From: dinoboygraphics@aol.com Reply-To: dinoboygraphics@aol.com To: xrciseguy@sbcglobal.net, dinosaur@usc.edu Subject: Re: Carnivore Energetics: Why Are Lions Not As Big As Elephants? Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:22:09 -0500
"This article argues, among other items, that predatory dinosaurs were able to achieve much greater body sizes than predatory mammals due to lower resting metabolic rates:"
As opposed to having prey that also achieved far larger size than the average mammalian herbivore...
Scott Hartman Science Director Wyoming Dinosaur Center 110 Carter Ranch Rd. Thermopolis, WY 82443 (800) 455-3466 ext. 230 Cell: (307) 921-8333
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-----Original Message----- From: xrciseguy@sbcglobal.net To: dinosaur@usc.edu Sent: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 1:43 PM Subject: Carnivore Energetics: Why Are Lions Not As Big As Elephants?
This article argues, among other items, that predatory dinosaurs were able to achieve much greater body sizes than predatory mammals due to lower resting metabolic rates:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/01/070115215640.htm
Guy Leahy
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