Re: Why were _Tyrannosaurus rex_ forelimbs so massively muscled?

[bruceshillinglaw@netzero.net]

Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au> wrote:
> I don't think much of the idea of the forelimbs being used during mating.
Who'd
> want to antagonise a 6 tonne female by jabbing her with meat hooks at the
> critical moment? (please don't answer that question)
>
> -- What if  T. rex males didn't jab?
I've watched numerous boa and python males use their spurs (vestigial hind
legs) to "tickle", lightly scratch, and otherwise stimulate the cloacal
region of the female. Odd as it may sound, could the "King of the tyrants"
have been equally gentle?

Bruce Shillinglaw
16 Ward Street
Norwalk, CT 06851


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