Spinosaurus vs. T. rex Scene

The Spinosaurus vs. T. rex scene is a scene in Jurassic Park III. It features a fight between Tyrannosaurus and Spinosaurus. Because the Spinosaurus won the fight, the scene became very infamous among fans.

Title
The scene is called "Spinosaurus vs. T-Rex" by MovieClips.

Plot
In Jurassic Park III, a Spinosaurus strands the film's main characters on Isla Sorna by causing their plane to crash. Afterwards, the characters escape, only to bump into a sub-adult bull T. rex, who is eating a kill. The T. rex then, inadvertently, chases the characters back to the Spinosaurus.

While the characters flee in panic, the two giant theropods battle each other. After a couple of taunting roars at each other, and nearly stepping on Alan Grant, the T.rex grabs the Spinosaurus by the neck with its mouth and slams it to the ground. The rex then swings the Spinosaurus around for a short while and made it knock down a big tree, until the Spinosaurus breaks free and tries to bite the giant carnivore. The Spinosaurus then bites the rex at its upper right thigh and slash at its ribcage, and the latter headbutts each other and slam at each other, only to be stunned for a few seconds. Around now some Compys can be seen running across the ground. Allegedly, the Spinosaurus would then grab the T. rex by the neck, and in one fluid moment, he twists it (a snap can be heard). The T. rex falls to the ground dead, and the Spinosaurus roars in victory.

Accuracy
According to paleontologist Jack Horner, who is a consultant for the Jurassic Park trilogy, the reason for the Spinosaurus to appear in Jurassic Park III is to replace T. rex as the main dinosaur after the two previous movies, and part of the reason they didn't use Carharodontosaurus or Giganotosaurus is because in children's minds, they look too much alike to T. rex, so they needed a theropod that looked far different from T. rex. Horner's most recurring, and controversial theory is that T. rex was purely a scavenger, rather than a hunter. This also includes other giant theropod with short arms like Giganotosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus, the latter lived on the same continent and time period as Spinosaurus. He claims true hunters need long front limbs to catch their prey, which is where he came up with the idea for Spinosaurus. A hunter does not need to have long front limbs to be a true hunter though. Sometimes, all that is needed is a powerful pair of jaws and powerful back legs.

Influence
The fight between Tyrannosaurus rex and Spinosaurus appears frequently in post-JPIII media.


 * The cover of Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis features the fight. the fight itself can also occur within the game itselfs, but the winner can vary and also the fate of the carnivore can also vary, as sometimes the Rex or Spino will survive the battle by being scared away or they can be killed in battle.
 * The Lost World theme park of Universal Studios Singapore features the statues of a fighting T. rex and Spinosaurus.
 * There are often many recrations of this famous, controversial scene all over the internet, most of them with the Tyrannosaurus winning, since it angered so many Jurassic Park/dinosaur fans who loved the tyrannosaurus.

Trivia

 * Although fans speculated that the Tyrannosaurus that died in the fight was the infant rex from the previous film, this is impossible to prove. Though both male, the size of Isla Sorna suggests that he could be, and likely was, a sub-adult rogue.  Also, if it truely was the infant, it would've had a scar or limp on it's leg from the last film.
 * Another holdup in the speculation that the T. rex in JPIII is the baby from TLW is the location the film takes place. The event of TLW tooks place on the eastern portion of Isla Sorna, which is where the T. rex family lives; whereas JPIII took place further to the west of this.
 * In some shots some scars can be seen on the Tyrannosaurus' face. It possibly got these from other Tyrannosaurus fighting over territory.
 * The time T-rex is going to attack Spinosaurus in it's hips a tree hits it.
 * Originally this scene was supposed to be longer between both T. rex and Spinosaurus. Extended parts of the fight can be seen in the special features of the Jurassic Park III dvd.