The Toughest Of All Dinosaurs: The Triceratops | Clash Of The Dinosaurs

Can a Triceratops beat a T-Rex in a fearsome duel? Find out how the Triceratops is built, from its fearsome tusks to its nail-like skin.
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[@niki7716]

The ball and socket joint at the neck is one of the most fascinating things I’ve ever learned about dinosaurs.

[@Camcolito]

Yeah I don't know why I hadn't heard about that before.

[@matiasd.c9949]

I would break a neck vertebra doing that movement and then its over for me 💀👻

[@gkniffen]

Agreed!

[@eskanda3434]

@@Camcolito interesting it never evolved in any other modern animal

[@Camcolito]

@@eskanda3434 Yeah, it would seem to have serious advantages.

[@Legogreens]

"It would require a stealth approach to take out a triceratops" T-Rex: *RAAAAAAAWRRRRRRRRRRR* While it knocks down trees

[@idkanything139]

True and lol

[@samvs1259]

Yeah, that cracked me up as well. :p

[@ericmykietyn360]

Well scientists said that most likely the trex dident roar at all well not that humans can tear like a whale it was very high pitch scaring the shit outa Dino’s who might be able to hear it

[@johnthedwaynerockson1835]

Non vegeterian : i dont like this ... to much killing and blood Vegetarian : OMG!!! So cool!!!

[@AmericanThunder]

@@ericmykietyn360 Actually, they suspect the T-rex made an ultra low frequency sound that could be "felt" by other T-Rexs for miles.

[@cosmicglowsticks]

It's nice to see the triceratops being acknowledged as a truly dangerous adversary as opposed to rex food, as seen in most dinosaur media. (Especially in many video games. Herbivores deserve better)

[@vj_great551]

Herbivores are more dangerous..... hippo, cape Buffalo kill more people than lions or tigers

[@jasoncruz19800]

Your comment made me lol

[@mortalclown3812]

Herbivores have always deserved better, but just don't make good copy.

[@BlueFox284]

I dunno, they were regarded as highly dangerous in Dino Crisis 2. Combat Notes from the Game: "If you dare fight them you have already lost the fight. An angry Triceratop is unstoppable. The only thing that will stop it is an even more angry Triceratops."

[@cosmicglowsticks]

@@BlueFox284 Oh nice, that is a notable exception

[@beornthebear.8220]

I saw a video of a cape buffalo messing with a rhino. The rhino finally stuck its horn into the buffalo and lifted the entire 1-ton animal up in the air with its head for several seconds. If a rhino can do that, I wonder what a triceratops could do.

[@huckstirred7112]

I seen personally on more than one occasion were a bull tosses a round bale . A buffalo would be a toy to a rhino . The power of a tops would would make elephants look like a Billy goat

[@lokeshadhikari7573]

@@huckstirred7112 Ofcourse a elephant is nothing in front of Triceratops

[@bartomiejzakrzewski7220]

@@lokeshadhikari7573 I think they are equal, size and weight are same

[@_Only_Zuul]

triceratops could probably break through concrete walls and knock down trees..

[@devilslayer8675]

@@bartomiejzakrzewski7220 Largest species of Triceratops weight in at almost 11 tons! And was 10 metres from head to tail. That's bigger than the largest Elephant ever measured.

[@FreshlySnipes]

“A stealth approach”... as the T-Rex runs over a tree to attack

[@hypn0298]

FreshlySnipes The CGI footage in this show is really repetitive and limited.

[@SilvioMDante]

@@hypn0298Lets be happy with what we have

[@aarongreen9080]

Same difference. A stealth attack and a sneak attack are literally the same thing.

[@Ivanna_Jerkov]

Roaring as it comes up behind it's prey really ain't that stealthy (or sneaky for the pedants posting here) either. Not only that but there's pretty compelling evidence that Tyrannosaurus SP couldn't roar in the first place.

[@stefansalvatierra4913]

“Rexy, sneak attacks don’t work if you tell them out loud...”

[@jcbefree7325]

"A single blow from those horns can kill you" Well Jeff so can any animal with horns

[@mertz313]

I feel pretty confident in saying I can survive a goat attack

[@jcbefree7325]

@@mertz313 fair enough

[@geogm.840]

@@mertz313 If a male goat hit your head, you´ll be in trouble.

[@adaymadaday7283]

@@mertz313 wow you so cool

[@IceSpoon]

@@mertz313 I think my chances of surviving a not-fighting bull (you know, like those smaller guys you see in farms and stuff like that) are also rather high. Won't take my chances though

[@nationalsniper5413]

Predators usually go for the easiest prey. T-Rex would probably preferred other (less dangerous) animals to hunt on. Only attacking Trike when there was no alternative. And when it did it probably went for the sick and young. Keeping away from adults whenever possible. Predators would only attack animals that can kill them if there is no other alternative.

[@philochristos]

I dunno. Lions sometimes attack Cape buffalo, so it's possible T-rex attacked Triceratops sometimes.

[@jamesbellefeuille2926]

@@philochristos Lions would hunt wildebeest and zebras before Cape buffalo. The word "sometimes" is critical. T-rex would have hunted hadrosaurs before a triceratops or ankylosaur.

[@radrook2153]

The armored dino, Ankylosaurus, with its tail armed with a large heavy swingable bony mass could also pose Rex with a serous risk via breaking one of Rex's leg at either the knee or ankle.. Of course driven by hunger Rex would have waited for such animals to be at a watering hole with its guard down before attacking.

