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Post by johannes on May 2, 2024 22:09:41 GMT 10
www.deviantart.com/nkourk/art/Troodon-attacking-a-Gobiconodon-861385537If we ignore the fact that late K Troodon and early K Gobiconodon were separated by about the same timespan that separates us from T-rex (but both eutriconodonts and paravians had been around since the Jurassic and both hadn't changed that much since then), my money still would be on the mammal; it looks annoyed, but not really afraid, turning it's head and teeth rather than it's poisonous spurs toward the adversary. I come from a terrier family and I did once own a muscovy duck - before it had to be evacuated to a rescue farm for being too aggressive - so I know both types of animal (minus the venom) by personal experience, the feathered fowl would be most likely the one who initiates the fight, but the mammal - if it isn't panicked by the initial multiplex of wings and claws - is more likely to end it. Remember that baby cheetahs have a silvery mane wich makes them look like a badger in the eyes of a secretary bird, wich means a) predation on offspring by secretary birds is a not unconsiderable factor in the evolution of medium sized mammals b) secretary birds are very afraid of badgers, and rightly so
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Post by Ian Thomas on May 10, 2024 6:33:21 GMT 10
I suppose a combatant with his feet firmly planted on the ground can generally get the better of one that is airborne? Simply because of Newton's laws. Action-reaction.
As any exponent of Judo would know .. 🥋
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