Imagine a dinosaur so powerful that even the mighty T-Rex would have to think twice before picking a fight. Meet the Spinosaurus, the only dinosaur that could potentially take down the king of the dinosaurs. With its massive size, longer body, and huge sail-like spine, this giant predator was built for both land and water, giving it a big advantage. While the T-Rex had a crushing bite, the Spinosaurus had long, sharp claws and could outmaneuver it in the water. Some scientists believe that in a showdown, the Spinosaurus might just come out on top. It’s like a prehistoric battle of the titans! Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.
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00:00The Tyrannosaurus Rex, the formidable predator, the world-known celebrity of the animal kingdom,
00:07the king of all dinos.
00:10Since its discovery in 1902, this dangerous predator has fascinated both researchers and the regular public.
00:19But despite its terrifying reputation, there were actually other beasts that could defeat the T-Rex.
00:26And one of the true nemeses of this dinosaur was the Triceratops, a herbivore.
00:32But despite its plant-based diet, the dino was huge and had two nightmarish large horns and a smaller one,
00:41along with thickened bones which added to its defenses and helped protect itself from dreadful predators like the T-Rex.
00:49This dino was something like proof that herbivores were no pushovers.
00:55Its formidable horns were about a foot wide at their base and tapered into mean points capable of skewering any predator,
01:03even a T-Rex, like juicy barbecue.
01:06The colossal skull of the Triceratops sported an enormous frill made of protective solid bone, which was topped with hornlets.
01:16From the tip of the animal's beak to the spiked rim of the frill,
01:19the head of the Triceratops could reach a whopping 10 feet in length and weigh around a ton.
01:26This gargantuan construction, the head of the dino, was attached to the body with the help of a ball and socket joint.
01:34This allowed the dino to swivel its head around with astonishing speed, brandishing its horns to scare predators away.
01:43That's one of the reasons why a T-Rex that decided to attack a Triceratops was actually taking a big risk.
01:51The battle could easily go either way.
01:54Of course, the king of the dinosaur world could win and get its long-awaited feast,
01:59but just as likely, the hunted could become the hunter and end the T-Rex's game.
02:06Now, how about we find some more cool and lesser-known facts about those intriguing creatures, dinosaurs?
02:14For example, dinos almost certainly did not roar.
02:18Scientists think they might have cooed instead.
02:21More accurately, they probably produced sounds in ways similar to the way ostriches boom or doves coo.
02:28You see, many modern birds use a method of producing sounds called closed-mouth vocalization.
02:34Sounds are made by inflating the throat rather than passing air through the syrinx, the vocal organ of birds.
02:41In other words, the Jurassic Park movies got it all wrong.
02:45A lot of early dino reconstructions appeared under the influence of those scary noises that we associate with modern predators, like lions.
02:53So, on screen, dinosaurs have their mouths open when they produce sounds, just like lions when they roar.
03:00But real dinos wouldn't have done that, especially not before charging at their prey.
03:05They wouldn't have advertised their presence to other animals nearby, not when all they wanted was to have a meal.
03:15The Quetzalcoatlus was a member of the ancient group of dinosaurs known as the Quetzalcoatlus.
03:21This was a member of the ancient group of flying reptiles, pterosaurs.
03:26And it was also the largest flying animal to have ever lived on Earth.
03:30The giraffe-sized creature had thin limbs, a startlingly long beak, and a staggering 40-foot wingspan.
03:38Researchers believe that these creatures could have also used their folded-up wings as legs, so they probably walked on all fours.
03:47Scientists discovered the Quetzalcoatlus about 50 years ago, but they still have a tricky time trying to piece together the details of this animal's life.
03:56For example, how did it even manage to lift its ginormous body off the ground when flying?
04:02Whatever the answer is, this creature is our first real look at the entirety of the largest animals ever to fly.
04:11One of the reasons why it's been taking so long to unearth the secrets of the Quetzalcoatlus is because this creature had hollow bones that helped it to fly, just like modern flying animals.
04:23So, when you find these potato-chips-like bones preserved in super hard rock, you need to somehow remove them without destroying them.