[@MB32904]

@@jamesbellefeuille2926 even a hadrosaur would be difficult prey. given, not as difficult as triceratops or ankylosaurus, but I'm sure a t rex wouldn't have a hadrosaur on it's first choice.

[@bjrnhalfhand2258]

​@@philochristos multiple lionesses from a pride hunt together, so unless T-Rex also hunted as in a group, it's not the best comparison. A single lion is less likely to take on a buffalo all by itself than one backed up by several other lions.

[@Aarohnn]

Imagine how insane it would be to watch a triceratops fight

[@joeerickson516]

"By the way, would the Triceratops go up,👆 against the Carnotaurus, Allosaurus, Giganotosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Albertosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus,Yutyrannus, or a pack of Velociraptors, Utahraptors,or Deinonychus?"

[@akashmaityX]

watch dinosaur king

[@pierre-samuelroux9364]

​@@joeerickson516and raptors don't go in packs plus bruh velociraptor so small it would flee

[@ShadowFungus]

That’s a 6 ton of pure power 💀

[@pierre-samuelroux9364]

@@ShadowFungus yes

[@dirkplankchest1796]

Imagine having a trained triceratops with a saddle and armor. I'd ride it everywhere and we'd relax and enjoy fruit together. It'd be awesome.

[@huzefahabib1137]

Beware of Traxes on this journey of urs

[@justinzaff]

Hahaha that is funny 🤣👍

[@7age_official]

Get ark se mate😂

[@annien.1727]

Cool!

[@ragnarlothbrok7973]

In ark i would rather fear therzinos then t rexes

[@peoplez129]

I bet that T-Rex and Triceratops didn't even fight much, probably ignored each other. Plenty of easier meals for T-Rex to get elsewhere.

[@eagleeyedpsycho]

well they didnt at all because they lived in different times

[@goodtimesbro9635]

@@eagleeyedpsycho The T-rex and triceratops lived at the same time

[@xotl2780]

They might eat the little ones when it could. Standard behaviour of an apex predator.

[@robertoromero8053]

It would be hard to sneak up on but a parasaurolophus could be an easy meal cause it really cant fight back. But their hearing and herd mentality meant Trex had to be very quite to actually get close enough. They could hear for miles to it would be very hard actually. Rainy conditions would definitely give Trex an advantage but I'm not sure if they were smart enough for that though

[@godzilladude1231]

There are fossilized records of t rex hunting bite marks on triceratops fossils to indicate they fought sometimes

[@Hibernicus1968]

I suspect that it was rare for a T rex to try and take down a healhy adult Triceratops. Just as with modern predators like lions, wolves, tigers, etc. it will take down any prey that present good opportunities for a kill, and that will include some large, healthy adults occasionally, but in the main, it would go for easier, less risky prey -- juveniles, older specimens, sick or injured prey who can't escape or fight back effectikvely, etc. Animals aren't out to prove they're the toughest kid on the block, they just try to survive.

[@roadkillanonymous4807]

Yep, even something as deadly as a big Grizzly doesn’t just walk up to an American Bison in its prime…or if it does it only ends one way haha

[@georgeweber7399]

You are correct. This is why lions or wolves will single out one animal. It is usually the one which is slow, sick, injured, or old. And even then, the predator may risk an injury.

[@chuchulainn9275]

​@@georgeweber7399 Or the very young.

[@Spider-Man2094]

The Triceratops may be shorter than the T-rex but that just gives it a better shot at stabbing it in its guts if it ran beneath it.

[@jojomang3016]

@Meat shredder 9076 I don't know man. Pretty much all horned animals charge.

[@ferociousrazordino3581]

Yup, being smaller is actually an advantage in this situation

[@rudyantohosalimrudyantohos8269]

@@jojomang3016 with the amazing sphere joint, I think the main purpose is not too charge. If it was charging animal it would develop something too support the charging and the impact from it. And it wouldn't need the straight horn, because it more often stucked on the victim and it would be meaningless

[@emmahas2moms57]

@@ferociousrazordino3581 triceratops was small but it weighed as much as t rex

[@ferociousrazordino3581]

@@emmahas2moms57 that was a typo, ment *shorter*

[@michaelsong5555]

Even to this day, Triceratops is my fav dinosaur. Every since I was a kid. Never changed.

[@williampaz2092]

Michael Song and mine.

[@taranchenkoigor]

Same here.

[@DoWorkNP]

Me too. All the other kids loved Trex or raptors.

[@CaptainCretaceous91]

Ditto!

[@sandrolander]

DoWorkNP nope, triceratops was popular was a T. rex

[@soldiergigas14]

Triceratops would have needed serious neck muscles to carry its huge head around.

[@Evocatorum]

Yeah, that's probably buried somewhere in the remaining 5 tons of mass behind that ball joint. /sigh

[@tscream80]

More than likely. In fact, it may have been some of the best meat on a Triceratops, as a 2012 study suggested that Tyrannosaurs were probably *ripping off the heads off* the former just to get at that meat.

[@soldiergigas14]

@@tscream80 fascinating! 😉

[@jacobhise8044]

That’s exactly what it had

[@BatDimen]

That 7k lbs of force seems awfully low. Really, only twice that of a salt water croc? Doesn't seem right and maybe they should visit the mathematical model this data is based on.

