Re: Trex as a good smeller

[Tommy Tyrberg <tommy.tyrberg@norrkoping.mail.telia.com>]

At 17:03 2006-07-06, Phillip Bigelow wrote:


> On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 16:31:50 -0500 Tim Williams
> <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com> writes:
>
> > Most species of scavenging birds rely on visual cues to detect prey,
> > AFAIK.
>
>
> It would be an interesting experiment to dye a deer carcass with an
> odorless, non-toxic fluorescent blue or fluorescent orange food coloring
> and see how the vultures (or ravens or whatever) react.
>
> This experiment must have already been done somewhere.  Its too cheap and
> simple not to have been tried.

I can predict how Ravens would react. They would stay away, at least for a 
while, since they are very suspicious of anything new or abnormal.

Tommy Tyrberg