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Titanoboa vs T-Rex
It's the ultimate battle of the predators - the monster snake's unbelievable power against the tyrannosaurus' giant bite. They lived in different times and places, but if they ever met, who would win? (01:33)
Courtesy of: Smithsonian Channel
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April 2012 |
By Guy Gugliotta
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Comments (19)
To Mike Woods. Did you even watch the video? The snake didn't fly through the air! And this snake is different than a regular Boa! And they meant 400 pounds per square inch of the whole body. Not 400 is equivalent to 3 Eiffel Towers! Sorry this is a late reply but that comment set me off!
Posted by CharlieDog on January 12,2013 | 08:30 PM
Nobody could ever tell who would win because of the time period and continents. But I would bet my money on Titanoboa because of the swift movements it could make. Where as the T-rex couldn't twist it's body fast enough against Titanoboa.
Posted by Maddie on January 12,2013 | 08:15 PM
t-rex would win cause he would have a few chances
Posted by aaron on December 1,2012 | 08:47 PM
T-Rex is heavier and has powerful bite.If it bites the Titanoboa,then its over.
Posted by Sameer on July 30,2012 | 01:42 AM
Well no matter the size of the t-rex the snake would win. This is because no matter how you see the t-rex bitting the snake and winning in reality it won't happen like that. Cause with snakes they usually dont take their prey heads up in fight especially if its bigger than they are. They will likely hide in a place where they blend in and can ambushed their food. so if the titanoboa decide to eat the t-rex it will ambush it and constict it, which means that its game over the snake wins.
Posted by Donovan on July 19,2012 | 10:25 PM
Let's see.. The TREX weighs 6-7+ tons. The snake weighs at most 1.5 tons. The snake has almost no chance whatever - and would probably never attack. It would flee to water immediately. Even if they weighed the same - which would be a 72+ft. snake , the TREX has teeth 12 inches long... If it could maneuver to get any kind of bite on the snake, it's game-over.
Posted by Stuart on April 14,2012 | 09:16 PM
although Titanoboa constricting pressure of 400Psi (or 2720KPa) is correctly, but that only happens when "all the constriction force is apply against a prey with surface contact area of a mice", if it try to coil around T-rex torso, pressure will be be only 10-20KPa, fallen due to contact area increase..... wanted to play with pressure unit game without specific contact area and force applied? Well, each one of T-rex 24 maxilla teeth can simultaneously deliever 3000Psi, equvalient to 4 Iowa class battle ship nailed to a single teeth, and all 24 teeth together are equvalient to 10 world trade center fallen down at same time.
Posted by Celestial emperor Fang on April 11,2012 | 11:15 AM
although Titanoboa constricting pressure of 400Psi (or 2720KPa) is correctly, but that only happens when "all the constriction force is apply against a prey with surface contact area of a mice", if it try to coil around T-rex torso, pressure will be be only 10-20KPa, fallen due to contact area increase..... wanted to play with pressure unit game without specific contact area and force applied? Well, each one of T-rex 24 maxilla teeth can simultaneously deliever 3000Psi, equvalient to 4 Iowa class battle ship nailed to a single teeth, and all 24 teeth together are equvalient to 10 world trade center fallen down at same time.
Posted by Celestial emperor Fang on April 11,2012 | 11:15 AM
Titanoboa is even match for T-rex is like saying T-rex UCMP 137538 is a even match for a 18 meter monster of aramberri, can T-rex rip apart the thoat of monster of aramberri, sure, if it get a solid bite on the artery, one bite MOA is dead
Posted by Celestial emperor Fang on April 8,2012 | 05:22 PM
T-rex has its extremely powerful bite, talons and speed, the titanoboa on the other hand, has weight and constriction. T-rex wins
Posted by Dinoboy 105105 on April 3,2012 | 06:31 PM
T-rex wins HANDS DOWN!!!!!!
Posted by Dinoboy 105105 on April 3,2012 | 06:23 PM
The Honey Badger would win hands down!
Posted by Steven on April 2,2012 | 05:13 AM
This is a BS fight. The T-Rex would snap the Titanaboa in half with one bite and the fight would be over. Plus the T-Rex has feet, claws and more mobility. What exactly does the Titanaboa have apart from its size going for it? Very little. The only way the Titanaboa would win is if it ambushed the T-Rex by surprise or if it had fangs that could inflict a fatal bite. Not a fair match at all.
Posted by draco on March 31,2012 | 05:29 PM
I, would give both of them 1-loss, 1-win,in a head to head match. If it is very early in the morning,or temps or cooler later in the year,when the Boa would be sluggish,the T-Rex.
Or if it is later in the day,or in the hottest part of the year,the Boa may outmanoeuvre the Rex,point to the Boa.
The one thing nearly every one forgets,the powerful talons,of the T-Rex,he would scratch and claw at a opponent,or he bite and snap at it,in the same manner as chicken does when it preens itself.
The Boa, it goes with out saying.
Posted by Brent Young on March 28,2012 | 04:43 PM
what the hell? this is very misleading. this is so factually incorrect. I thought that was the be all and end all of the Smithsonian! This is shameful. snakes don't fly through the air, boa's don't rear up! pressure is not measured by weight alone and 400 psi isn't equal to 3 eiffel towers either!! the great white doesn't have that powerful a bite force either.
Posted by mike woods on March 23,2012 | 02:29 PM
I'll T-Rex and give you 4 points...
Posted by Harpoon on March 22,2012 | 03:15 AM
The snake for sure
Posted by Aaron on March 21,2012 | 09:28 PM
Honey Badger don't care
Posted by DMW on March 21,2012 | 02:32 PM