侏羅紀搏擊俱樂部 第97期:每個獵手都有適合自己的獵物

Being faster and more agile than your prey was an important attribute, but the ability to ambush prey was a even more lethal hunting strategy.

比獵物更快更靈活十分重要的品質(zhì)，但伏擊獵物是一個更為致命的狩獵策略。

Predators today will seek out and hide along game trails.

今天的掠食者會找到獵物通路并躲在邊上。

Those are trails that herbivores use to get to and from food and water.

那些是食草動物去進食和飲水的小道。

Well, dinosaurs like Allosaurus and Ceratosaurus would've also used these trails to their advantage.

像異特龍和角鼻龍這樣的恐龍也會利用這樣的小道。

They can find a grove of trees and use them for cover as they wait for the prey to walk down the trail, or they can work as a team to drive prey along a trail towards the awaiting mate.

它們能找一片小樹林并在等待獵物做過小道時用它們作掩護，或者它們能團隊配合沿小道將獵物趕往等待的那個同伴。

Game trails are like road maps of dinner table as far as predators are concerned.

這些小徑對于掠食者來說就像通往餐桌的交通圖一樣。

The Jurassic Era was full of unexpected events, some as momentous as climate change or tectonic shift.

侏羅紀時期充滿了意外事件，有些如氣候變化和板塊漂移般重大。

But it's the smaller facts that play havoc with the outcome of a violent challenge.

但是產(chǎn)生狂暴挑戰(zhàn)的大破壞卻是小的事件引發(fā)的。

Scientists know that their body structures meant that they preyed on different dinosaurs.

科學(xué)家們知道它們的身體結(jié)構(gòu)意味著它們捕獵不同恐龍。

Certainly their different structures suggest different killing styles.

不同的身體結(jié)構(gòu)當然意味著不同的獵殺風格。

Allosaurus may have actually concentrated on maybe larger prey.

異特龍可能主要關(guān)注較大的獵物。

Ceratosaurus with its longer teeth, some are more delicate gracile built, suggested it might have actually been feeding on some of the smaller prey.

角鼻龍有更長的牙齒，有些更加纖細，這說明它們可能捕食較小獵物。

Look at animal designs today, and you'll find that most predators are specialized in what they hunt.

觀察當今的動物，能夠發(fā)現(xiàn)多數(shù)掠食者專門捕獵某些動物。

Although they'll take advantage of any food sources that come across, they are really suited for only certain types of prey.

雖然它們不會放過送上門的食物，但是它們只適合捕食某種類型的獵物。

It's not a coincidence that you find cheetahs living along side of gazelles.

獵豹和瞪羚在同一環(huán)境生存并非巧合。

The same goes with lion and wildebeests.

獅子和角馬也是一樣。

Each predator is ideally suited to capture and kill their particular prey.

每個掠食者都最好地適合于捕獵它們特定的獵物。

And so we can apply that same behavior and hunting methods to prehistoric predators.

所以我們能把同樣的行為和狩獵方式用于史前掠食者。

But would a Ceratosaurus attack a larger, more powerful adversary like Allosaurus?

但是角鼻龍會去攻擊像異特龍那樣更大、更強壯的對手嗎?

Science looks to modern animal behavior for answers.

科學(xué)從現(xiàn)代動物行為中尋找答案。

Would a Ceratosaurus take on an Allosaurus?

角鼻龍會進攻異特龍嗎?

Well, yes, depending on the circumstances.

會的，這得看具體情況。

If Ceratosaurus was protecting a kill or defending a territory, then I believe they would certainly at least stand their ground against Allosaurus.

如果角鼻龍在保護獵殺的動物或是守衛(wèi)領(lǐng)地，我相信它們起碼不會退縮。

If they outnumbered the Allosaurus, then I have no doubt they would stand and fight.

要是它們的數(shù)量比特異龍多，我相信它們會奮起反擊。

But recreating what would've actually happened is difficult because so few clues could be found.

不過要想重現(xiàn)當時發(fā)生了什么很困難因為找到的線索太少。