Re: Utility of Scavenger vs. Predator Argument

[Jack <jconrad@lib.drury.edu>]

> It was a wildebeest.  (I doubt a 300-lb lion could tackle a 1000-2000lb
> buffalo all by itself).

Quite right.  Those African buffalo are too much for a single lioness.
When she is being attacked, though, she will counterattack if she is left
with no other option.  Usually another family member will come to her
rescue, or she may eventually flee. 
 
> Tyrannosaurus' method of
> dispatching prey was probably somewhat different than that, but the way the
> lioness parried the wildebeest's charging attack, avoiding its horns
> reminded me of your possible explination of why the Tyrannosaurus might
> bite the Triceratops in the head, as the lioness seemed to be doing the
> same thing.

Good idea.  Seems possible to me.

jc