Re: The absurdity, the absurdity (was: Cooperating theropods?)

[Betty Cunningham <bettyc@flyinggoat.com>]

ok, maybe the buffaloes girls have horns too   
;]
-Betty

Betty Cunningham wrote:
> 
> sankarah@ou.edu wrote:
> > Jonathon Woolf wrote:
> > > Chris Campbell wrote:
> > > > Jonathon Woolf wrote:
> 
> > > > > The tactics that work against a cat that can only run a hundred meters
> > > > > before dropping don't work against a predator that can dog the prey's
> > > > > heels for miles, until the prey animal finally tires and falls.
> > > >
> > > > Depends.  Horns work pretty well regardless.
> > >
> > > Most large mammalian herbivores have no horns, or their horns are not 
> > > usable as
> > > weapons.
> >
> > Bison?  Buffalo?  Elk?  Moose?  Wildebeest?  These are our large
> > mammalian predators, andthey allhave either horns or antlers (and all
> > use them in defense).
> 
> That's BOY bison, BOY buffaloes, BOY elk, BOY moose.  (typical male
> response to forget the babes)
> Girls (and youths) of the same species outnumber the adult males and
> have no horns or antlers WHATSOEVER.
> I _think_ wildebeest/gnu girls have horns but I aint positive.
> 
> -Betty Cunningham