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Re: T.rex predation
At 07:40 PM 9/20/97 -0700, Stan wrote:
>As far as I know the few primary scavengers that exist never even bother to
>try to take down live prey. (Yeah, a vulture attacking something - uhuh,
>sure).
Although I don't know if they do this in the wild, vultures DO pounce on and
kill live rodents in captivity (this from people I've talked to who raise
carnivorous birds).
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist Webpage: http://www.geol.umd.edu
Dept. of Geology Email:th81@umail.umd.edu
University of Maryland Phone:301-405-4084
College Park, MD 20742 Fax: 301-314-9661