[@danbaumann8273]

Crazy to think these creatures actually existed. Triceratops, T Rex, Stegosaurus. Makes virtually everything nowadays seem tame by comparison.

[@Skrelnick222]

Interesting fact. T Rex actually lived closer to modern day than to the time that Stegosaurus existed. That's how far apart they were.

[@SWOTHDRA]

​@@Skrelnick222yup, 90 million years apart

[@93chrish]

@@SWOTHDRAearth ain’t even close to being that old

[@dansterstuff]

@@93chrish considering earth is 4.5 billion years old, what are you talking about? You think God built everything in a week? LOL

[@limmeingo3428]

Triceratops: *Exists* Tyrannosaurus Rex: Finally! A worthy opponent. Our battle will br legendary!

[@martinlaird4738]

Imagine you had the scales of ankylosaurus with the same tail plus spines of stegosaurus and the head of a triceratops. God damn a living tank

[@bladou20]

Armadon from "Primal Rage."

[@arshirashid2935]

Play jurassic world,the game, i already have this one

[@David-ni5hj]

@Gal Gréine ah, I see that you are a man of culture aswell

[@calebstephan2083]

Add the jaws of the t Rex and you'd have an unstoppable force of nature.

[@martinlaird4738]

@Gal Gréine I see you are a man of culture! God I miss fantasy, I used to have a huge empire army

[@orelb5]

damn. i really like the passion of the guy with the hat, he really leans into it.

[@paleoph6168]

His name is Robert Bakker.

[@dennisstark8238]

@@paleoph6168 Doctor Robert Bakker

[@peacock8394]

@godlight Me too.

[@mdolinski4926]

Dr. Robert Bakker. Fun fact: He was the inspiration for Dr. Grant in the original Jurassic Park novel.

[@benvasilinda9729]

Triceratops is my all time favorite dinosaur. He was the honey badger of his day.

[@b52incoming.48]

More like the white rhino.

[@bushrashoaib6386]

Props to the camera crew those brave souls have guts to be that close to real dinosaurs

[@Chefbennyp]

The true king of this comment section. Hahaha 🤣 👑

[@suhailpatel5052]

Legend

[@seanriopel3132]

This joke is extremely old and tired.

[@randomavenger3048]

And saved this record for 80 millions the years.

[@CutThroatah]

😂😂😂😂

[@sanenoodle4094]

When the triceratops started to trot off when it saw the Rex is legit me running from my responsibilities

[@denistyrant]

Lol

[@waty0usay1]

Its crazy how such creatures used to live on the planet we live now and there's nothing as dangerous on the planet now.

[@utkarshadhikari5525]

Blame nothing we know of that is

[@Jonathan-kc8hx]

Mankind is way moree dangerous

[@dynamo3059]

humans are, and one day ai

[@ChillExpressions]

Im goku

[@ledernierutopiste]

Most dangerous land creature are in Africa today, but they used to be everywhere, the climate change after the end of the ice age killed many of them so we were also lucky in some ways, but anyway human would stand out as it is the most op creature to ever live, not the dinosaurs. But no need to be as strong as a triceratops, an african buffalo, a hippo, a rhino or an elephant are enough to kill you without even noticing you was on their way !

[@raining6983]

"A single blow from those horns can kill you" yeah I don't doubt that a single *anything* from any dinosaur can kill me

[@little_fluffy_clouds]

A single blow from any animal that weighs several tons can kill a human.

[@ace8184]

he meant killing a t-rex, not a human

[@meilei3958]

Toughest dinosaur triceratops Ankylosaurus: am I a joke to you

[@alexy5611]

Anky was a bit smaller, and if the predator manages to get its underside the anky is screwed.

[@foe4675]

@@alexy5611 And if the triceratops didn't have the chance to block a bite from the back then it'd be screwed too.

[@alexy5611]

@@foe4675 that’s how trexes hunt triceratops. They come from behind. But would a Trex dare try to take on a full grown triceratops by itself? No. Ankys can defend themselves very well, but it would be easier to kick over an ankylosaurus than kill it than risk being impaled.

[@MrRohanThomas]

@@alexy5611 i would not mess with either of them if i was a trex

[@rudyantohosalimrudyantohos8269]

Ankylosaurus have tough defense and some have club tails for powerful attack, triceratops have powerful head as a weapon. Both is dangerous, if using head to head approach ,it will be a hard time for predators

[@zpetar]

6:45 On average T-trex avoided grown up Triceratops. Predators hunt dangerous pray only if there is no other option.

[@thechris312]

Yea, how many lions go for full grown rhinoceros or elephants? Not many!

[@urgonnaluvit]

I see...and you were there , witnessed that ?😂😂😂😂

[@aakksshhaayy]

trex weren't predators they were pathetic little scavengers. I seen it myself

[@urgonnaluvit]

@@ValiantReaper sorry for "triggering" you young lady😉

[@BusyBozz]

@thechris312 Well a Lion isn't bigger than a rhino and also doesn't weigh more. So it's not comparable, also Dinos were not as smart as mammals. But yes, I don't think they would risk attacking a fully grown triceratops often.

[@jeffj2495]

Decent video: - weird looking academia dude - 2nd partly odd looking academia dude - 10-20 seconds on each video segment - for those with attention deficit - decent graphics, albeit a bit repetitive

[@hypn0298]

Jeff J a bit repetitive? A BIT?

[@PolluxPavonis]

Perfect for american audiences.

