Almost all real predation is on prey far smaller than the predator, so the documentary staple of a T. rex taking an adult Triceratops shows the rare exception, not the rule.

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• Predators everywhere target juveniles, and there is no reason dinosaurs were an exception — the bite marks and stomach contents say they were not. DHDave Hone4 Sept 2025similar wording
• The scavenger-versus-hunter argument about T. rex is over: the bite marks show it did both. DHDave Hone4 Sept 2025similar wording
• T. rex is a genuine ecological oddity: nothing else in its ecosystem came anywhere near its size as a carnivore. DHDave Hone4 Sept 2025similar wording
• T. rex was not an apex predator: an apex predator eats other predators, and T. rex ate herbivores. DHDave Hone4 Sept 2025similar wording
• Predation is what makes evolution creative: without it there would be no arms races, no great feats of evolution, and a far less beautiful world. NLNick Lane7 Sept 2022similar wording

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