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Topic	Do you think T-Rex was mostly a scavenger?
ElatedVenusaur 01/08/21 1:49:06 PM #20:	Taharqa_ posted... Maybe opportunitistic and did both. Lions are the apex predators in Africa and they'll routinely steal food from other carnivores or scavenge. Why would T-Rex be any different? Yeah, asking whether the T-Rex got most of its calories from hunting itself or stealing seems like splitting hairs: there's plenty of evidence they hunted, and no doubt something that big and powerful also routinely rolled up on other predators and stole their kills. Probably the answer varied from place to place and from individual to individual. <cite>ElatedVenusaur posted [p:949266871] in Do you thi... [t:79226666]...</cite> <quote>Taharqa_ posted... </cite> <quote>Maybe opportunitistic and did both. Lions are the apex predators in Africa and they'll routinely steal food from other carnivores or scavenge. Why would T-Rex be any different?</quote>Yeah, asking whether the T-Rex got most of its calories from hunting itself or stealing seems like splitting hairs: there's plenty of evidence they hunted, and no doubt something that big and powerful also routinely rolled up on other predators and stole their kills. Probably the answer varied from place to place and from individual to individual. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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