Video Added: December 10, 2009
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Armed with a superbly weaponized head, Triceratops was one of the most dangerous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous.
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The Triceratops Threat | Clash of the Dinosaurs | 02:36 | December 10, 2009 | 78873 |
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Endowed with an advanced auditory system, Parasaurolophus used its ability to communicate with complex low-frequency calls as a primary means of defense.
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Duckbill Sound Machine | Clash of the Dinosaurs | 02:27 | December 10, 2009 | 37538 |
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Equipped with a heavily armored body and a sledgehammer tail, Ankylosaurus could probably fend off attacks from even the largest predators.
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Dinosaurian Tank | Clash of the Dinosaurs | 02:24 | December 10, 2009 | 25924 |
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Since size was its only defense, Sauroposeidon utilized its swimming pool sized stomach to digest the massive amounts of vegetation needed to grow indestructibly large.
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Sauropod Super Stomach | Clash of the Dinosaurs | 01:54 | December 10, 2009 | 19660 |
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It's springtime in the Late Cretaceous of Montana and dinosaur love is in the air, but as always it's only the fittest who will pass on their genes.
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Mating Season | Clash of the Dinosaurs | 01:55 | December 10, 2009 | 18066 |
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T. rex had plenty of brute power, but it had to make up for its relatively slow speed with excellent vision and an expanded cranial control center.
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Tyrannosaurus Brain Power | Clash of the Dinosaurs | 02:02 | December 07, 2009 | 25546 |
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The raptor Deinonychus earned it's name from a pair of lethal sickle-shaped toes, but there's little about this vicious hunter that isn't specialized for efficient killing.
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Terrible Claw | Clash of the Dinosaurs | 01:44 | December 07, 2009 | 20754 |
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Weighing in at 400 pounds and with a wing span of 40 feet, Quetzalcoatlus may be the Earth's largest flying animal, best likened to a "grizzly bear with wings."
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Reptilian Stealth Bomber | Clash of the Dinosaurs | 03:32 | December 07, 2009 | 15057 |
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This giant pterosaur had one of the most advanced autopilot systems in the natural world, giving it cruising ranges in excess of 20,000 miles.
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Quetzalcoatlus Flight Control | Clash of the Dinosaurs | 02:26 | December 07, 2009 | 14022 |
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One of the most deadly weapons ever forged by nature, Tyrannosaurus jaws were so powerfully muscled that the creature's head and neck weighed as much as 1,000 pounds.
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Infamous Jaws | Clash of the Dinosaurs | 02:20 | December 07, 2009 | 16070 |
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In terms of sheer tonnage, body armor and ferocity, nothing else in nature tops a duel between Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops.
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Nature's Ultimate Combat | Clash of the Dinosaurs | 02:46 | November 20, 2009 | 77698 |
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Juvenile Sauroposeidons had to lay low as they grew in hopes of avoiding becoming dinner, but they didn't stand a chance against the raptor Deinonychus.
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Sauropod Bloodbath | Clash of the Dinosaurs | 01:34 | November 20, 2009 | 60649 |
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As if having a mouthful of dagger-like teeth daggers and eagle-sharp eyes weren't enough, T. rex also had the olfactory advantage equivalent to 100 bloodhounds.
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Seven Ton Super Bloodhound | Clash of the Dinosaurs | 02:04 | November 20, 2009 | 35056 |
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No bigger than a rabbit, a baby tyrannosaurus had to avoid becoming another predator's snack or crushed under an adult herbivore.
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Cretaceous Meatball | Clash of the Dinosaurs | 03:35 | November 20, 2009 | 29964 |
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With a brain 1000 times smaller than its body, the gigantic plant-eater Sauroposeidon, tallest land animal of all time, was lucky to survive solely on instinct.
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Cheeseburger Brain | Clash of the Dinosaurs | 02:35 | November 20, 2009 | 28176 |
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