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Re: T.rex and elephants (joke)

To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: T.rex and elephants (joke)
From: Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 08:00:57 +1000
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John R. Hutchinson wrote:
> 
> Sean Connell writes:
> 
> >And elephants can't run due to the construction of their ankles.
> 
> Do you have a reference for this? I'm working on elephant locomotory
> biomechanics and have never come across a ref that corroborates that.
> 
        I've seen a clip from the movie "George of the jungle" and
it clearly shows an elephant running. You're not about to suggest
that movies are ever less than scientificly accurate are you?
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References:
- Re: T.rex predation
  - From: "Dictator-for-life Calvin" <MWEDEL@gslan.offsys.ou.edu>
- Re: T.rex predation
  - From: Chris Campbell <sankarah@ou.edu>
- Re: T.rex predation
  - From: Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>
- Re: T.rex and elephants
  - From: "John R. Hutchinson" <jrhutch@socrates.berkeley.edu>

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