T.rex caught on camera displaying cowardly behavior.
The second season of Prehistoric Planet on Apple TV+ shows a scene where a Tyrannosaurus rex backs down from a Quetzalcoatlus, a giant pterosaur predator. Palaeontologist Darren Naish, the series’ lead consultant, explains that every predator behaves conservatively to minimise the risk of injury and death to itself. The answer is based on published research, particularly their anatomy and the behaviour of living animals similar to these extinct ones. The appearance of the Quetzalcoatlus was based on research from 2008 and 2015, which showed that their narrow build, with foldable 9m wings on a leggy body, made them incredibly competent terrestrial predators with the ability to fly.