5 Animals that could KILL a T.rex

Subscribe:    / creaturechallenge   Want to know animals that could defeat a Tyrannosaurus rex? Watch to the end to find out :) The T.rex is often regarded as the largest terrestrial carnivore and the most unstoppable apex predator. But, there are some absolutely scary prehistoric animals that the fossil records are hiding that could obliterate a Tyrannosaurus rex in a fight. So, this video investigates 5 prehistoric animals that could destroy a T.rex in a fight. T.rex (Tyrannosaurus rex) stats: People lie to you about the T. rex. Movies paint it as this unkillable, roaring god that just walked around the Late Cretaceous doing whatever it wanted without ever taking a scratch. We are talking about the largest land carnivore to ever exist—a 13-foot-tall, 7-9-ton biological war machine whose daily job was dismantling huge dinosaurs such as Triceratops, Ankylosaurus, and Edomontosaurus. And it backed that up with a 600-pound skull that output 12,000 pounds of force—enough energy to literally explode solid bone from the inside out. Triceratops: We have a good old natural rivalry. T.rex vs Triceratops in a fight. And look, I know what you’re thinking: Didn't the T. rex hunt these things? Well, kinda. Now, yes, dismantling armored herbivores was the T. rex’s 9-to-5 job. But people severely underestimate how often the T. rex lost that fight. In fact, we have the fossil receipts to prove it: paleontologists have found T. rex skeletons with shattered bones matching the exact dimensions of Triceratops horns. And, here’s the thing: an adult Triceratops horridus clocked in at 6 to 9 tons, which makes them in the same weight class. But while the Rex is a 13-foot-tall bipedal seesaw, the Triceratops is a 9 ft tall sprawling bulldozer. In other words, Its low center of gravity and wide, 4 legged stance practically bolts it to the dirt. But the real nightmare is the hardware. The Triceratops rocks a solid bone skull weighing an incredible 3,000 pounds. Paraceratherium: You see, the Paraceratherium is a GIANT, hornless prehistoric rhino. Back in the Oligocene, it roamed the open forests like an absolute king—and for good reason. It is arguably the largest land mammal to ever exist. We are talking about an 11 to 17-ton giant standing a towering 16 feet tall at the shoulder. That means this absolute unit is actively looking down at the T. rex, all while carrying almost double the body weight. And that massive height creates a serious mathematical nightmare for the dinosaur. Anklyosaurus: Now, this is another heated natural rivalry of the Late Cretaceous. T.rex vs Ankylosaurus. this Late Cretaceous neighbor of the Rex was a walking bunker. We're talking about a 6-to-8 ton tank that had its entire back covered in bone plates embedded straight into the skin. In fact, evolution was so paranoid about the T. rex's bite force that even the Ankylosaurus’ eyelids were armored. And this is exactly where the T. rex stubs its foot prehistoric coffee table. The Ankylo sits incredibly low to the ground—only about as tall as an average guy. And because of this wide, squat stance, it is completely unflippable. And that’s exactly what the Ankylosaurus wants. While the Rex is busy looking for an angle, the Ankylo unleashes its infamous weapon, a 2-foot-wide solid bone tail club outputting 19,000 Newtons- aka more than enough to shatter a T. rex’s ankle. Shantungosaurus: AKA the LARGEST herbivorous dinosaur that’s not a long necked sauropod: YES, you heard me. This duckbilled hadrosaur is a bit of an unknown dino. You see, everyone lies about hadrosaurs. They call them the cows of the Cretaceous. So how does a giant herbivore without horns, armor, or sharp tusks beat the tyrant king? Through it’s massive, massive build and pure blunt force trauma. In fact, did y’all know it weighed anywhere between 14-17 tons, and reached over 54 feet long. To put that in perspective: It’s basically DOUBLE the weight of the T.rex. That’s a lot of rushing, raging inertia, and inertia is a bitch to fight. Columbian mammoth: The Columbian mammoth stands about 13 ft tall and weighed around 10 tons. Now, not gonna lie, this might be the closest fight on the list—a brutal 50/50 brawl—but a T. rex would have to be a special kind of stupid to pick a fight with a bull mammoth. I mean, think about this: While the T. rex is optimized for bite-and-shake tactic, the Mammoth is built for the clinch. Look at the skeleton: The Rex had high-tech bird bones: strong but airy, built like titanium pipes. But mammoth bones are solid-core marble pillars. But the real game-changer is that massive shoulder hump of the Mammoth. Essentially, the mammoth had a sloped posture, meaning its densest muscles are heavily stacked right in the shoulders and neck. And all that muscle exists to power its primary weapons: 10-foot, hooked ivory tusks. Tags: T.rex fight, Tyrannosaurus hunt, T.rex vs mammoth, T.rex vs triceratops, T.rex roar, Jurassic