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Re: "Most deadly predator..."

To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: "Most deadly predator..."
From: Stanley Friesen <sarima@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 22:19:02 -0800
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At 11:48 AM 3/16/98 +0100, Berislav Krzic wrote: 
>>>>
This formulation sounds stupid. Every predator kills its prey. And when the
prey is killed it is dead! That makes every predator equally deadly.

Probably the insinuation was on "the most efficient predator"
<<<<
I generally read this as "the predator with the highest success rate".

This does make sense, as most predators have a fairly low success rate.

And then the answer is: Homo sapiens.
>>>>

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- Re: "Most deadly predator..."
  - From: "Berislav Krzic" <veselinka.stanisavac@siol.net>

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