Pachycephalosaurus vs Cattle

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Okay, so here's the deal. A Pachycephalosaurus is a dinosaur famously claimed to be built for ramming, and there are arguments for and against that claim, not to mention fossils with cranial lesions exist. A cattle, on the other hand, will attack by ramming, although two bulls killed each other by doing that, so uhh...

Looking at their KE values, a 450-kg Pachycephalosaurus running at a top speed of 15 miles per hour (6.7056 m/s) can hit 10117.14106 joules.
A lighter breed of cow, at 360 kg, would hit 10395.9245 joules at its normal running speed of 17 miles per hour (7.59968 m/s) and 22482.53568 joules at its top running speed of 25 miles per hour (11.176 m/s). Larger cattle breeds can hit up to 68696.6368 joules (1100 kg at 11.176 m/s). However, lighter creatures designed for ramming, namely goats, have knocked cattle out irrespective to their size:


I picked cows for this because a bull would pack a pachy rather easily even if its weight were to be the same as a pachycephalosaurus.

Basically, the matchup is a pachycephalosaurus vs a cow, and both animals are given adequate ramming distance. Here are their profiles.:

Pachycephalosaurus' Profile
Cow's Profile

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Cow: 0
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Surprisingly there's an actual scan of a bull shrugging off running into a wall at top speed. I think the reason why cattle get knocked out is that their nervous system in between the eyes makes them weak. I even suspected their horns is what gives cattle 9-B durability.

With SBA, the weight and size advantage, and speed advantage are heavily towards the cow. The cow without the instincts of the bull would just try to overpower the dino with sheer strength while the Pachy would try to ram the crud out of the cow.

Due to the extremely notable size advantage of the cow, the pachy's best options are to try to incap the cow by ramming it's leg joints or try to aim for the head.

It really depends if cows would normally try to charge with it's head-first, because otherwise, this match is a very big stomp in the favor of the cow unless weight+speed is equalized.

 

[Flashlight237]

Surprisingly there's an actual scan of a bull shrugging off running into a wall at top speed. I think the reason why cattle get knocked out is that their nervous system in between the eyes makes them weak. I even suspected their horns is what gives cattle 9-B durability.

With SBA, the weight and size advantage, and speed advantage are heavily towards the cow. The cow without the instincts of the bull would just try to overpower the dino with sheer strength while the Pachy would try to ram the crud out of the cow.

Due to the extremely notable size advantage of the cow, the pachy's best options are to try to incap the cow by ramming it's leg joints or try to aim for the head.

It really depends if cows would normally try to charge with it's head-first, because otherwise, this match is a very big stomp in the favor of the cow unless weight+speed is equalized.

Idk, the goat was at a greater weight and speed disadvantage than pachy is here and the goat still managed to knock the cow out.

From what I've seen, charging is typical of cattle from a distance. Their preferred fighting method is using their head, either through bunting or straight-up headbutting: https://www.merckvetmanual.com/beha...omestic-animals/behavioral-problems-of-cattle

I wouldn't be surprised if the pachy went for the head considering cranial lesions hinted at such.

 

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Idk, the goat was at a greater weight and speed disadvantage than pachy is here and the goat still managed to knock the cow out.

From what I've seen, charging is typical of cattle from a distance. Their preferred fighting method is using their head, either through bunting or straight-up headbutting: https://www.merckvetmanual.com/beha...omestic-animals/behavioral-problems-of-cattle

I wouldn't be surprised if the pachy went for the head considering cranial lesions hinted at such.

That's the point I was making when I said "unless if the cow is likely to go in head-first. Since it's hinted that cows also use their heads, this is a fight where the animal with the more powerful charge and head durability wins. In which, the pachy should take the cake as it's KE and weight is superior to a domestic goat.

The fact that the cow could use it's massive strength advantage is a wincon, but I see the pachy winning more times than not.

 

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