Daily Dino Fact: Ank the Tank
Ankylosaur stares down a group of dinos that pose absolutely no threat to him. Illustration by Phil Wilson.
Q: Who is dinosaur that have the most horns/spikes? -Irvine
A: Good question! Dinosaurs are famous for their armor. There are a rich variety of dinos with all kinds of crazy plates, spikes and horns to keep them safe from predators. However, nothing was quite as tank-like as the ancient Ankylosaur. This guy was a walking armored truck and had a few different ways of keeping safe from the many predators it would have encountered.
I’m not kidding you, an ankylosaur would have been an incredibly tough snack to bring down even for a T-Rex. Research shows that they developed stronger and stronger armor over the years. Their armor became so tough that it would have been bulletproof. Not to mention the fact they had a massive ball of thick bone at the end of their tails. Try taking one of those to the gut!
-Rex
Note: This Daily Dino Fact has appeared previously on the blog. Keep those questions coming!
Tags: ankylosaur, Daily Dino Fact, Dinosaurs, webosaurs
February 8th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Lol! Not like the armor we wear?? lolz
February 8th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Wait a minute! Wasn’t the ankylosaur one of the slowest dinosaurs to ever live? No wonder they are so slow! They have so much armor! :p
February 8th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
this is my favorite Dinosaur! After Tyranosaurus Rex!
February 8th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Which dino had the shortest wings?
February 9th, 2010 at 2:59 am
WHOA! Look at that tail
February 9th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
on prehistoric planet there was an ankylosaurus!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:58 am
Ankylosaurus Euoplocepholas
February 10th, 2010 at 7:03 am
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February 10th, 2010 at 10:46 am
Ankylosaurs are my favriote dinos too!there cool!althogh my first is the parasauralophus i stiil like it.this gives me ideas for the cave contest!ohhhh boy
this is gonna be great.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
I dont think anklysaurs is not the only dinosaurs that has heavy armour.There was also euoplocephloes and sanicha and sancha means beautiful lizard.I know these facts because i have a book about dinosaurs.
February 11th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
the ankylosaurus was my fav dino it had amour all over its body its tummy even in the eyelids it seems big but it really one of the smallest dinosaur ever lived the tail of an anky could crack an leg of a t-rex so watch out rexxy the club itself is as much as a ten year old child am not going to say anymore facts or this will last forever