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Dear all,
In one fell swoop I will address a
few thoughts brought up recently on list.
About WWPB: yeah, the motion didn't
always seem realistic (it was too slow, etc.), but there were shots in which the
animals really looked real. I remember the fast-paced motion shots from
When Dinos Roamed America and I cringe. If speed looks like that,
then I'll take slower and prettier any day. The Australopithecines looked
pretty bad, I think. Not because of any inability to make them look
good, however, but because of their hypothesized locomotion. Also, the bodies
of Smilodon are different enough that I think it's better that they
didn't superimpose Smilodon heads on lion bodies. The fighting
between Half-tooth and its rival didn't look real, however, and they should
have studied modern lions' fighting to see how they move. And those
Phorusrachids should have not been portrayed so wimpy.
And the suggestion that the
Smilodon could use its canines on either side of the verts of its prey
may work for small prey items, but the experiment that I think was
mentioned was done on a bison carcass, and verts for prey that size would be too
wide for a Smilodon. Too much of a risk of breakage of the teeth,
methinks.
Also, haven't there been two
species of "terror birds" with claws: Andalgalornis (species?) and
Titanis walleri?
Peace out,
Demetrios
Vital
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