[@jeffj2495]

@@PolluxPavonis LOL, maybe for some of them. But not for this American (me).

[@Timurv1234]

it's as repetitive as that one stuttering taxi driver that tried to tell me a "whats womens day called in the evening" halloween joke

[@gusido5636]

@@PolluxPavonis Isn't that considered racism?

[@geoge2559]

That’s so cool how they’re able to find video footage next to fossils. Badass.

[@KingofHades208]

As a trex lover I hate to admit this but, in the situations where trex fought triceratops, triceratops probably won on a regular basis. Only the strongest and most experienced of trexes would hunt down a full grown healthy bull trike. And even then, they ambush attack most of the time. But make no mistake, a trex would end a trike's life with a single bite if given the chance

[@1Deejay7]

Those tinay ass arms get me every time

[@kuletztable1920]

6:07 its like a white rhinoceros on steroids lol lmao Yeah but with 3 horns

[@sburnsy05]

That's the one that got me too haha

[@KFrost-fx7dt]

Triceratops is my favorite dinosaur. One thing everyone overlooks in terms of its offensive ability is the beak. All ceratopsians have strong, sharp, massive beaks, and powerful jaws. If the horns don't get ya, the beak will!

[@gusgus-yp6qh]

an éléphant or mammouth can beat a tricératops just them

[@OlDanTucker]

@@gusgus-yp6qhNo the tric has a armored skull it’s literally the animal version of a shield and pike formation

[@gusgus-yp6qh]

tyranosaure like all great carnivors just charognards can not beat a triceratopsb ankylosaure or sauropode it was just impossible@@OlDanTucker

[@OlDanTucker]

@@gusgus-yp6qh Yeah… I Know.

[@crosbonit]

Dramatic animations aside, reality was probably more like... T-Rex: "Sheit. Mufuq liable to stab my ass. I'm gonna look for something easier to kill."

[@bladeoftheruinedking2543]

That's reality for you

[@Swimmispini]

@@bladeoftheruinedking2543 closer to reality than this documentary

[@AnthonyDoesYouTube]

Unless they were territorial

[@Zlnfgz]

'stab my ass' 😂😂🤣🤣

[@Daniel-du7pv]

That’s an African American trex

[@kristian6622]

"Almost 360 degrees", discovery on point as usual 😂

[@Paleopedia218]

its funny because that is accurate. 360 degrees is a 2D circle. not a sphere, which is 3D, which is what im assuming youre referring to

[@argh100100]

@paleopedia It's a full circle around the longitudinal axis. I don't see how that works out. If it's true (which I doubt) it would be very funny to watch. You would be unable to tell if its head is turned from the front, because it would be back in the original position.

[@shitfacecockmaster1624]

5:01 when I see my teacher at Walmart

[@FishGaming1245]

True

[@Ab_Ismael]

Lmao

[@wuzumaki]

Underrated coment

[@zirenceforeal]

😂😂

[@AdmiralBison]

yeah, but the Triceratops turned around gave the T. Rex a bad day.

[@ebonimom6964]

As a kid, I always loved the triceratops because they looked cool. Now I know that I love them because they are cool

[@karencarter8029]

Those animals are AMAZING! Hard to believe such things existed

[@MrTigerlore]

Fun dinosaur fact: There can’t be two gay triceratops in a relationship. One has to be a tricerabottom.

[@dillybar8781]

Lol

[@shanonlair8235]

Ha!

[@keylor512]

Wow🤣🤣

[@lindam4953]

Tiger H. Lore lol!

[@mohammednuur1954]

Tiger H. Lore 😂🤣😂

[@Rodzilla_2000]

While I love the Triceratops, I wouldn't say it's the toughest herbivore. THAT title belongs to the Ankylosaurus

[@markuslaas2645]

Both equally tough. Triceratops was bigger and more ferocious. Ankylosaurus was better armored but not on the head.

[@markuslaas2645]

Minh Duy Chu Yes, Triceratops physically was much more imposing and actually his mass would be of equal protection to Ankylosaurus I believe now... and to know that there was an even bigger version of Trike named Eotriceratops

[@tscream80]

Markus Laas What do you mean, "Ankylosaurus was better armored but not on the head?" Ankylosaur heads were almost nothing *but* armor. Even the eyelids had plates on them. Granted, they didn't have the ceratopsians' horns, but still...

[@markuslaas2645]

tscream80 The plate of Trike would have been much more resistant to biteforce than ankylosaurus's whole head..

[@Vertutame]

Lance VS Hammer, they're tough in their own way. And I don't think they have much reason to fight each other.

[@jp216]

Cheers to the man who risked his life recording this battle 🙌

[@adamprinciple4446]

The largest triceratops is “Henry” - 18 tons. At the natural science museum in Springfield Mo. T Rex was about 9 tons. Triceratops was much bigger.

[@payne6203]

Ankylosaurus would’ve been the tank of the dinosaurs as it’s only weak point was it’s belly it was fully armoured above and had a club for a tail

[@lyhthegreat]

if you flip it it's dead..more like the tortoise of the dinosaurs

[@cambella8622]

lyhthegreat yeah and flipping it takes big fucking balls mate something that can shatter bones in one hit won’t get toppled easily even by trex and if reed did topple it there is a high chance it’s gonna break bones in the process

[@aniridiaartz8829]

Gastonia was heavily armored in spikes (or spiked plates) That dinosaur could also be one you wouldn’t want to mess with.

