Re: attack on dinosaur--horrific video

[john bois <jbois@verizon.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
To: "DML" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: attack on dinosaur--horrific video


> > Would dinosaurs have had false eggs?
>
> All known Mesozoic nests were in any case large enough that such a 
> strategy would have been affordable.

In terms of incubating space, yes.  But eggs are expensive!  I read that the 
bigger the parent/egg the bigger part of gross maternal expenditure it 
costs!  Anyway, it's such a nice idea--false eggs!  Let's just eat all the 
false eggs and leave all the reproducing eggs to do their thing.  Unless 
someone has a reference.