The horns of Triceratops might also have been used for courtship. They would fight with the three horns on their heads, and the winner, as the stronger one, could win the favor of female Triceratops.
Besides the three horns on its head, Triceratops had a very distinctive feature - its frill. When fighting with other dinosaurs, the frill was also a powerful weapon.
Despite its fierce appearance, in fact, Triceratops was a very gentle herbivorous dinosaur. Its beak - like mouth could grasp food, and its teeth could cut but not chew plants, so it could only bite off plants and swallow them. In the late Cretaceous period, Tyrannosaurus rex was the dominant predator of the land.
These ferocious creatures often hunted other dinosaurs, and Triceratops was one of the common targets of Tyrannosaurus rex. However, Triceratops was not easily bullied. They would use their three horns to fight desperately against Tyrannosaurus rex.