[@alexlathrop1462]

@@lyhthegreat With it's stance low to the ground, and theories if it tucking in its legs like a turtle to lay on its stomach against the ground certainly would make flipping it difficult. But not fully impossible if caught by surprise and overpowered right

[@alexlathrop1462]

@@cambella8622 would depend how close to the rail the predator would be. Think it would t be able to fully swing up to its back legs given the tail's structure, but it could be interesting. But yeah, flipping it would be very difficult if not near impossible with the low stance or if laying on its stomach as close to the ground as possible. Would need to catch it by surprise and overpower it to do so

[@MrNOAH504]

Always has been my favorite dinosaur. Triceratops!

[@williampaz2092]

Jeremy Collins Sr. My favorite too!

[@Tellr9]

@@williampaz2092 my favorite too

[@hpc1627]

@@Tellr9 My favorite too

[@oscarvasquez6542]

T Rex straight Killa

[@AranMcGinnis]

Absolutely! "Step up Rex...got somethin' for ya"!

[@gavinlamp5426]

"A single blow from those horns could kill you." No shit. The animal weighs more than a car.

[@elnino4643]

Weighs more than a semi truck and that’s all bone and muscle

[@deanmohan]

“Triceratops is probably the most dangerous animal to exist on land” does someone want to tell this Santa Indiana Jones about humans

[@sleazyfellow]

Humans would of never existed without the extinction of these creatures. Humans have the brain power but strength wise we're very low on the animal kingdom totem. The strongest man on Earth is still child's play for a gorilla, male or female. Hell, even an orangatang or chimp.

[@deanmohan]

sleazyfellow yeah I didn’t realise T. rex was able to make nukes with those small arms... Or fashion throwable weapons like spears or figure out because dinosaurs are cold blooded they would have been easy pickings first thing in the morning or night, just look what primitive humans did to herds of the woolly mammoths but yeah lucky humans don’t rely on their physical strength as they can fashion tools to compensate for that. Also worth pointing out the smallest and physically weakest dinosaurs were the ones to survive the asteroid so maybe it isn’t about being physically strong rather who can adapt to the environment something humans have shown time and time again as they’re the only species that can be found in every corner of the earth

[@taskmaster9891]

I thought we have long agreed to exclude human from any conversations about animal?

[@Luchsz]

@@taskmaster9891 Humans are animals too

[@alien6824]

sleazyfellow humans are the most powerful animals on earth. While it is true, one man is not very intimidating in the grand scheme of animals, they rarely come alone. A humans strongest weapon is its brain. We are capable of advanced learned and extremely advanced communication and memory

[@tscream80]

"Triceratops is the most dangerous dinosaur, probably the most dangerous animal ever to evolved on land." Well, that's selling the poor ankylosaurs and stegosaurs short.

[@tscream80]

Stegosaurs also lived with megalosaurs like Torvosaurus, which were the largest predators of their environment (with only Saurophaganax and the dubious Epanterias coming close). Now, granted, I'm not certain how Torovosaurus compares in build and jaw power to a Tyrannosaurus, but the former were not the "weak" and "fragile" Allosaurs (which, IMHO, is selling poor Allosaurus short).

[@ifureadthis_urgay]

Ankylosaurus and Stegosaurus have pretty much no sense of smell so it's still pretty easy to counter them. Also, a T. rex can just step on the ankylosaurus' back and crush it to death without it noticing since it had poor eyesight, poor hearing, and poor smell.

[@azizella2778]

Triceratops has no advantage over ankylosaurus... All tve anky had to do is to place a good hit on the head and the trike would lose lol Trikes horns are to high up to damage the anky on its weak spot. The horns would prolly not penetrate the heavy bone armor (Maybe when charging but not in a 1v1) also anky had the range advangage.

[@ifureadthis_urgay]

@@azizella2778 trike can just step on anky's back and crush it with 12 tons of weight. But then again, i don't think it has enough cognitive abilities to come up a tactic like that. Also, the trike can still surprise the anky since the anky doesn't have a well developed sense of smell. But i still think anky could beat trike more times

[@azizella2778]

@@ifureadthis_urgay Yeah well I still wouldn't think it would be able to crush it, since it just wouldn't work like that. Trike may surprise attack the anky, but it wouldn't kill it. But Im talking about a 1v1 situation here. Also the maximum is 12 tons, which means not every trike would weigh so much. The most comon would probably be around 8-9 tons.

[@nippleninja255]

I remember seeing a documentary as a kid about triceratops and the fact that they have a ball joint in their neck. It was really interesting. Wouldn't it hurt if the horns are part of your skull and you would just smash into something? I recently watched a video by National geographic, where they said that as the triceratops became bigger, their horns started to become hollow and frills to thin.

[@Bunny11344]

I mean rams and bulls have horns and they ram it into other skulls of animals

[@BaldianOfIbelin]

This is a comment but still, I remember having heard a theory that says that the Horns, in addition to the bone, had keratin, not only being even longer but being possible to regenerate them if they break, also there are many ceratopods with complete or almost complete horns so I guess it wasn't that much of a problem

[@RtB68]

The earth really would shake and pound with these two having a dance. Awesome.

