Re: Theropod Ontogeny

[Richard W Travsky <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 Pluto77189@aol.com wrote:
>     A little bit of info regarding the difference in tyrannosaur
> adults and juviniles...  Komodo dragons will sometimes take down prey
> as a group.  Dominance also plays into feeding as well. The young
> hatch(without parental care), and live a TOTALLY different live than
> the adults.  They are better climbers, have different camo, and eat
> insects and lizards.  They also have to avoid the adults, or they'll
> get eaten.  Eventually, after a few years, they get big enough to
> start joining in on feedings, if not at a low rank.  The bigger they
> get, the more the rely on large prey as food, and the less they have
> to chase insects and lizards.
> 
> I guess we have to wonder if the dinosaurs behaved (socially) like
> birds, or like reptiles. 

Well, you may have to ask which dinosaurs behaved like what.

Don't forget the parental behavior attributed to maiasaura...