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Re: Lack of Running Giant Theropod Tracks



On Fri, 26 Nov 2010, Don Ohmes wrote:


On 11/26/2010 7:57 PM, tholtz@geol.umd.edu wrote:

* Such big animals may not have run or run much


That makes sense -- would a big theropod have had to break out of a walk
to literally walk circles around a sauropod?

Tactical implications -- 1) a sauropod faced w/ a large-jawed tall biped
directly in it's path could not likely just ignore it and keep on
truckin'... the long skinny neck would require some sort of
rearing/turning behavior to defend.


Hmmm. Or, speed up? That would be a lot of mass to oppose...