[@amn2760]

T-Rex is so smart infact that its hunting methods are not just ambushing. Sometimes, if its prey is sleeping or faced backwards, Trex would do a sneak attack and sometimes, the juvenile Trexes drive the prey to the adults

[@paleoph6168]

6:16 "..... is not found on any other dinosaur or on mammal today." True, but I can find that flexible ball joint in some of my lego technic sets.

[@charleenlangley8709]

Is it the lego Trike?

[@tougedriver8358]

Best shield and spear at that time!

[@adw6894]

The evolution is amazing. Nature never stops evolving to survive.

[@lukej557]

I was never a big fan of this dinosaur but now i think it’s awesome. I hope I can go back in time to see these guys fight that would be awesome

[@AB-ns6ek]

6:26 "i whip my hair back and forth, i whip my hair back and forth"

[@galnhus56]

Today's rhino looks so huge. I can't even imagine how massive the tri-top looked in real life.

[@timenavigator9643]

I I was just thinking the same thing dude. As I sit in my living room I look from one wall to the other, I think it’s like 24’ in length and my vaulted ceiling at its highest point is like 8’9” tall... 😳 lmao truly incredible these things are literally almost as big as my lil 2 bedroom house!

[@timenavigator9643]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZuZeIBqrZlgg5o check this rhino tossing a car around n then probs quadruple that...ha

[@worldsaway1002]

Magnificent creature, those fights must’ve been something to see.

[@stevedickson5853]

If a T Rex had any brains, also rare , it probably thought most of the time when it came across Triceratops.." stuff this "

[@StoicFC]

This video is incredible. I learned so much in less than 10 mins

[@NoizyBearBearOfficial]

They need to make a scene where the triceratops attacks a car thinking it’s a threat in the new Jurassic World movie that would be cool to see, or the defense circle they do to defend their babies.

[@devanandshaji6573]

"Most powerful jaws earth has ever known" *Megalodon: You sure about that?

[@josephdynan3604]

I'd argue otherwise. Estimates of Megalodon's bite force are around 40,000 psi, while estimates for T-Rex's bite 400,000 psi (Roughly). That said, Meg's bite still isn't anything to sneeze at. Chances are it had such a powerful bite to cut through the blubber and muscle of the whales it often hunted.

[@constantinetranos2225]

@@josephdynan3604 Is there any reliable source of information which approves your comment?

[@sergiolaurencio7534]

@@constantinetranos2225 You can investigate about that

[@theintrepid7583]

I remember watching this on Animal Planet as a kid. I thought it was phenomenal. Now we have Prehistoric Planet, and the difference is so striking I struggle to put it into words.

[@pukulu]

Tyrannosaurus probably left adult Triceratops alone most of the time, although a young one that was temporarily left unprotected by the herd could be a target. When an older Triceratops was having trouble keeping up with the herd, moving slowly, then Tyrannosaurus saw an opportunity. Even then, an old Triceratops could severely injure a Tyrannosaurus, so they might have worked as a pack. Smaller, younger Tyrannosaurs and older, larger ones might have worked together to kill an older Triceratops without getting injured, although this might not have been easy. Predators have to be very careful since they need to hunt regularly and can't afford to get hurt, or else they could no longer hunt properly and could starve or be killed.

[@pukulu]

Ankylosaurs presented a similar situation for Tyrannosaurs. The club on the end of the tail of some of the Ankylosaurs could break a shin bone of a Tyrannosaur, and the predators learned quickly to leave them alone unless one was injured or getting old.

[@nickh495]

Combat would have been very rare between these two. Predators focus on week pray for a reason. Predators that typically go after strong pray almost always work in packs. Neither the rex or triceratops would want to fight because if both were grown and healthy it almost didn't matter who would win or come out on top. Chances would be much higher that both animals wouldn't survive unless one of them had gotten very lucky. Even today a small wound can kill you if you don't seek medical attention. If you watch the movie Blackhawk Down there is a scene in which a ranger gets his thumb shot off. This scene is shown to pay tribute to that ranger because even though he received some field aid he didn't survive that wound due to long term blood loss.

[@AntiMessiah2023]

T-Rex is over-hyped especially in the #USA

[@obaidkhorsand6603]

3 Apex Carnivores would be Carcharadontasaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex and the Spinosaurus

[@linentgaming251]

@@obaidkhorsand6603 gigantosaraus if spell that right not t rex

[@AllosaurusJP3]

@@obaidkhorsand6603 yea i would replace the spino with a giga

[@themorningping9075]

Gerry the bary but you got to admit spinos look cool

[@AllosaurusJP3]

@@themorningping9075 definetly! one of my favorite dinosaurs!!! and my favorite dino ,suchomimus, was a member of the same family! they are definetly one of the most awesome and intressting animals! spinosaurids are even more intressting than t.rex and other large theropods in my opionion! but i would not say its more of an apex than t.rex, giga or charcharadontosaurus! those are real hunters while spino was more specialised in catching fish!

[@tank9717]

Never thought of the triceratops like this before. Pretty neat.

[@MightyGandolf]

Learned something new today. I had no idea they had a ball and socket type vertabre that was awesome

[@ZachVanHarrisJR]

Billy The Blue Power Ranger brought me here, peace and one love ✌❤🤗 - Zach Van Harris JR

[@grosskopf2779]

Its amazing in the movies that when these two confront each other T-Rex always wins. I always thought different because when a T-Rex attacks the Triceratops there is to much belly exposed on the T-Rex for it to be successful.

