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In today's chapter, we pit strength against speed. The agile Deinonychus is going up against the powerful Baurusuchus.
Size:
Deinonychus: 1.2 meters tall, 3 meters long
Baurusuchus: 1.2 meters tall, 4 meters long
Strengths:
Deinonychus: A very agile predator, has curved, blade like teeth, and two 7 inch claws, shorter but sharp claws on each hand.
Baurusuchus: Heavily built, tough hide, incredibly powerful bite.
Weaknesses:
Deinonychus: Light bones break easily, may not have the power to break through the Baurusuchus' hide, used to working as a team.
Baurusuchus: Much slower, may not be able to strike it's opponent.
Battle:
An anomaly opens in the swamps of the early Cretaceous, 112 million years ago. A lone deinonychus wanders into the area, separated from its pack. The shimmering light draws the raptor closer, until it emerges into a rocky desert around 86 million BC. An oasis lies nearby, with a young sauropod grazing. Having not eaten in days, the raptor creeps close to the herbivore, sizing it up, before launching a surprise attack and inflicting deep wounds into it's prey. It backs off to let the injury weaken it's quarry, tracking it as the sauropod slowly succumbs to the wound. The deinonychus approaches it's fallen prey when it hears rustling from the bushes behind it. Attracted by the smell of blood, a large baurusuchus emerges from the growth, trying to push the raptor off it's kill. But the agile dinosaur is starving, and won't give up it's meal without a fight.
It rushes towards the terrestrial crocodile and leaps over it's snapping jaws onto it's back. While it's oversized claws are able to piece the skin and inflict wounds deep enough to draw blood, it's teeth and other claws are no match for the reptile's armor-like skin. The baurusuchus is able to throw the raptor off and begins it's attack. With massive jaws, it could easily snap the deinonychus in two, but the raptor is much too fast for it, darting in between bites to slash the croc.
The battle of speed vs strength plays on for almost an hour, and the crocodilian begins to tire. The claw marks on it's hide may have started out as inconveniences before, but after a lengthy battle the multitude of wounds begin to take their toll, and it is dizzy with bloodloss. The raptor tries to jump over it's jaws and onto it's back again, but the baurusuchus raises it's head as the raptor is overhead, grabbing its tail and smashing it back down to earth. With the raptor stunned and in pain from two broken ribs, the baurusuchus rips the tail off of the dinosaur. The deinonychus leaps away in agony. Without it's long tail, it is off-balance and at a huge disadvantage. It's now or never, as the raptor makes one last dash towards the croc. As it leaps, the baurusuchus grabs hold of one of it's legs, crushing it. In a desparate attempt to free itself, the raptor claws wildly, and luckily rips an vital artery out of the crocodile's throat. The croc succumbs to the wound quickly, breathing heavily and whimpering, until it makes no sound at all. The deinonychus turns towards it prey, only to find it has been discovered by a huge Aerosteon, who is feasting.
Defeated, the deinonychus is able to limp back through the anomaly, and is able to catch the sent of it's pack. The raptor becomes a low ranking member of the group, being unable to hunt or run. But it is able to feed off the leftovers of it's pack mates, and survives to the ripe old age of 17.