04:32And that's a really tough task!
04:36The Tyrannosaurus rex was quite a slow runner. Its speed was likely to be just about 10 miles per hour, which is approximately as fast as the speed of an average human runner.
04:48As for T. rex babies, according to hatchling recreations from the American Museum of Natural History, they were pretty cute.
04:57About the size of super skinny turkeys, and covered with downy feathers.
05:05The largest land-based dino was the Argentinosaurus.
05:09This massive animal often reached up to 130 feet in length and 69 feet in height.
05:17Considering the average blue whale is around 70 feet long, you can easily imagine just how giant that dinosaur was.
05:28Many dinos had feathers, and I'm not only talking about avian ones.
05:33The largest feathered dinosaur we know about was the Eutyrannus huali, which translates as a beautiful feathered tyrant.
05:42It was a super predator and cousin of the T. rex.
05:46Scientists think that the dino most likely relied on its feathers to stay warm.
05:51However surprising it may sound, some of the biggest dinosaurs were actually herbivores.
05:58Let's take the Brachiosaurus and Apatosaurus, for example.
06:02These creatures were giant, but followed a plant-based diet.
06:08Now I'm not sure if you should try it or not, but apparently you can tell the difference between a simple stone and a dinosaur fossil by licking it.
06:17It may not sound like the most legitimate approach, but even paleontologists sometimes find themselves doing this.
06:25The thing is, if you lick a potential fossil, it will slightly stick to your tongue.
06:30That's because fossils are way more porous than stones.
06:36When dinosaurs first saw the light of day during the Triassic period, around 230 million years ago,
06:43Earth's continents were clustered together and formed one giant supercontinent called Pangaea.
06:49Over the next 165 million years, Pangaea slowly drifted apart, and that separated many dinosaur species from one another.
06:59And still, most of the world's dinosaur fossils are found in three places.
07:04The high-altitude badlands of China, North America, and Argentina have the largest amount of fossils, or at least easily accessible ones.
07:14In reality, most parts of the world are covered with fossils, but those located in desert-like environments are easier to find due to the lack of vegetation.
07:26Interestingly, most fossilized dino bones aren't bones anymore.
07:31The fossilization process often occurs when something gets trapped between layers of sediment or sand.
07:38For millions of years, those remnants stay there.
07:41At one point, they got surrounded by a layer of water.
07:45It replaces the original organic material with minerals.
07:48In other words, it's not the real thing anymore. It's a rock-like copy.
07:54The Triceratops boasted three giant horns sticking out of its head, but its teeth were even more fascinating.
08:01This dino had around 800 teeth, and new ones kept growing throughout its life.
08:07These teeth grew in sets of 36 to 40 tooth columns, with each column having 3 to 5 teeth, vertically stacked on one another.
08:17Some dinos had hollow bones, like today's birds.
08:22These creatures stored air in their bones, which helped them improve their breathing abilities.
08:27It made these dinosaurs lighter on their feet and allowed them to breathe much more efficiently.
08:33The Nijasaurus replaced its teeth every two weeks.
08:37This unique creature had rows and rows of teeth in reserve.
08:41They were hidden away in its mouth, and when a set of teeth wore out, they fell out, and the next row moved into position.
08:50Dinosaurs didn't all go extinct at the same time, as soon as the asteroid crashed into Earth.
08:57Instead, the space rock likely triggered a chain reaction of events which changed the face of the planet.
09:04Of course, it didn't happen overnight, but over the next few hundred or even thousands of years.
09:10As a result, all but avian dinosaurs went extinct.
09:16The word dinosaur came from the Greek language.
09:20Danos means terrible, and soros means lizard.
09:25So basically, dinosaur can be translated to terrible lizard.
09:30You may object that not all dinosaurs were terrifying predators.
09:34This name might be appropriate for the T-Rex, but not, let's say, the tiny Meg.
09:40Rumor has it that when Sir Richard Owen, an English biologist, came up with the name for dinosaurs, he used the word terrible in a different sense.
09:49He described those ancient creatures as fearfully great, as in far larger in size than any previously discovered reptiles.
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