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

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Subject: Re: Carnivore Energetics: Why Are Lions Not As Big As Elephants? .. and why aren't antelopes?
From: Roberto Takata <rmtakata@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:18:23 -0200
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On 1/22/07, john bois <jbois@verizon.net> wrote:

Yes..but these animals are outliers in mammalian size classes.  Most
terrestrial arms races are speed races.


Speed races? Only in open environment (grass lands, open savannah,
open ocean) or not?

A recent paper about Anolis lizzard show evolution of *shorter* legs
by introduction of predator in the habitat.

Losos et al. 2006 - Rapid Temporal Reversal in Predator-Driven Natural
Selection. Science: 1111
DOI: 10.1126/science.1133584

[]s,

Roberto Takata

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