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NoobMember0 XPJun-09-2013 11:04 PMWelcome ladies and gentleman, to my daily DinoFight. I always appreciate my loyal readers, but for those of you who are new, every day I pit two of the most formidable dinosaurs to ever exist against one another in a fight to the death (most of the time).
Medium division, round 1, fight 5: Becklespinax vs Cryolophosaurus
Becklespinax
[img]http://0.tqn.com/d/dinosaurs/1/0/r/P/-/-/altispinax-becklespinax.jpg[/img]
Height: 12 feet
Length: 30 feet
Weight: 2.5 tons
Speed: 25 mph
Diet: Various herbivores
Weapons: Bite, claws
Description: Very similar to Acrocanthosaurus, Becklespinax instantly strikes an image into your head of Allosaurus meets Spinosaurus. It's extended vertebral columns, however, supported a muscular ridge that connected to its skull and made it more powerful rather the skin sail of Spinosaurus. Its cousin, Acrocanthosaurus, is speculated by many to be a specialized sauropod killer, and the smaller Becklespinax could follow the same lifestyle with its overall powerful build and a huge bite accompanied by slicing teeth. Also like Acrocanthosaurus, it could have been an apex predator in its ecosystem.
Cryolophosaurus
[img]http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120116084237/jurassicpark/images/8/82/Cryolophosaurus_%26_Massospondylus.jpg[/img]
Height: 12 feet
Length: 30 feet
Weight: 1.8 tons
Speed: 25 mph
Diet: Carrion, various herbivores
Weapons: Bite, claws
Description: Possibly the largest dilophosaur, Cryolophosaurus was Antarctica's apex predator. The first specimen found was 21 feet long, but upon further study was found to be a juvenile. The defining detail of the dinosaur was its crest, which unlike other dilophosaurs ran across its head rather than along it. Also strange for a dilophosaur was its build. While not as robust as some theropods, it wasn't as sleekly built as Dilophosaurus. The jaws were also more robust among other mixed features, which all indicated it was either a ceratosaur, abelisaur, tetanuran or something else entirely. However, it was likely a dilophosaur and the strange features were a result of evolution to fit its environment.
FIGHT!
It is an overcast day on Isla Sorna, where a Cryolophosaurus trudges through a rocky landscape at the base of the valley where the island's carcharodontosaurids roam. He is careful to avoid them, knowing that they don't like others invading their hunting grounds. A few hundred yards away he smells a young dinosaur. Hungry, he picks up the pace and gets to the nest. Three baby Becklespinax sit in a nest, defenseless and unable to see, being born just a couple days ago. He looks around for their mother before sneaking over to the nest and eating one. He gulps it down in one bite and starts to eat another when he hears loud footsteps behind him. He pauses and slowly turns around, the half-dead hatchling hanging out of his mouth. The mother stares at him for a moment before roaring. He runs as fast as he can through the valley, right through an unusually large herd of Argentinosaurus. They snap their tails at him as he weaves in and out between their legs, trying to avoid conflict with the mother Becklespinax that is right on his heels. They pass the herd and run past a pack of Mapusaurus that are running at the herd of sauropods. One of them snaps at him and causes him to swerve and stumble, allowing the mother Becklespinax to bite his tail. She pulls him back and slams into him, knocking him to the ground. He scratches her face before she can bite him and quickly stands up. This is quite a dangerous place for them to be fighting, as at any moment one of the packs of Tyrannotitan, Mapusaurus, Giganotosaurus or Carcharodontosaurus could decide the two would make an easier meal than the sauropods they are pursuing. The Becklespinax bites his shoulder as he stands and pushes him down. He can't quite break free of the bone crushing bite and his shoulder blades are breaking. He turns and bites the Becklespinax in the chest, causing her to let go, and he holds on, immobilizing her arms, but she clamps her jaws onto his neck. Before she can snap his spine, however, he yanks away and backs up a distance. They circle each other a few times before he breaks away from it and daringly bolts towards the bloody battle of the Argentinosaurus and the carcharodontosaurids. The packs of multiple species are each trying to single out a sauropod, but it is made difficult by their whipping tails that are rapidly taking out members of the packs. The Becklespinax reluctantly enters the brawl as well to find the Cryolophosaurus. He is trapped in the middle with no place to go. She dashes at him and is almost to him when an enormous Carcharodontosaurus alpha is whipped in the head and falls between them. The Cryolophosaurus takes advantage by running up the body and springing off into Becklespinax, who couldn't see him through the dust. He knocks her to the ground and snaps at her throat but her powerful legs and arms hold him back. A giant foot of an Argentinosaurus slams down inches away from them with a deafening thud. The ear splitting roars of the carnivores and bugles of the sauropods echo off the narrow valley's walls. The Cryolophosaurus jumps off and attempts to run away but a very large Giganotosaurus bites him and tosses him about 10 yards through the air when he bumps into its leg. The Becklespinax rushes towards him and bites his back. Very badly injured, he can't fight back and his spine is ripped out by the mother Becklespinax. She starts running back towards her nest but suddenly an Argentinosaurus is suddenly taken down. The titan shakes the earth when it hits the ground and suddenly all of the remaining carnivores abandon their individual targets and rush to the kill. The rest of the Argentinosaurus herd moves on quickly and the packs are distracted, so the Becklespinax takes advantage and sneaks around the herd and back to her last remaining baby at the mouth of the valley.
