T-REX vs PALAEOLOXODON | Battle FACEOFF Analysis

The ground will rumble as we witness the most powerful land predator of all time against the most dangerous herbivore in a battle to the death. In this episode we will put all their battle abilities to the test, bringing forth the most devastating bite of any land animal in history against the largest set of teeth in the animal kingdom. Will the T-rex prove that it is the indisputable most powerful predator? Or will the Palaeoloxodon teach the T-rex a lesson he will never forget? Find out at the end on Gojicenter’s Monster Faceoff!

Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Mass
4:28 - Armor
8:00 - Agility
10:18 - Speed
12:44 - Stamina
14:45 - Senses
17:38 - Intelligence
21:17 - Weapons
26:27 - Tooth vs Tusk
29:37 - Aux Weapons
32:16 - Vulnerabilities
35:08 - X Factor
36:20 - Stats
37:04 - The Fight
40:33 - The Aftermath

[GojiCenter]

Before you see the final fight, remember this: The Fight simulation is just one of the MANY ways the fight could have carried out. The purpose of the fight simulations is to point out one potentially plausible way the fight could have happened. Realistically this fight could have lasted many minutes.. or maybe a few seconds. Also keep in mind that the outcome of these battles heavily depends on the individual creature's weight, length, size, experience.. etc. So the outcome may not be the exact same 100% of the time, as is the case in the animal kingdom today. Enjoy the episode!

[nono]

If anything, this video reminds us just how much the sauropods DOMINATED their world. This is a massive 22 ton elephant, now imagine a 110 ton Argentinosaurus.

[aidansmith]

Gotta admit, seeing a non-aggressive interaction between these two behemoths would be astonishing.

[aquasplash]

Animal Face-Off❌
Pre-historic Face-Off✅

[stephenfitzgerald]

I have mo problem believing that a Rex could take a full-grown elephant. But calling Paleoloxodon an elephant is like calling a body-builder an average man. Those are two _very_ different kinds of fights.

[revangomez]

The wave of fear I would've felt being the Rex when the Paleo stood above him is downright incredible.

[Xcyper]

Realistically T-Rex would see that thing, and that noise it makes and be like "yeah, fuck that shit. Not worth." T-Rex wasn't a blood-thirsty monster. It's an animal that has the capacity to understand that some fights aren't worth it.

[personman]

T-Rex: "Who fed this rat 'roids?"
Pal: "look at this fat fuqk"

[boishizmoshik]

The fact these both animals were real, is just bone terrifyingly bone chilling and fascinating at the same time.

[pyrogaming]

You’re one of the few YouTubers I’ve seen that does proper research on topics like these. Bravo for not being biased, doing a good amount of research, and a really well animated fight!

[steve]

I’d love to see a video on how prehistoric animals would survive in the modern world. For example, how would a T-rex affect the local food chain, what would be its primary prey, and how would people be affected by the presence of such animals? You could also play around by putting the creatures in different environments. Think of how dangerous regular invasive species are and now imagine a dinosaur in such a situation. Some would probably thrive compared to their natural habitats but this could lead to the devastation of local wildlife and other resources. Imagine a Smilodon in Africa or India, maybe a Spinosaurus in the Amazon, and a Deinosuchus in Australia. We saw JW address this somewhat but there was still a lot left to the imagination that I think this channel could explore in more detail

[TheLordHighNoob]

A few unconsidered factors:

I am not an expert, but am an enormous nerd, and love reading papers about ancient, enormous animals! I have also spent thousands of hours in African Game Parks, since my father works in conservation and wildlife research. My father works closely with the NPO Save the Elephants, and works with primary and archaeological research in the concessions he works with. I spent much of my childhood with him and nerdily absorbing all I could.

1) Stealth. It may seems remarkable that an Elephant could be stealthy, but they are eerily quiet. Their extremely padded feet, consistent 3-contact-point stride, and their surprising dexterity in manoeuvring around obstacles, makes them remarkably quiet. I have been snuck up on by a herd of elephants more often than a single, male buffalo. Yet, elephants don't just listen with their ears, but literally listen with their feet. Conversely, a T-rex has similar weight in excess of an elephant bull, but half the number of feet, which end in hard claws. Further, their is little evidence that T-rex had "audiopodal" hearing. However, the likelihood that T-rexes had countershading or camouflage, given a likely preference for ambush hunting, leaves their visual stealth a distinct advantage, when compared to Paleoloxodon which had absolutely no need nor desire to camouflage itself.

EDIT! New research suggests that T-Rexes do have pretty well padded feet and were well adapted for stealth! And had ears which would have happily picked up infrasound!

2) Intimidation. Dinosaur vocalisation in large therapods was limited to low grumbling, and hissing like modern crocodiles, given that they lacked a syrinx. Conversely, elephants far smaller than "Paleo" trumpet louder than a helicopter, while infrasonically rumbling louder than that. A T-rex would hear both. The sound that Paleo would produce is extremely unnerving to an animal which would have never heard another animal make a noise quite that loud in quite such a wide range. And it would have no idea what to expect of or do against a trunk.

3) I'd like to hammer home the mass difference here. Paleo weighs close to double a T-rex's weight. I'm an average person, of average weight. This would be like placing me in a fist fight against the Mountain Who Rides. It's a no-contest. I would be hurled around like ragdoll.

4) Range. Not only can elephants throw objects with accuracy, which would be fucking mindboggling to an animal which had never seen any creature accurately throw an object of a hundred pounds, but Paleoloxodon's tusks nearly double the length of a Triceratops's horns. Meanwhile, the T-rex has their considerable skull-length, but are still thoroughly outranged.

[purplehaze]

Realistically, a T-rex would probably be scared off by a paleoloxodon long before the situation could ever get violent. Not only is the latter larger _and_ potentially stronger, but elephants in general are very, very good at being intimidating.
I don't know if much is known for sure about what kind of sounds dinosaurs could make, but I think it's reasonable to take an educated guess and assume the most they were capable of in terms of threatening sounds were hisses and bellows. This means that a T-rex would be in no way prepared for a 4-meter-tall behemoth with tusks that are nearly a third of the rex's entire body length charging directly at it while trumpeting at a roughly estimated volume of 180 decibels.

[DangerVille]

Great fight! A mammal perfectly designed to fight a Rex.

[zrakonthekrakon]

The mass advantage is too great, the rex didn’t stand a chance since its jaws can’t clamp around its huge body, although realistically the rex would avoid this fight.

[mohammadharithzafranmahadh]

I like How Palaeoloxodon Was Moving It's Head Side to Side While Towering Over The Y Rex it's like One of Those intimidating Moments

[channelgrantito]

As sad as it was to see the Rex lose, i completely understand. These elephants are hella madsive and smart animals, and despite the Rex being the biggest land predator, this behemoth was very well equipped for defending against a Rex. Zul did an amazing job on the animations!

[davidalvarado]

Bro that match up was so good people really tend to underestimate herbivores but here the paleo showed us that herbivores are really strong and not meant to be underestimated

[abot]

This was an awesome faceoff, it went pretty much how I expected. Elephants are one of the few species that even the most powerful apex predators tend to not mess with because of their sheer size and power, and that is not to be taken lightly.

[somesassybrat]

As much as I love dinosaurs more than Cenozoic mammals, the paleoloxodon is simply just not a pushover, just like most pachyderms are. I would say mass to be one of the biggest contributors in winning the fight was here, it's weaponry, intelligence and surprising mobility for it's size were still major contributors in this fight.