Also, concerning Hutchinson's research, and he based the top running speed on the Rex's weight and the gait of elephants, which is kinda like estimating the top running speed of an ostrich by looking at a wild boar. One set of very rare foot prints seems to show the animal booking it, horse speed, maybe 30 or 35 mph. Biomechanics could make a mistake. if you trusted what we know about physics, bee flight and the top swimming speed of dolphins'd be impossible.
Hi, my name's Ben, and i'm a biology education major at ESU, big fan of monster movies and a paleontology enthusiast. We've had terrestrial animals that could eat 3000 lbs a day in Earth's history before and I think Skull Island is supposed to have a very high primordial tropical biomass. That and the fact that Kong's more carnivorous than a normal gorilla, he's killed off most of the other top predators, and there are a lot of big dinosaurs means he might be able to eat that much.
Also, concerning Hutchinson's research, and he based the top running speed on the Rex's weight and the gait of elephants, which is kinda like estimating the top running speed of an ostrich by looking at a wild boar. One set of very rare foot prints seems to show the animal booking it, horse speed, maybe 30 or 35 mph. Biomechanics could make a mistake. if you trusted what we know about physics, bee flight and the top swimming speed of dolphins'd be impossible.
PainMonkey 11 months ago
Hi, my name's Ben, and i'm a biology education major at ESU, big fan of monster movies and a paleontology enthusiast. We've had terrestrial animals that could eat 3000 lbs a day in Earth's history before and I think Skull Island is supposed to have a very high primordial tropical biomass. That and the fact that Kong's more carnivorous than a normal gorilla, he's killed off most of the other top predators, and there are a lot of big dinosaurs means he might be able to eat that much.
PainMonkey 11 months ago