An elephant vs an allosaurous

[MichaelC]

An elephant vs an allosaurus

[big_adventure]

What kind of elephant? If you are talking a male African elephant, it's going to be much larger than an allosaur (depending on estimates, 4x or more the weight), have skin thicker than the allosaur can easily bite through (nearly an inch and a half thick), be warm blooded for extra energy and have huge tusks for the fight. Bloodlusted and angry, elephants are no joke.

[Alias]

be warm blooded for extra energy

...as opposed to an Allosaurus?

[big_adventure]

...as opposed to an Allosaurus?

Yes. Last I recall, the general science shows that they are not warm blooded. It's been a long time since I read up on that, however.

[Beadle]

Yes. Last I recall, the general science shows that they are not warm blooded. It's been a long time since I read up on that, however.

Modern consensus seems to be that theropods (T-Rex, Allosaurus, Deinonychus) and sauropods (the big buggers) were warm-blooded, but guys like Triceratops and Stegosaurus were cold-blooded.

[big_adventure]

Modern consensus seems to be that theropods (T-Rex, Allosaurus, Deinonychus) and sauropods (the big buggers) were warm-blooded, but guys like Triceratops and Stegosaurus were cold-blooded.

Fricken' jerks, changing consensus like that without sending me a memo.

Warm-blooded comment retracted. Didn't really matter that much.