RE: Built Like a Race Horse, Slow as an Elephant?

[Jura <pristichampsus@yahoo.com>]

--- David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at> wrote:

> > Cheetahs, it don't; they have gone great
> > lengths in evolution to be able to outrun anything
> > which seems a bit pointless if L/D held true in
> their
> > case).
> 
> Maybe they need a higher success rate so they can
> keep enough of their kills -- after all they never
> fight when another (not too small...) predator tries
> to drive them away.

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I agree; Dawkin's scenario doesn't take into account
interspecific competition. That's bound to throw a
couple wrenches into the mix.

Jason

"I am impressed by the fact that we know less about many modern [reptile] types 
than we do of many fossil groups." - Alfred S. Romer


 
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