Re: Lack of Running Giant Theropod Tracks

["Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2010, Erik Boehm wrote:
> ...
>
> but as to this comparison of adult humans and toddlers....
> ...
> Comparing preschoolers who run around all day playing hide and 
> seek/tag/whatever, to an adult with a desk job, to a 150 kg linebacker 
> who trains mainly to block and only be active for 30 seconds tops before 
> a break in play.... is not very useful. Especially when comparing 
> children to adults in a country where obesity is epidemic, and adults 
> are sedentary.

On the other hand, professional basketball players can get pretty big.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball

says    average weight being close to 222 pounds (101 kg)

and they run around quite a bit.