Re: Did sauropods suckle? Re: Yahoo news: Study: Dinosaurs GainedWeight Fast

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

Richard W Travsky wrote:
>
> Of course it's inane. If the 100 pound per day weight gain can't be
> explained by eating plants, how many alternatives are there to consider?
> 

Why couldn't sauropod hatchlings and small juveniles have eaten insects? Perhaps
even scavenging meat from carcasses. Crocs bolt down their food without chewing
as well, and they manage to digest all sorts of non-vegetative material. Adult
sauropods may have been almost completely herbivorous (almost - even elephants
and giraffe chew bones for calcium), but juveniles could have had a more varied
diet.

Note my new URL below. Terrashare has apparently gone belly-up (extinct?)

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