Jurassic Park db forum

&quot;I don't know which is more annoying, that explaination or that smilie.......yep it's both. wasn't postachuscus and/or sarsichus superpredators?&quot;-The Raptor.<br /><br />You seem to like to mock people, there is no such thing as a SuperPredator, even a Tyrannosaurus Rex can get killed by a Triceratops, or a human being can definetly get mopped by a Grizzly Bear. We are far from Super Predator, we are just as much predator as we are prey. There is no &quot;higher&quot; status for a predator, just because you can hunt almost anything you want doesn't make you &quot;Super&quot;, Super Predator is just another &quot;imaginitive&quot; idea, almost as bad as the Super Predator Spinosaurus. A better term used scientifically for predators who usually are the most successful are terms like &quot;The most dominant predator&quot;. <br /><br />Until it becomes a scientifical term, it is nothing.

what ever, i'm not going to argue with you, just thought i ask

[quote author=DinoSol link=board=19;threadid=384;start=30#msg25594 date=1054099112]<br />&quot;I don't know which is more annoying, that explaination or that smilie.......yep it's both. wasn't postachuscus and/or sarsichus superpredators?&quot;-The Raptor.<br /><br />You seem to like to mock people....<hr></blockquote><br /><br /><br />Funny, it seems like most people like to mock me, welcome to the food chain

I'll just point out that the food chain is a fantastical concept that has nothing to do with real life.

do you know what symbolism is? Symbolism is when you compare one thing to another to clarify a concept. Great writers and poets use this all the time (Ever read The Pearl by John Steinbeck?). I was comparing the way we attack each other and how others "feed" off of one another to gain social statius, pride, etc. etc. etc.

And I was talking about science. You know... in this dinosaur science forum.

You do not need to lecture me on the food chain or the food web. I knew what you were talking about, i am not a fool. But again i was comparing. Many people say phrases that link themselves to the animal kingdom. Ever hear of the expression "strong as an ox"? Or how about "as sly as a fox". Course they are similies not metaphors

[quote author=The Raptor link=board=19;threadid=384;start=30#msg25664 date=1054172111]<br />do you know what symbolism is? Symbolism is when you compare one thing to another to clarify a concept. Great writers and poets use this all the time (Ever read The Pearl by John Steinbeck?). I was comparing the way we attack each other and how others &quot;feed&quot; off of one another to gain social statius, pride, etc. etc. etc.<br /><hr></blockquote><br />I read that book! (I know this has nothing to do with the topic)

Thanks for the English lesson.

T-Rex was the dinosaur super-predator, great white shark is the ocean super-predator, tiger is the land super- predator.