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Re: Valley of the T. rex, Raptor Red, and Maniraptoran Tyrannosaurs



On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Nicholas Gardner wrote:
> [...]
> Jack Horner should receive points for endurance for holding tight to his 
> theory. Summed up: 100% terrestrial scavengers are impossible because a 
> ground animal like a T. rex can't cover the range that aerialists like the 
> vulture can effectively.  If you throw Horner's plodding opinion in, it 
> becomes all the more difficult for such an animal.

A vulture is warm blooded, tho. What if the rex had a slower metabolism?
Could scavenging work for it then?

> [...]