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Re: Scavenger

At 05:26 PM 9/8/99 -0700, dbensen wrote:
>
>Why does Horner think that Tyrannosaurs were scanvengers?  That
>hypothesis was shot
>out of the sky by Gregory Paul in the 80s.
>
To get the answer in his own words, check out his _T.rex_ book.

However, in summary, he considers the tiny forelimbs to be too small to be
of use in catching prey, and the teeth to be of the wrong sort for a
predator. (If I remember correctly).


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