Re: Triceratops Frills

[Thomas_R_HOLTZ@umail.umd.edu (th81)]

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>Also, again, could the large "kicking" claw on (I can't remember the name but 
>it begins with a D) be used for climbing on the backs of larger prey to get
at
>the neck, rather than for disembowelling?
>
The Mongolian fighting dinosaurs show that you are correct about the claw.
The Velociraptor was caught in the act of ripping the throat out of the
Protoceratops.

>Oh, and finally, for the moment, I don't understand the comment by Bakker on 
>"the hind legs overtaking the front legs". Hares and rabbits have vastly 
>different leg lengths, yet they seem to be reasonably successful at running 
>about.

Umm.  Well, rabbits do move quickly, but they hop, they don't run!

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist
Dept. of Geology
University of Maryland
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