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Re: Third claw for climbing was Re: Pro(to)avis

To: DML <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: Third claw for climbing was Re: Pro(to)avis
From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:05:56 +0200
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that this claw may have been used for trunk-climbing (and perhaps originally evolved for this purpose) has come up before. (Did Sankar Chatterjee suggest this?)


I think so.

And what came of this idea?

Not much. The claw has a cutting edge. That's quite precisely what I wouldn't use for climbing...

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