Re: Carnivore Energetics: Why Are Lions Not As Big As Elephants? .. and why aren't antelopes?

[Jura <pristichampsus@yahoo.com>]

--- "Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com> wrote:
 
>   The other example given above is also true for
> reptiles, who indeed need to
> eat so much less per body weight that they far
> exceed most mammals in this
> regard, especially in the larger sizes. Small
> mammals eat more relative to body
> weight than larger mammals, while the inverse is
> true for reptiles. 

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Huh? I think something might have gotten muddled up
there. Large reptiles, just like large mammals, eat
less food per unit body weight than small reptiles.
3/4 power scaling law works for them too.

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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