Jurassic Park db forum

What are the super predators? I know there was T-Rex, Spinosaurus, and Suchomimus. But what others are there?

It's not an actual scientific term, so you could put just about any large carnivore in there I guess...

Super predators are the ones on the top of the food chain.<br />For example, the white Shark is the &quot;super predator&quot; of the cold seas.

(There is no top to the food chain.)

Well, in that animal's particular habitat is what I think he meant.

[quote author=KyleRipman link=board=19;threadid=384;start=0#6596 date=1039138547]<br />Well, in that animal's particular habitat is what I think he meant.<br /><hr></blockquote><br /><br />

[quote author=KyleRipman link=board=19;threadid=384;start=0#6596 date=1039138547]<br />Well, in that animal's particular habitat is what I think he meant.<br /><hr></blockquote><br /><br />That matters not. The food chain is just a convenient way of thinking about things, but means nothing in real life. In real ecosystems, there is no linear progression into the belly of a, say, _Spinosaurus_. What do exist are food webs, where every organism at different trophic levels are interconnected. As such, even a great animal such as _Spinosaurus_ would not be invulnerable to being preyed upon by the likes of smaller, blood-sucking insects, parasites, or detritivores. That being said, there is no top of the food chain.

Being preyed upon, perhaps, but not being killed.

[quote author=KyleRipman link=board=19;threadid=384;start=0#7681 date=1039658413]<br />Being preyed upon, perhaps, but not being killed.<br /><hr></blockquote><br /><br />Big whoop. Even the best predators only take down roughly 10% of their quarry.<br />And besides that, many parasites are often known to kill their hosts. It might take some time to do it, but that doesn't matter.

How high their success rate actually is doesn't seem to affect what we're discussing here, though.<br />While that's true about parasites, we also don't know what kind/how deadly they were at that time.