Re: Brachiosaur Defense

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/26/00 4:47:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, ceevans@home.com 
writes:

> I was wondering if someone could help me with this. I was wondering how
>  a Brachiosaur(Brachiosaurus, Supersaurus, Ultrasaurus, etc.)

Supersaurus is a diplodocid; heaven knows what Ultrasaurus (the Korean one) 
is, beyond a sauropod; Ultrasauros (the North American one) is an extra-big 
Brachiosaurus.


>  could defend
>  itself against a large predatory dinosaur(Allosaurus, Ceratosaurus,
>  etc.) because I know that brachiosaurs didn't have the long, whip-lash
>  tails that the diplodicids had.

I dunno.  By being really, really big?  Brachosaurus also has a decent-sized 
thumb claw.

--Nick P.