The Defenders

[koiboi59]

Guys what about Ankylosaurus?

its listed.

[dinosaurman]

i know it's listed it's just that why arent we talking about it?

[ChanGuy]

i know it's listed it's just that why arent we talking about it?

because we know what it was capable of and there's no real point of talking about it

[koiboi59]

i know it's listed it's just that why arent we talking about it?

because we know what it was capable of and there's no real point of talking about it

i also believe there was a brief earlier conversation on how a predator could eat it (takes a lot of luck and strength).

[dinosaurman]

The only way to kill it is by flipping it over and exposeing of it's underside.

[Bear Pigs]

The only way to kill it is by flipping it over and exposeing of it's underside.

That may have been hard for predators to do as ankylosaurus was quite heavy. More likely a large predator would have to make it bleed to death somehow (most likely by biting it's leg repeatedly). A small pack predator would have have to get under the animal and attack it from underneath it. These tactics would still have been difficult due to the animals tail club.

[charle88]

I would say that most of the small and medium sized predators would have left ankylosaurus alone, due the it's thick armor and tail club. It has been nicknamed a "Walking Tank". Now large predators MIGHT have been able to take on anylosaurus, though probably the chances of them "flipping" and killing the dinosaur were thin.

[koiboi59]

I would say that most of the small and medium sized predators would have left ankylosaurus alone, due the it's thick armor and tail club. It has been nicknamed a "Walking Tank". Now large predators MIGHT have been able to take on anylosaurus, though probably the chances of them "flipping" and killing the dinosaur were thin.

yeah, smaller predators if anything took on the young and stayed far from adults.

[Bear Pigs]

I would say that most of the small and medium sized predators would have left ankylosaurus alone, due the it's thick armor and tail club. It has been nicknamed a "Walking Tank". Now large predators MIGHT have been able to take on anylosaurus, though probably the chances of them "flipping" and killing the dinosaur were thin.

I would say that most of the small and medium sized predators would have left ankylosaurus alone, due the it's thick armor and tail club. It has been nicknamed a "Walking Tank". Now large predators MIGHT have been able to take on anylosaurus, though probably the chances of them "flipping" and killing the dinosaur were thin.

yeah, smaller predators if anything took on the young and stayed far from adults.

What I ment by smaller predators is if an adult or juvenile is weak, pack predators like troodon could team up on the animal and kill it. Some troodon would distract it while the others attack the animal from below.

[koiboi59]

an adult? probably not, it doesn't matter if its sick ore even injured, that club is dangerous, and the armor is to thick to get at. now a youngling could be attacked even if it was fully healthy as the armor probably wasn't as hard at that age.

[koiboi59]

an adult? probably not, it doesn't matter if its sick ore even injured, that club is dangerous, and the armor is to thick to get at. now a youngling could be attacked even if it was fully healthy as the armor probably wasn't as hard at that age.

[seth98]

Well, that also depends, remember, Ankylosaurus might fight for mates, if that's the case, they could take great injury, even in the tail, so that it would be useless, by being temporarily being paralyzed, or even completely paralyzed, by injuries from predator or challenger, it's less defenseless, I have no doubt that if there's one thing a raptor knows to do, is attack the bottom side of Ankylosaurus, but mostly one with an injured tail.

[monkeyboy]

What I think you guys are forgetten is an X-factor. Most predators wouldn't WANT to attack an ankylosaurus. Shear body mass would detear most predators with a brain, I would doubt even a large pack hunting an Ankylosaurus simply due to fear. Even a large T-rex would rather not. An adult Ankylosaurus would probably be predator less. The only situation where an Ankylosaurus (assuming an adult, healthy, etc... individual) would be considered prey would be in a very extreme situation.

[dinosaurman]

But even so there has to be at least one way to kill it, now i think it's by distracting the herbivore and then another one goes for the underside, but only the cleverest predators ike Dromeosaurus or Troodon would have been able to do that.

[koiboi59]

still, its an ankylosaurus, these animals are practically left alone. only if desperate does a carnivore attack it. its a tank, why would they attack it when theres a defensless hadrosaur nearby.