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 When you start off coming out of the egg and you’re less than, say, 2 feet long and you are in a world full of predators2 that are loving to crunch3 on you, then you need to get big fairly quickly.  

 
The future seems bleak4 for this dinosaur5.  With its life on the constant threat, how would it survive?  
 
Tyrannosaurus Rex, a skull6 1.5 meters long, up to 60 serrated teeth, able to cover 5 meters in a single stride, this is one of the biggest carnivorous dinosaurs7 ever to walk the earth.  
 
T-Rex has bone-crushing teeth.  They’re huge. They have 2 or 3 or 4 times the strength for the body size of any other meat-eater.  
 
But a T-Rex is born into a world of enemies.  And survival for this goliath is never guaranteed. 
 
Herbivores are not dummies8. They’ll try to remove the dangerous elements in a preemptive strike. 
 
If you are a baby Tyrannosaur, every mega herbivore in the environment wants to crush you. 
 
Even the triceratops with its tiny brain is aware of the T-Rex’s potential menace, knowing that one day, this tiny T-Rex chick will grow into a menacing monster, easily able to attack and defeat this plant eater.  But maybe their worst enemy is bit closer to home.  
 
Probably the greatest danger to a baby T-Rex is another T-Rex, the family from over the hill, because Darwinian calculus9 tells you, the predator1, to eliminate your competition, other predators, whenever you can.

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1 predator 11vza     
n.捕食其它动物的动物；捕食者
参考例句：
  • The final part of this chapter was devoted to a brief summary of predator species.本章最后部分简要总结了食肉动物。
  • Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard and a fearsome predator.科摩多龙是目前存在的最大蜥蜴，它是一种令人恐惧的捕食性动物。
2 predators 48b965855934a5395e409c1112d94f63     
n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 )；奴役他人者（尤指在财务或性关系方面）
参考例句：
  • birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
  • The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 crunch uOgzM     
n.关键时刻；艰难局面；v.发出碎裂声
参考例句：
  • If it comes to the crunch they'll support us.关键时刻他们是会支持我们的。
  • People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.看电影时嘎吱作声地嚼干果的人会使人十分讨厌。
4 bleak gtWz5     
adj.(天气)阴冷的；凄凉的；暗淡的
参考例句：
  • They showed me into a bleak waiting room.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室。
  • The company's prospects look pretty bleak.这家公司的前景异常暗淡。
5 dinosaur xuSxp     
n.恐龙
参考例句：
  • Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击？
  • He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。
6 skull CETyO     
n.头骨；颅骨
参考例句：
  • The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
  • He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。
7 dinosaurs 87f9c39b9e3f358174d58a584c2727b4     
n.恐龙( dinosaur的名词复数 )；守旧落伍的人，过时落后的东西
参考例句：
  • The brontosaurus was one of the largest of all dinosaurs. 雷龙是所有恐龙中最大的一种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. 恐龙绝种已有几百万年了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 dummies e634eb20db508e3a31b61481a251bf93     
n.仿制品( dummy的名词复数 )；橡皮奶头；笨蛋；假传球
参考例句：
  • If he dummies up, just try a little persuasion. 如果他不说话，稍微劝劝他就是了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • All the articles in the window are dummies. 橱窗里的全部物品都是仿制品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 calculus Is9zM     
n.微积分；结石
参考例句：
  • This is a problem where calculus won't help at all.对于这一题，微积分一点也用不上。
  • After studying differential calculus you will be able to solve these mathematical problems.学了微积分之后，你们就能够解这些数学题了。

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