[@gusgus-yp6qh]

the carnivors like t rex was nothing just charognards they dont fight anyting herbivors so tal so qaickl or so strongs for them you can anderstand that

[@trials6502]

More amazing to think about if any of these creatures existed today they would still be on display in exhibits, and of course made into rugs, wall art, and fancy bags and belts.

[@TheSaneHatter]

This is why Triceratops was always my favorite dinosaur: in every dinosaur book that I read as a kid, they always featured a T. Rex fighting with one . . . and losing.

[@jonathanfunnell4167]

LOVE THAT TRICERATOPS

[@bladeoftheruinedking2543]

5:36 Interesting lego piece

[@freedomlifestylewithads708]

Fucking lol!!

[@TheToneBender]

Narrator: "... relies on a stealth approach" T-rex: stomping about

[@botaeng2]

That ball joint on the head is badass... never knew about that one.

[@uAozzie]

So it was basically a mixture of a Rhino, Crocodile.

[@macmac6064]

Trex + Triceratops = Diablos

[@xenomorphoverlord]

jamit the slayer He's referencing the Monster Diablos from the Monster Hunter franchise,

[@trikeducket7004]

But then you'd have a wingless, clubless/armorless Diablos. Throw in some _Yi qi_ and _Ankylosaurus_ and you're set

[@user-fq4yz5ek3r]

I recall going to the Chicago Field Museum. They have an awesome Triceratops display. The creature was like a tank. I'm an old retired Zoo worker,and rhinos are a fraction of the threat. Love Professor Bakker.

[@Rexerman89]

"My second favorite dino next to t-Rex! Hard to break his neck at all with that ball joint in there huh?"

[@FACKTRUMP]

I feel like when I die - I’m going to see these creatures that once walked the earth. Which will be magnificent!

[@jadeddragon4254]

FACK TRUMP do you believe in God ? Or science ? You can’t have both

[@FACKTRUMP]

JaDeD dRaGoN Ha ha. I’m Christian.

[@jadeddragon4254]

Right on, my bad than

[@FACKTRUMP]

Was you going to say something else if I believed in science? But no, it's alright. I'm a happy person, who's shy and nervous all the time. I just feel that I will see these creatures when I get to heaven. :)

[@kongyiu]

Are you going to see these creatures in hell or in heaven? Good thing then that you are already dead. What is the worst a T-rex can do to you when you can't die for a second time.

[@williampaz2092]

Triceratops has always been my favorite dinosaur but I DO have a question. Q: Did a triceratops gallop like a horse or lumber like rhinoceros? I would prefer it to gallop….

[@annien.1727]

A: Triceratops could sprint at 20 mph. Because of how heavy it is, it can lumber like a rhino, but rhinos are pretty fast, so Triceratops can gallop at speed when needed.

[@spiidey1]

Triceratops legs look fairly stubby, so they most likely lumber around most of the time.

[@fitnesspoint2006]

@@annien.1727 can you show me video evidence of this? you speak as if you witnessed this lumbering and galloping

[@annien.1727]

@@fitnesspoint2006 On KZbin, I've seen videos of rhinos charging at vehicles and I've looked up on some info about dinosaur speed online on Google.

[@MB32904]

don't many animals gallop?

[@markcheng]

dude that was SO DOPE at the end when he stabbed T-Rex in the eye!!!

[@IcyDaAkita]

So much nostalgia coming back to me

[@emeyeenaych]

i swear i watched this back in 2009

[@D.o.l.l.a.r.s.2.0]

Even though triceratops is tough, you can imagine how powerful a trex bite is it could shatter bones instantly. So triceratops should know to defend well with horns or else trex comes for the back and belly which are soft.

[@imspeed9477]

T rex would avoid triceratops all together unless it was injured, sick or young. Plus they were in herds. Ain't No damn T. Rex survivin' that. Also the trike was most likely faster by a couple kilometers.

[@dinosaurfan3678]

Didn’t Triceratops have ostioderms (is that how you spell it) the same type of thick scales Crocodiles and Anklosaurus

[@xyclays]

@@dinosaurfan3678 it have a scaly skin and knobs all over it's body and triceratops will become more agreesibe when wounded

[@xyclays]

Agreesive*

[@dinosaurfan3678]

@@xyclays you could’ve just edited your previous comment

[@nosferatu6385]

The single greatest dino rivalry in history!!!

[@doakalicious5964]

Image seeing these 2 dinosaurs fighting each other in real life? Wild horns

[@paleoph6168]

At least this is one of the few dinosaur media that depicts that Triceratops isn't just easy and common prey for T rex (If it was more than one t rex that attacked it, would definitely lose. If it was ambushed and struck at the right place, it would also lose). T rex, like all predators, isn't always a winner. Triceratops can defend itself well enough and possibly kill a T rex.

[@David_krappenshitz]

stop talking i just want to see the two dinausors fight

[@hypn0298]

Félix Caramagno Sounds like you'd rather watch a TV show than a documentary.

[@DoctorSwolls]

He is explaining the triceratops not a movie lol

[@machenga]

The KZbin rabbit hole: I went from a Demitri Martin standup bit where he talked about being allergic to lions instead of cats, to watching videos of lions vs elephants, to videos of elephants vs rhinos, to a video comparing rhinos to Triceratops, to this video here. My curiosity has been satisfied. I'm going to bed now

[@Rexerman89]

"With Ankylo and Stego and there tails and Triceratops tuff too, it was hard being a hunter back in the day!"

