RE: Claws on deinonychosaurs

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Ken Carpenter wrote:

> Argh! Somebody please explain to me (not done in the original
> description by Maxwell and Ostrom) how multiple predators/scavengers on
> a carcass suddenly fall over dead!

They ate too much?

Seriously... it does beg the question: if the _Deinonychus_ specimens were 
casualties of a desperate _Tenontosaurus_ fighting for its life, isn't this 
is a fairly high mortality rate for a _Deinonychus_ pack?  The species could 
not afford such losses every time a pack went after large prey.

Just playing Devil's advocate.

Cheers

Tim