But isn’t that largely because of our bipedalism? There aren’t too many other modern land bipods to compare to, but how are the large birds (ostriches, emus, etc.) over long distances? If that’s the key to endurance, then I’m not sure I’d want to bet against the lizard king. Besides, long-distance running matters not, if it can catch you on the sprint first.
appleciders, a place like this, stobors are far from obscure. They’re really only dangerous when they swarm, though. Catch a few of them by themselves, or in the off-season, and they’re pitiful. Rex still might not eat them, though; they taste like kerosene.
Minor nitpick, but as far as I know the only scientist who supports the theory of T. rex as a pure scavenger is Jack Horner. The majority of paleontologists seem to subscribe to the idea that T. rex was an opportunist–in other words, it would have scavenged if carrion was available, and also hunted live prey (like most land predators today). Healed-over T. rex bite marks on Triceratops and Edmontosaurus specimens lend support to this.
The last time I was facing a T-rex armed with a grenade launcher, I looked through the mail order catalog, and picked out an animate palm tree armed with a laser pistol. All I had to do was run the tree around long enough for photosynthesis to charge up the pistol, and ZAP! No more T-rex.
I’m really showing my age with this obscure reference.
