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Dinofossil · 11/27/2011, 10:15 am

Through out most of the game, a T-Rex is a vicious hunter that will eat you if you move. My question is why? In the books and movie, it is shown that a meal of as much as a goat will stave its hunger. But in the game, you're always seeing it eating, be it a parasaurolophus or raptor, it always finds time to eat you. Why?

*Irishmile* · 11/27/2011, 10:54 am

It wouldn't be as exciting if the rex didn't try to eat you... Maybe the rex was just protecting its territory and food source from a threat it didn't quite understand...

Faceslasher · 11/27/2011, 11:10 am

Thats the omly way it can defend itself, if it needs to kill, it eats the thing it wants. Starving is not factor.

Dinofossil · 11/27/2011, 12:23 pm

Well what about overeating? It always swallows you, never takes you to a nest or something for storage.

Tyrannosaur87 · 11/27/2011, 01:09 pm

I believe the developers did mention all of the dinosaurs having distinct personalities, the Tyrannosaurus in question being an opportunist.

bloodkiller630 · 11/27/2011, 01:30 pm

I dont think the tyrannosaurs on isla sorna ate as much when they werent hungry they didnt hunt or eat!

well when they were hungry anyways, yeah i like isla sorna better than isla nublar

jurassiraptor · 11/27/2011, 09:01 pm

I noticed, too, the T-rex seems to eat an awful lot! But then, the game wouldn't be as exciting or intense if the rex was just shown lazily napping for the whole game after one meal. The science reasoning side of me can justify it by pointing out that a warm-blooded metabolism comes at the cost of constantly having to eat, and as the timeline of the game spans a few days, one big meal per day plus one or two smaller opportunistic meals per day seems reasonable for a large tyrannosaur.

Plus, all the eating could be all the years of suppressed hunting instinct surfacing after a lifetime of being fed tethered goats.

(or maybe there was more than one T. rex...)

Spadge · 11/28/2011, 07:46 am

Maybe it swallows as much as it can, then regurgitates the rest into a horrific meat heap... Egh... On second thought, maybe I don't want to know.

bloodkiller630 · 11/28/2011, 12:39 pm

hmm the tyrannosaur mistaking you as a threat highly doubt that your freaking small compared to it, but if it has offspring's yeah it would then go after you

Shadowknight1 · 11/28/2011, 01:36 pm

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Originally Posted by bloodkiller630

hmm the tyrannosaur mistaking you as a threat highly doubt that your freaking small compared to it, but if it has offspring's yeah it would then go after you

Less threat, more like intruder. The Tyrannosaur seems to be territorial, and it also seems to lay claim to areas pretty quickly since there aren't as many predators to contest it. Such as the Visitor's Center.

*Irishmile* · 11/28/2011, 01:47 pm

in the second they established that the Rex was territorial.. and that is why they would not let up and hunted down the people beyond their usual territory..

Dinofossil · 11/28/2011, 04:58 pm

Yeah, but they ran into it randomly, and it's territory couldn't be the entire north area. It would never have known about all that previously.

bloodkiller630 · 11/28/2011, 05:24 pm

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Originally Posted by Dinofossil

Yeah, but they ran into it randomly, and it's territory couldn't be the entire north area. It would never have known about all that previously.

well if i was the tyrannosaur i would want to venture everything i've never seen before, it could be just getting used to the idea of being out of its fence

Lexxbomb · 11/28/2011, 10:35 pm

you know it could be like an aligator... because of the size of the brain stem to brain size it snaps at and tries to eat anything that lands next to it. its an auto reflex that the animal cannot control, maybe that could explain the T-Rex's constant kill and eat mentatlity in the game...

Emo Hoe · 11/29/2011, 02:29 am

I don't think they ever showed 1 goat as enough for a meal; yes they used a goat to try and lure it near the fence to show it off. But they never said it was a whole meal.

Shadowknight1 · 11/29/2011, 10:19 am

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Originally Posted by Lexxbomb

you know it could be like an aligator... because of the size of the brain stem to brain size it snaps at and tries to eat anything that lands next to it. its an auto reflex that the animal cannot control, maybe that could explain the T-Rex's constant kill and eat mentatlity in the game...

Could be. In the words of Dr. Sorkin, I wouldn't be surprised by anything thanks to Dr. Wu's slap-dash approach to gene manipulation.

