Re: DINOSAUR digest 1382

[Steve Jackson <sj@io.com>]

 martinh <martinh@DigitalWork.com> writes:
To: "'mbonnan@hotmail.com'" <mbonnan@hotmail.com>, dinosaur@usc.edu

Matthew Bonnan writes:
>> ... Feathers on the arms, as well as a long, stiff tail, may have
allowed a terrestrial predator with less mobility in its hips to compensate
for this by incorporating the forelimbs and tail in turning, etc.

>How do you survive as a predator who can only run in nearly straight lines
>_until_ you develop the extra mobility?

Ambush predator?

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