You know, pokeplayer, that’s actually a really good theory! :! I had always assumed that Red Claw had gotten his scar from another sharptooth, but somehow it had never occurred to me that he might have received it while young. It actually makes a lot of sense, though; how exactly does a full-grown T. rex receive a scar composed of a single long, uninterrupted slash from eyebrow to claw tip? One would expect such an injury to be more easily inflicted by a much larger assailant, which would require Red Claw to have been much younger at the time he received it.
Your hypothesis also opens a new perspective on Red Claw’s character. Maybe the reason he’s such an obstreperous bully who constantly terrorizes smaller dinosaurs (even if one argues his motive to be hunger, it seems to me that Red Claw goes out of his way to attack creatures that would provide relatively inconsequential meals) is because he himself suffered a traumatic childhood. (Holy coprolites, I think we may be on the verge of finding sympathy for Red Claw! :blink:)