WINNER: BECKLESPINAX
[img]http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/altispinax-dunkeri-dinosaurs-attack-sergey-krasovskiy.jpg[/img]
Heavier, stronger and pretty much just as fast. There was almost no chance that Cryolophosaurus would win in a face to face fight, and the best chance it had at surviving was to run away, and the Giganotosaurus made that difficult...
Odds: 80-20
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21 Responses to Becklespinax vs Cryolophosaurus
NoobMember0 XPJun-09-2013 11:13 PMGreat job. Love the setting it took place in.Future Team Raptor member
NoobMember0 XPJun-09-2013 11:15 PMCould this be a foreshadowing event to build hype for season 3?NoobMember0 XPJun-09-2013 11:16 PMPerhaps.Announcement Coming Soon
Prepare yourselves, DinoFans!
NoobMember0 XPJun-09-2013 11:20 PMOooooo a cryptic message! Love it! Let's decipher its meaning! I think it means there will be team battles in season 3. Carcharodontosaurus and Giganotosaurus vs Mapusaurus and Tyrannotitan FTW!
NoobMember0 XPJun-09-2013 11:23 PMHmm. Well, it could be an indication as to where the battles with Carcharodontosaurids will take place.
NoobMember0 XPJun-09-2013 11:27 PMI think it's an explanation as to how carcharodontosaurids fit in. Spinosaurus and Tyrannosaurus rule most of the island, so the carcharodontosaurs find a place where they can thrive and stick to it.
NoobMember0 XPJun-09-2013 11:31 PMGreat fight! LOVE the Giganotosaurus interference.Number one supporter of Team Raptor
NoobMember0 XPJun-09-2013 11:33 PMMe too. If he was going down, why not take him out in a way that builds hype? Awesome job Dino Fights.Rawr
NoobMember0 XPJun-09-2013 11:35 PMAw man. Team Dilo lost again. :( oh well... Good fair fight anyway.
NoobMember5 XPJun-10-2013 10:11 AMim preety sure Cryolophosaurus's head ridge was part of its skull, not feathers
NoobMember0 XPJun-10-2013 11:36 AMEven without the various other predators around, that Cryo had no chance. It's not because of his size or weapons. You mess with a mother of any sort and her offspring, you're messing with hell. I did something similar in my fight between Tyrannosaurs and Spinosaurus. The Spino in that fight and the Cryo in this one failed to realize that the bond between a mother and her young is stronger than any weapon they had. Well done!"Men like me don't start the wars. We just die in them. We've always died in them, and we always will. We don't expect any praise for it, no parades. No one knows our names."
―Alpha-98
NoobMember0 XPJun-10-2013 3:21 PMOnly the bottom part was bone. The rest could have been feathers or a flap of skin.TEAM SPINO!!!
NoobMember0 XPJun-10-2013 3:23 PM[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Augie_Cryolophosaurus_Skull.JPG[/img]TEAM SPINO!!!
NoobMember0 XPJun-10-2013 4:04 PMIt did have a little crest. Hm. Wonder why it's always so exagerated. NoobMember0 XPJun-10-2013 4:20 PMBecause it probably did have more to it. It likely had a protruding attachment of some sort, like this
[img]http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2012/057/a/3/cryolophosaurus_ellioti_by_vasix-d4r1hc6.jpg[/img]TEAM SPINO!!!
NoobMember0 XPJun-10-2013 4:27 PMThat seems a little extreme. This is how I envision it...
[img]http://www.dinosaurusi.com/foto/all/Cryolophosaurus/Cryolophosaurus-dinosaurus-dinosaur.jpg[/img]
A little bigger than what the fossil shows, but not much bigger."Men like me don't start the wars. We just die in them. We've always died in them, and we always will. We don't expect any praise for it, no parades. No one knows our names."
―Alpha-98
NoobMember0 XPJun-11-2013 11:30 AMTrue that!"Men like me don't start the wars. We just die in them. We've always died in them, and we always will. We don't expect any praise for it, no parades. No one knows our names."
―Alpha-98
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