11/27/2011, 10:15 am	#1
Dinofossil Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 9	T-Rex's Hunt? Through out most of the game, a T-Rex is a vicious hunter that will eat you if you move. My question is why? In the books and movie, it is shown that a meal of as much as a goat will stave its hunger. But in the game, you're always seeing it eating, be it a parasaurolophus or raptor, it always finds time to eat you. Why?

11/27/2011, 10:54 am	#2
Irishmile The Skipping Dead Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: WI, its a paradise 3 months of the year Posts: 6,542	It wouldn't be as exciting if the rex didn't try to eat you... Maybe the rex was just protecting its territory and food source from a threat it didn't quite understand... __________________ unholy THIS! I am a community moderator, here to assist, keep the peace, and keep these boards clean and friendly for all. I am a volunteer, and not a Telltale employee, and my opinions are my own.

11/27/2011, 11:10 am	#3
Faceslasher InGEN Employee #99 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: America Posts: 576	Thats the omly way it can defend itself, if it needs to kill, it eats the thing it wants. Starving is not factor. __________________ You built a time machine...Out of a DeLOREAN? This signature was signed with Doc Brown's new Permanent Ink. If I make a screw up here, then it's gona stick. Oh crap, misspelled gonna!

11/27/2011, 12:23 pm	#4
Dinofossil Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 9	Well what about overeating? It always swallows you, never takes you to a nest or something for storage. __________________ Dinofossil5, the true living fossil.

11/27/2011, 01:09 pm	#5
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11/27/2011, 01:30 pm	#6
bloodkiller630 B.A Ingen Worker Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Kincheloe, MI Posts: 367	I dont think the tyrannosaurs on isla sorna ate as much when they werent hungry they didnt hunt or eat! well when they were hungry anyways, yeah i like isla sorna better than isla nublar __________________ God creates man, man creates dinosaurs, dinosaurs eat man, women inherit the earth Last edited by bloodkiller630; 11/27/2011 at 01:51 pm.

11/27/2011, 09:01 pm	#7
jurassiraptor Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 143	I noticed, too, the T-rex seems to eat an awful lot! But then, the game wouldn't be as exciting or intense if the rex was just shown lazily napping for the whole game after one meal. The science reasoning side of me can justify it by pointing out that a warm-blooded metabolism comes at the cost of constantly having to eat, and as the timeline of the game spans a few days, one big meal per day plus one or two smaller opportunistic meals per day seems reasonable for a large tyrannosaur. Plus, all the eating could be all the years of suppressed hunting instinct surfacing after a lifetime of being fed tethered goats. (or maybe there was more than one T. rex...)

11/28/2011, 07:46 am	#8
Spadge Not a Guru Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 832	Maybe it swallows as much as it can, then regurgitates the rest into a horrific meat heap... Egh... On second thought, maybe I don't want to know.

11/28/2011, 12:39 pm	#9
bloodkiller630 B.A Ingen Worker Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Kincheloe, MI Posts: 367	hmm the tyrannosaur mistaking you as a threat highly doubt that your freaking small compared to it, but if it has offspring's yeah it would then go after you __________________ God creates man, man creates dinosaurs, dinosaurs eat man, women inherit the earth

11/28/2011, 01:47 pm	#11
Irishmile The Skipping Dead Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: WI, its a paradise 3 months of the year Posts: 6,542	in the second they established that the Rex was territorial.. and that is why they would not let up and hunted down the people beyond their usual territory.. __________________ unholy THIS! I am a community moderator, here to assist, keep the peace, and keep these boards clean and friendly for all. I am a volunteer, and not a Telltale employee, and my opinions are my own.

11/28/2011, 04:58 pm	#12
Dinofossil Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 9	Yeah, but they ran into it randomly, and it's territory couldn't be the entire north area. It would never have known about all that previously. __________________ Dinofossil5, the true living fossil.

11/28/2011, 10:35 pm	#14
Lexxbomb Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 21	you know it could be like an aligator... because of the size of the brain stem to brain size it snaps at and tries to eat anything that lands next to it. its an auto reflex that the animal cannot control, maybe that could explain the T-Rex's constant kill and eat mentatlity in the game...

11/29/2011, 02:29 am	#15
Emo Hoe Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 331	I don't think they ever showed 1 goat as enough for a meal; yes they used a goat to try and lure it near the fence to show it off. But they never said it was a whole meal.

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