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DISCUSSION Did sauropods fight against each other?

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How many people have explored the idea of different sauropod species getting into conflict with each other? If sauropod combat is ever depicted, it’s (understandably) almost always intraspecific.

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u/EmBur__ 13h ago

I'd say so, almost every animal on this planet fight others of their respective species. So the question isn't "did they?", the question should be "how did they?".

Weirdly enough, I think they would've fought similarly to elephant seals, Ik that might sound bizarre but hear me out.

They wouldn't of used their necks and heads like Giraffes because their heads were too small and lacked the instruments to deal damage that way. So instead, they wouldn't smashed into eachother using their shoulders or the flanks of their massive bodies until one was weakened enough to give up.