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Although being the biggest known carnivorous dinosaur, Spinosaurus would be unlikely
to fight other large carnivorous therapods due to its fragile sail attached to its spine and
walked on 4 legs would put the Spinosaurus into height disadvantage against them. While
having extremely similar skull and life style to the
modern crocodile, Spinosaurus’ behavior is different.
With its sail, Spinosaurus couldn’t stalk preys drinking
water like the crocodile, it would be too obvious.
Instead, Spinosaurus completely submerged its body
underwater and swim using its webbed feets to hunt fish
or just submerge only its jaws underwater (in more
shallowed river) waiting for preys to swim by. Having
nostrils closer to its eyes allowed it to submerge it jaws
completely underwater for a long period of time and
detect its prey using small holes on the tip of its skull as
a sensing device.
The purpose of Spinosaurus’ sail is remained unknown. It’s speculate that it used its sail
to attract mates, help it to swim, make it looked more intimidating, or to control body
temperature. Currently we don’t have enough fossil records and evidences to confirm the
use of its sail.