Re: Note To Dinosaur Documentary Producers

["Larry Dunn" <saurosuchus@hotmail.com>]

> From: Morgan Churchill <mmcjawa@yahoo.com>

> That, and the fact that the predators walked away from every fight with a
> herbivore relatively unscratched.  I think that if I was hurled into the
> air by the spikes of a Zuniceratops, or clobbered with a stegosaurs tail
> spike, I would be showing some hurt.

You know, Morgan, the fact that dinosaur predators regularly walk into such
extremely dangerous encounters in the first place enrages me.  Well, maybe
that puts it a little strongly, but it does miff me.  Predators usually
don't prey on animals that would give them real trouble.  The big issue is
generally, "can I catch it?", not, "will I survive?"

Of course, dealing with an animal struggling to stay alive is a dangerous
enterprise, and sometimes prey turns the tables, but generally speaking,
predators take prey that they can cope with pretty handily.

The depiction of dinosaur predators regularly engaging in these
life-or-death struggles just perpetuates the old notion of antediluvean
mindless ferocity.  Let's see them behave like real animals, the supposed
goal of these documentaries.

Larry Dunn
_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com