Re: alvarezsaurid arms

["Øyvind M. Padron" <gorgosaur@hotmail.com>]

>     "Tiny" avian??  A six-foot long Patagonykus was hardly tiny (maybe you
> are thinking of the smaller Patagopteryx, but even that wasn't particularly
> tiny).  I'd sure hate to have a Patagonykus jabbing one of its claws into 
> my
> chest or back.

maybe I was a little quick on the 'tiny' there...

>      Anyway, termite mounds aren't quite as hard when they have been 
> rained
> upon, and the climate was generally less dry back in the Cretaceous.  And 
> if
> it was really hungry, a determined Patagonykus could probably attack even
> the hardest of mounds by tunnelling under it and then up into the soft
> interior.

hm...
I did some 10minute research on termite nests, and found that they are 
pretty thin on the "root", while the resting walls, could be as hard as 
concrete.
And it must have been very dependant on the rain then...
On the other hand, who knows what kind of force was hidden in the big clawed 
arms of Patagonycus, wich was even longer (and thus fitted for more muscle) 
that Mononykus.

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