Re: Louse needs a douse

[Phil Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com>]

On Sat, 20 May 2006 11:50:20 -0700 (PDT) don ohmes <d_ohmes@yahoo.com>
writes:
> Well, a squirrel/shrew analogue wouldn't be restricted to the back, 
> of course. Or be incapable of bailing and taking cover. But just out 
> of curiousity, what flying Cretaceous predator would be so efficient 
> as to shut the evolutionary door on the 'sauropod hide niche'? 

Oh, I agree that there probably was a well-diversified "sauropod hide
niche" during the Mesozoic.  (a food source that is that tempting would
not go untapped for very long).

Question:  Are the birds that pick the parasites off of African elephants
the same taxa that pick the parasites off of, say, hippos and Wildebeast?

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