Re: Spinosaurs ate pterosaurs

[kustom66 <kustom66@optusnet.com.au>]

On Monday, July 5, 2004, at 12:03  AM, Ivan Kwan wrote:
> And IIRC, the caracal is another one of those cats highly adapted to 
> capturing flying birds. (I thought servals were more adapted for 
> stalking rodents in tall grass?)

Saw a recent doco proving servals are amazing leapers - one twisted 
itself up at least (what seemed to be) six feet in the air to catch a 
bird in mid-flight.  I've since read that they can leap 10 feet 
vertically. They eat birds, rodents and lizards, just like most other 
small cats (some like fish).  (Apart from their long legs and huge ears 
(evolved due to living among high grasses), they're not much different 
from domestic puddy tats.) Caracals have similar habits and abilities, 
although they're somewhat larger and look more like pumas.

...This all relates to Spinosaurs somehow...

Peter