Thread by @travisdon1981

#Zuniceratops (11. 5 feet long, 250-400 pounds) #VS #Unicorn (700-1000 pounds)
#Debate #Thread #Battle #Dinosaurs #Fantasy

Unicorns would have a serious size advantage, with a horn longer than both of Zuniceratops' combined. Dinosaurs pound for pound would be generally stronger than modern mammals, but this wouldn't be enough to make up for the unicorn's greater girth. One might mistakenly think

the unicorn's horn would potentially snap on a Zuniceratop's frill if these two locked horns. However, unlike the frill of a Triceratops, Zuniceratops frills has holes in them, where skin would only be found while the animals were still alive.

Thus, a unicorn's horn could easily pierce it an penetrate into the flesh and bone underneath. The frill was used more as a psychological weapon for most ceratopsians (Triceratops being one of the rare exceptions, its frill quick tough and fully solid). The frill made it look

bigger than it actually was. This would work on a small predator like a dromaeosaur...but would it work on a much larger unicorn?

I...doubt it.

One advantage that Zuniceratops has in close quarters Is its beak, which could make for a savage bite.

However, horses have enormous bite force, capable of biting off the wooden end of a shovel. Along with this, the unicorn can rear and pelt Zuniceratops with its hooves, potentially snapping its frill or possibly even a horn.

Given this, I have to conclude that...

UNICORN STABS ZUNICERATOPS!!!!!!!!!!

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