Dinosaur Cannibalism | Planet Dinosaur | BBC

A carcass will attract every big predator for miles around. A male Majungasaurus, attracted to the feast. It is more than capable of challenging for the carcass. Majungasaurus has short arms and can't grasp. Like Tyrannosaurs, it's all about the bite. The shape of Majungasaurus' skull and teeth suggests a very different biting style to the flesh-tearing dinosaurs. With a broad, short and muscular skull... it was a dino better adapted to biting and gripping, rather than slashing its prey. This fight is about more than just winning the feeding rights to a carcass. When the bite marks on the mauled Majungasaurus remains were studied more closely... the marks on the bones were found to match the only large carnivore in the region. There is no bigger killer in these lands than Majungasaurus. This is the first, irrefutable evidence of dinosaur cannibalism. It might seem shocking, but it's a behaviour that clearly shows the most successful killers will exploit any situation to their maximum advantage.

Channel: BBC Earth

Views: 49,640,395

Rating: 4.5638804 out of 5

Keywords: Majungasaurus, dinosaur cannibalism, dinosaur planet, Planet Dinosaur, dinosaurs fighting, dinosaurs bbc, dinosaur, bbc dinosaurs, dinosaurs videos, dinosaur videos, Evolution, history, predators, monsters, beasts, fossils, fossil evidence, cgi, bbc earth, Nature, carcass, feast, attacke, challenge, canabal, canabalism, adaptation, Planet Dinosaur (TV Program), creatures, Natural History, Animals, Wildlife, Wild, BBC, John Hurt, Dinosaurs, BBC Worldwide

Id: Qqs8uRBD56A

Length: 3min 29sec (209 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 07 2013

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[u/Cultural_Trick_355]

when brandon finds the table that did not break:

[u/thehokagetony]

I dont know why I watched the whole thing but it wasn't bad