[@bsa2506]

Mt favorite dinosaur!!!! Always loved Triceratops!!

[@endo1230]

Me too

[@kevinruppert7665]

Agree totally!!

[@zio4590]

Same

[@armellelalicorne3555]

same

[@Sky-sp1ym]

Honestly I’m kinda sad that games make The triceratops really weak Edit: Yes I know that it could be quite weak in real life (but were not fully sure of that cuz were not time travelers) but usually it doesn’t stand that much of a chance against other dinos making it less realistic (or not) ,but game developers are trying to get more copies to be sold to the public so they use what’s more popular/cooler as the strongest to achieve said goal and making the herbivores a lot weaker (eg, Jurassic World the game)

[@dragonstormx]

Yeah all the sources I look at put the Triceratops as being heavier and more stockier than a T-Rex, and any projections I hear about fights between them say head to head a Triceratops would win almost every time.

[@Blobstermob]

Games seem to favor carnivores because they hunt other creatures, but what most people dont realise is that most animals that get hunted are almost always the weak, old, sick, etc. It gives the predaters an edge on their prey. Usually never go after the strongest. You can even see in lion packs they would never take a Cape Buffalo on without extreme caution due to that one blow can be devastating.

[@nicholaspace1189]

jamit the slayer T-Rex has never been proven to be faster or significantly bigger then Triceratops. Hearing and better vision is not and advantage

[@papyrusthegreat457]

The stego has a hybrid that can be stronger than T-Rex...

[@Th0ughtf0rce]

While I think a full grown rex can take down a full grown trike, I don't think it happened too often due to the risks involved. So in general trike is more often the winner. The thing is, when a chase or fight broke out, the trike doesn't need to kill the T. rex to "win", while the T.rex absolutely need to kill to eat the trike. Escape was a "win" for the trike. Wasted energy in chasing or fighting without result was a "loss" for the rex. In real life predators and prey don't fight for the sake of it.

[@marcbelisle5685]

Triceratops fights for mates and alpha status must have been wild.

[@weylandyutanicorporate]

I've been down several KZbin rabbit holes this month. (Thanks CV.) Tonight it's dinosaurs.

[@AmericanThunder]

2:28 "the most powerful jaws the Earth has ever known...." Not even close. The Megalodon sharks had a calculated bite force FAR exceeding the T-Rex. Judging by the pieces of prehistoric whale bones they find with the huge Meg bite marks out of them, those calculations are accurate, too.

[@DankMemes-xq2xm]

Agreed. I wonder if a sarcosuchus had a stronger bite force as well.

[@geogm.840]

@@DankMemes-xq2xm Purussaurus should have stronger bite force than sarcosuchus, right?

[@IceSpoon]

My vote is for Pliosaurus funkei (commonly known as "Predator X") though.

[@danyeo]

That's actually not accurate as Trex teeth were twice as large as Megalodon's teeth AND the animal with the biggest teeth that ever existed lived during the same time period as Megalodon and that was Livyatan. It was a Sperm whale as big as Meg with much bigger teeth. And where are these ancient whale bones with huge bite marks in them anyway? Can you point to a factual reference? Also, compare Great Whites to Crocs. In bite force it's no contest, Crocs have a far stronger bite because they need to hold onto prey and drag it into the water. Sharks hunt and feed on seals or dead whales who are filled with blubber. Sharks simply don't need a lot of bite force because their teeth are sharp and meant for slicing off chunks. You can see sharks do this when they feed on a dead whale, they grab a bite then jerk their head back and fourth to rip off a chunk. They don't use bite force. Take a 20 foot Great White and their bite force is estimated around 1,000 PSI. Triple it to a 60 foot shark and you'de get 3,000psi. But before you call that BS, take into consideration that Meg's 7 inch sharp teeth, with a huge mouth, and 3k PSI, it's still one of the most deadly bites ever. It simply didn't need tons of bite force especially since shark jaws are also attached to flexible cartilage and not solid bone.

[@venvex429]

he said ''1 of the most'' and not '' the most'' there is a difference

[@shellbacksclub]

Toughest were the turtles, Aligators, tortoises and others who survived & thrived.

[@13Doses]

All the small ones.

[@jacobcass3835]

They aren't dinosaurs

[@gdfkpmw1803]

jacob cass yes they are

[@Eli-dd5jc]

Guan Li how? Dinosaurs have a completely different genome. The only thing they have I'm common are being reptiles.

[@gdfkpmw1803]

YoBoiEli well, technically their descendants from dinosaurs.

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

Triceratops herd: We are the toughest ever!!! T-Rex: Ah - crunchy crisps!

[@luqmanmohd2737]

as a longtime Triceratops fan, I agree.

[@gusgus-yp6qh]

not fan just the réality

[@depshallburn]

Imagine how the Triceratops would have evolved if it had a taste for flesh.

[@issizplays2187]

Triceratops would starve and death, it could not hunt. But a giant horned and armored, relentless aggressive natured animal would be scary.

[@James-yj3rq]

Actually it’s proven triceratops did very rarely scavenge dead carcasses as crazy as it sounds. Most herbivores do this actually, deer, cows, horses, and even tortoises

[@kingdice2651]

5:00 IGHT IMMA HEAD OUT

[@messiistheg.o.a.t912]

the fact that both the trike and the t.rex have gotten bigger since this documentary is crazy

[@thisthat5874]

Loved this Dino as a kid