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Re: _T. rex_ debate in the newspaper

To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: _T. rex_ debate in the newspaper
From: Dinogeorge@aol.com
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 14:08:05 EST
Reply-to: Dinogeorge@aol.com
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In a message dated 2/8/01 6:35:10 AM EST, dinoland@lycos.com writes:

<< Why would juveniles, the animals most vulnerable to predators, not possess 
these features if they were truly used for defense?  Why would evolution 
leave the most vulnerable defenseless while the least vulnerable possess 
defense weapons?   >>

The adult animals, with fully developed horns, could well have evolved 
behavior patterns for protecting the vulnerable juveniles from predation.

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