The T-rex was a vegetarian until sometime after the fall.
We have found T-rex teeth that are full of chlorophyll that supports the idea the they ate some plants.
They most likely remained omnivores after the fall after all serrated teeth are great for shredding plant material.
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Interestingly enough, when I tried to Google for "Chlorophyll in T-Rex teeth," the only things that popped up were young-earth creationist sites all citing it as a fact.
A (very) little extra bit of digging served to discover that this particular "fact" came from "research" conducted by the pseudoscientist Carl Edward Baugh, the director of the Creation Evidence Museum. Carl Baugh is a man well known for stretching the truth and for making things up out of whole cloth when it suited him.
So, no.
@Thrutch: of course. The T-rex just tripped and fell face-first on that herbivore. Repeatedly.
The T-rex was a vegetarian until sometime after the fall.
Yes!
In fact, the "T-rex" almost always ordered the veggie burger, a cola light, and a large fries with ketchup.
No hamburgers for the Rex.
The Creationist Museum exists, so whatever it says is true!
Eerily similar to:
The Bible exists, so whatever it says is true.
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Yeah, old T-Rex wasn't "meant" to do this to poor T-Tops. It's just a coincidence that Rex got into eating dino flesh and Topsy stayed a vegan. Weird.
Also, a little known fact- T-Rex used their tiny vestigial arms to hold a container of hummus into which they dipped veggie sticks. Flipping the veggies up into their mouths was a difficult task, but once mastered looked totally boss.
@Thrutch
don't be silly: the T-rex was GROOMING the other animal. Unfortunately, a loud noise happened and the poor T-rex snapped its jaws shut in terror.
Once it saw what it had done to its poor little friend it killed itself through guilt
You should have seen them trying to peel an orange with those arms. Thankfully, God noticed the problem and created bananas, just for T Rex.
Yes, really. Neither I nor the creationists would make shit up, I promise.
I've found supporting evidence in the Bible which might confirm redwood777's claim. Although it may only apply to uncircumcised T-Rexes.
Galations 6:13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
Suuure it was. And Adam rode one in the Garden of Eden.
Why is it that every other herbivore living today and in the past have teeth which aren't sharp? You know, flat teeth with which to grind down vegetable matter? There's no way T-Rex would have been able to grind up plant matter with those teeth.
I swear this is the reason we need to get rid of religion. It actually makes people stupid and willfully so.
Yeah, okay. I invite you to explain the recent dig that unearthed three triceratops skeletons with T-Rex teeth marks all over them. According to the trained archaeologists who discovered them, all three perished in the attack. Most likely the T-Rex attacked the baby and the male and female were killed attempting to intervene.
Of course your trained, scientific mind will have a much more interesting take on the situation. Please do share it.
At this point I can't really tell if this is some sort of young-earth apology for the "Terrible Lizards" or vegan propaganda
Either way you don't need a degree in paleontology or biology to know that this argument is full of crap
Given that in fossils living material gets replaced by minerals and the only example we have of living tissue in a dinosaur fossil is, well, the only example; a supremely rare and exquisitely preserved bone, I have to call bullshit. Especially since you'd think the gunk on an organism's teeth would be a tad more difficult to preserve than tissue that's inside the bone. But let's assume that there IS chlorophyll on some random T-Rex's teeth. Remember, I'm not acknowledging your BS "evidence", I'm just taking it for granted just for fun. It's FAR more likely that, like a dog, it needed plant matter to help it vomit or it chewed through an herbivore's full stomach.
serrated teeth are great for shredding plant material.
Sure. But they're horrible for chewing the plant matter and if you can't chew it you just end up passing it through your digestive system and not getting many of the nutrients. It's terribly inefficient. There's a reason herbivores almost without exception have flat, grinding teeth (well, of the ones that HAVE teeth anyway). The serrated, spear-like teeth are for specific purposes: To catch prey and prevent it from escaping or, in the case of scavengers, to easily tear through the flesh and possibly even bone. Flesh digests easier than plant material so there isn't a need to grind it up.
@Sasha
There's one now.
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Even if paleontologists found a t-rex skull with some plant material between the jaws, what would that prove other than they occasionally ate plants? Cats are known to nibble on plants every now and then, and they are definitely carnivores.
Just to nitpick, the following teeth belong to a strict herbivore:
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Eating leaves requires more tearing than chewing, so small folivores have pointy, razor-sharp teeth.
Back on topic, why are creationists willing to believe that chlorophyll could be preserved, while they don't buy that some dinosaur bones contain fossilised red blood cells?
Ever try to pull two knives out of a water melon at once? yeah, thats what it'd be like, only all over your mouth. plant fibers need to be ground, not cut.
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