Oct 19 2010Whoa Whoa Whoa -- T-Rex Was A Cannibal?!
Seen here with a mysterious rash on its neck that bears a striking resemblance to the one on my genitals, the fearsome t-rex may have been a cannibal, munching on the flesh of its own brethren. Ha -- and all along I you thought they ate horses and cows. You need to read books!
While reviewing the dinosaur fossils of the T. rex, paleontologists from Yale, the University of Alberta, Montana State University and Florida State University found large teeth marks that suggest bites from other T. rex dinosaurs.
"They're the kind of marks that any big carnivore could have made, but T. rex was the only big carnivore in western North America 65 million years ago," said Yale researcher Nick Longrich, in a news release.Longrich, a Canadian, found a number of examples of this type of cannibalism by reviewing other fossil collections in museums.
"It's surprising how frequent it appears to have been," Longrich said. "We're not exactly sure what that means."
"We're not exactly sure what that means". Well brainiac, I think we can probably rule out a diet of drive-thru tacos and fried chicken. What it means is t-rex's bit each other. Granted it may have been during battle or the bitee may have already been dead, but that's not the point. The point is this: I passed out dead-drunk on the couch over the weekend and when I woke up the dog already had my foot in her mouth. WTF CHLOE -- 4 hours and you're ready to eat me?! *bark* It was 16? Oh. I was wondering why you peed by the door! *bark* Haha, I know it was me, I just like blaming you.
T. rex was a cannibal [cbc]
Thanks to T-Bone, H6E6X6, Annie, DanQ, Alysa, Nerdologie and Miss Bowser, who just assumed they ate cows because that's what they fed them in Jurassic Park. See? I wasn't the only one!
Reader Comments
1. jude - October 19, 2010 4:18 PM
hmmmmmmm 3 comments
2. jude - October 19, 2010 4:19 PM
me dumb, not talk, hurts earballs
3. Asperflux - October 19, 2010 4:20 PM
Long last the robots!
4. jude - October 19, 2010 4:20 PM
4 more minutes to kill before drink and pot time
5. jude - October 19, 2010 4:21 PM
buh bye drink pot time come early
6. Shelbon - October 19, 2010 4:28 PM
@ jude You're super dumb. Also, I'm imagining you being eaten by a walrus
7. gay - October 19, 2010 4:29 PM
big fucking deal. most animals would eat another animal of their same species if given the chance. it's fucking nature. cannibalism is everywhere.
8. jimbojunk - October 19, 2010 4:32 PM
@7 eat someone, do it now, DOOOOOOOOO IT!
9. Shelbon - October 19, 2010 4:35 PM
Also, It may not have been canabalism, those marks could be from conlfict between t-rexes for food or a mate. Maybe they just solved all of their problems with violence
10. Blastphemer - October 19, 2010 4:42 PM
Totally mating scars...Dino hickies FTW!!!!
11. Wayland - October 19, 2010 4:59 PM
@9: So either dinosaurs were as smart as humans, hence the similarity in solving capabilities, oooor... Humans are as stupid as dinosaurs. This is a scary thought.
12. naas - October 19, 2010 5:17 PM
this was on extreme rollercoasters on the travel channel last week
13. oh look more steam punk - October 19, 2010 7:03 PM
T Rex was supposed to be an opportunistic hunter, if a hunter at all, known to scavenge where possible. It's likely that it came across a dead T Rex and ate it. Doesn't mean it took a chunk with the purpose of killing to eat.
14. Manalle - October 19, 2010 7:09 PM
Is it just me or does that picture look like panel #5 from Dinosaur Comics?
http://www.qwantz.com/index.php
15. Seth - October 19, 2010 7:42 PM
T-Rex has sharp teeth, how do these 'scientists' know that it wasn't simply trying to masturbate. Can't use it's hands since they were too small.
16. Sandman - October 19, 2010 7:58 PM
I thought it was sheep, not cows...
Maybe we can convince Jurassic Park to use idiots like jude and naas as food instead.
17. onoffon - October 19, 2010 9:46 PM
I read somewhere that t-rex was much like the modern day vulture.. With jaws that could crush almost any bones and eat anything that was left from anyone. The article also said they had a very well developed sense of smell and good binocular vision. But who knows?
18. ravn - October 20, 2010 1:56 AM
teeth marks, huh?
so does that make Mike Tyson a cannibal also?
... stupid scientists.
19. InSaint - October 20, 2010 3:52 AM
Those are love bites.
20. zeneck - October 20, 2010 5:38 AM
Well, that's not a T.Rex on the picture. It's his relative called Tarbosaurus bataar. Illustration was made by Zdenek Burian for the book "Life before man". You need to read books too!
21. Nuclear Xmas - October 20, 2010 11:13 AM
Who's to say those teethmarks weren't an act of sexual deviance?
22. Quidam - October 20, 2010 6:08 PM
@11
I question your intelligence.