena razón. Es espectacular el animal. Y por alguna razón se pega en la memoria.
Porque es badass. Por eso.
Gracias.
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Si... tiene un nombre bastante kuul. Lastima que no haya nombres tan kewls (Edmontonia, Seriously?)(Tubo un gran impacto en mi vida conocer a ese dino. <_< )
Ah, can´t argue that. Rule of awesome, es el slang que utilizarian, creo. XD
Ne nada! O3O
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Bueno, qué trauma te cargas tú con el Edmontonia?
AWESOME!!!!
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Si me hizo daño, verdad? Pobrecito, no es su culpa tener un nobre chafa... <_<
Ya~ys! Awseome, secretamente el motor de universo!
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Yo pienso que una cosa no impide la otra, ya vez los leones... o tal vez más carroñero entre más pesado -e intimidante- se volviera. Hay varias posibilidades.
Quedó bonito.
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Evidentemente hablaba de la irrisoria teoría de Jack Horner acerca de que era un carroñero puro que aprovechaba su tamaño para robar presas. Es obvio que yo, siendo yo, sé suficiente de el funcionamiendo de depredadores y supercarnívoros (y, realmente, de los seres vivos en general) como para saber que todo supercarnívoro es un carroñero facultativo. Duh.
Después de haber intentado contenerme para no mentártela por haber insultado mi inteligencia por enésima vez, continuamos.
Ah, muchas gracias. Ponerme técnico con este animal siempre me pone de buenas. Y el artículo de TvTropes sobre él sólo me hizo más feliz.
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Creo que un animal de ese tamaño no puede vivir de sobras solamente. Pero me recuerda un poco a lo que dicen el caso de los Arctodus (osos de cara corta). No sé si sea el mismo autor.
¿Tiene artículo en TV tropes? Leí el de Stock dinosaurs...
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Duh. Finalmente aprobaste biología. En el caso del Arctodus, es una tarugada. Los osos son por regla, generalistas. Quizás desarrolló adaptaciones para aprovechar mejor la carroña, pero eso no excluye a otras fuentes de alimento.
Sí, sí que lo tiene. Y es ASOMBROSO. [link]
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Es el peligro de la especialización.
Está bueno.
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