Could any modern-day animal give a t-rex a run for its money?

Well, to be fair, we people have some pretty nasty stuff in our mouths too (supposedly one of the worst kinds if bites you can get is a Human bite. Then again, depending on what you’re into, and what kind of bite it was from what kind of human, it could theoretically be one of the better bites you can get :smiley: )

Anyhow, Hippos have some fearsome jaws. Snap crocs in half like Pocky sticks. Not sure what a few of them could do to a T-Rex’s ankles if they could get close enough.

Anyhow, my money is on Ferrets. They’re sneaky. :smiley:

If a large enough python or anaconda managed to wrap itself around the tyrannosaur’s neck, that’d be lights out for the dinosaur.

Pervert. I’d prefer to see them going at it in Jell-o.

I reckon a gaggle of monkeys crawling all over him biting him would be difficult for a t-rex to resist.

Actually, its arms were just too short to brush properly.
And the obvious answer to the OP is Twilight Zone standard, it’s MAN. At least a man with a plentiful supply of rocket-propelled grenades and a safe place to launch them from.

A polar bear in its natural habitat might stand a chance if T-Rex was cold-blooded. Then again, so would a penguin.

Is this a different kind of man with a rocket launcher that was excluded from the OP?

How 'bout a gorilla with a rocket launcher?

You’re right that it’s partly by analogy with the komodo dragon, but there was a little more science involved than that. From here:

Well, if we’re going to ludicrous extremes my money’s on Dr Oppenheimer, with a nuclear weapon and suitable remote detonation device.

I was more thinking of a one-on-one, mano a mano fight. Honorable mention for rule abuse to the bacteria/virus/pirana suggestions, though.

Do Komodo dragons actually just bite a prey and wait until it dies from infection???

Well, no, but a man with a shovel, an axe, some rope, and maybe a Leatherman, plenty of time on his hands and a bit of luck could probably take down a T-Rex with just snares and pitfalls. Pretty much your standard brain vs. brawn grudge match.

Actually, it may not take more than standing on the opposite side of a handy tar pit and giving the T Rex the finger. Although it’s really hard to say because we don’t have any exact idea about the T-Rex’s intelligence, agility or speed.

Like those in the Phillipines in WWII who fought the Japanese?

WTF?

guerilla

gorilla

Visions of Planet of the Apes come to my eyes…

Guerillas, perhaps?

Guerilla’s, not Gorilla’s. A attempt at humor. Har.
The Komodo Dragon does it’s toxic bite as it is one of the few lizards that attacks and eats things that aren’t big enough to more or less swallow whole.

I wouldn’t count on a lot of pay-per-view revenue from this bout.

-rainy

I would say that a wolverine that was motivated enough could give him a run for his money. They are small enough to make a bad target. He could just scamper up the T-Rex’s back out of his reach, dig in his claws and go for a ride. A small and vicious enough animal can take down a much bigger one, it just takes a little longer.

And no X-Men jokes :stuck_out_tongue:

Well maybe a few

If he can’t use a rocket launcher, can the man use a quad-50 anti-aircraft mount? :smiley:

That is precisely what they do. They’ll give it a good bite, and then track it using their sense of smell until it succumbs to sepsis a few days later.

What about an elephant with a shark strapped to its back, trampling and eating everything in its path?