Fighting Dndsaurs

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I made a model of an Owlbear and a Bulette fighting in the style of the "Fighting Dinosaurs" of Mongolia. Thanks to StormCrow13 for the Owlbear file, and to LennyFace for the Landshark model. 'Owlbear', is itself, 'Owlbear2' is the Landshark, and 'Owlbear 3' is the combined model. Post a make, like and subscribe! The "Fighting Dinosaurs" specimen, found in 1971, preserves a Velociraptor mongoliensis and Protoceratops andrewsi in combat and provides direct evidence of predatory behavior. When originally reported, it was hypothesized that the two animals drowned.[15] However, as the animals were preserved in ancient sand dune deposits, it is now thought that the animals were buried in sand, either from a collapsing dune or in a sandstorm. Burial must have been extremely fast, judging from the lifelike poses in which the animals were preserved. Parts of the Protoceratops are missing, which has been seen as evidence of scavenging by other animals.[25] Comparisons between the scleral rings of Velociraptor, Protoceratops, and modern birds and reptiles indicates that Velociraptor may have been nocturnal, while Protoceratops may have been cathemeral, active throughout the day during short intervals, suggesting that the fight may have occurred at twilight or during low-light conditions.[26] --Wikipedia article on Velociraptor Apparently locked in combat, these two fighting dinosaurs were remarkably preserved in this action pose some 80 million years ago. Velociraptor was a fierce carnivore that hunted prey animals, such as the plant-eating Protoceratops. Here, the Velociraptor has embedded its deadly foot claw into the neck of the crouching Protoceratops, near the region that housed the blood supply for the head. In turn, the Protoceratops appears to have bitten and broken the right arm of the Velociraptor, whose left hand grips the head of the Protoceratops. A sudden sand flow may have quickly buried these foes, capturing them in this fighting position. In 1971 a Polish-Mongolian team discovered this specimen embedded in the white sandstone cliffs of the southern Gobi Desert. It is considered a national treasure of Mongolia.--AMNH Website--https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/fighting-dinos/the-fighting-dinosaurs