Scubasaurus!!!

["Jordan Mallon" <j_mallon@hotmail.com>]

Hi again tout le monde,
   First off, I'd like to say thanks to all who contributed to my 
"theropod sunglasses" idea.  Secondly, I'd like to raise a new point.  
   Reading "PDW," I had to disagree with Gregory Paul's idea that 
herbivorous dinosaurs were far from being safe when chased into the 
water by large theropods (p. 45).  If an Apatosaurus louisae (as 
depicted in the book) swam into 40 feet of water, it would have been 
more than safe from a pack of Allosaurus atrox.  I say this because what 
would the attackers have done once they killed the apatosaur out so 
deep?  If the victim didn't sink first, the allosaurs would have had 
three choices
1) eat and swim at the same time.
2) go back ashore and wait for the carcass to wash up.
3) somehow climb atop the dead body and eat the dead dino, then have to 
swim back on a full belly.
I think all three choices are a little hard to imagine happening.
   Mr. Paul did raise the point, though, that there have been footprints 
found which seem to indicate some theropods chasing iguanodonts out of 
the water.  So maybe a predatory dinosaur would follow prey out deep in 
hopes to chase it back to shore.  
   Does anyone have any thoughts on this?  I sure hope this hasn't been 
brought up before or I just waisted my time.  Thanks.

-  Jordan Mallon

PS-  I think the only point Mr. Paul was trying to make was that 
theropods were good swimmers.  I just took the thought a step further.

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