RE: Charging Triceratops (Behavior Conjecture Alert!)

["Craven, David" <David.Craven@bolton.gov.uk>]

>>Jaime A. Headden writes:
>>"...rendering the horns of Triceratops level for peircing would not allow
them to project beyond the the 
>>fairly long nose."

>The Triceratops could slightly tilt it's head to make deadly use of just
one brow horn.(if it even used 
>it's horns for anything besides intraspecific competition,or display)
>John Bridgman


I suspect the angle of the horns to the skull (assuming this isn't
drastically deformed) would mean much of a dip and the horns would be facing
downwards.
Despite immediate appearances I doubt the horns had more than a display
function.

David Craven

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