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Re: ANKYLOSAUR CLUBS *



Nicholas R. Longrich writes;

>        I think we pretty much agreed recently that rhinos use their 
>horns mainly against predators, not each other.

I'm afraid I can't agree with the consensus.  Just because rhinos
rarely come to blows doesn't mean that the horns are never used
against their own species, rhino horns are merely used as a bluff
display with their own species.  Again, any anti-predator use is
icing.

Rob

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