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Re: Campbell's even crazier than a MANIAC? (archeopteryx climbing)

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Subject: Re: Campbell's even crazier than a MANIAC? (archeopteryx climbing)
From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:41:42 +0200
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Setting aside true arboreality for the moment - how well would they be have been able to use their claws as crampons for ascending trunks, rocks, whatever?

Don't crampons work side-to-side? Sickle claws worked top-down and probably had a cutting edge. They were not round in cross-section.

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