Re: Dinosaur Revolution Review

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu>]

On Sat, September 17, 2011 5:57 pm, Augusto Haro wrote:
> 2011/9/17 David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>:
>
>> There is evidence for playing in crocodiles. Check out this
>> http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2009/06/alligators_vs_melons.php
>> and
>> the link in it.
>
> Thank you as always for the information... The I restate it saying
> that we should only infer playing forms found in near relatives. For
> example, we should see if there is evidence of crocodiles and basal
> birds playing with elements in the same way a dog pup does before
> restoring a theropod chick getting dog-like.

Indeed, the following post was a specific reference used by the Dinosaur
Revolution (well, at the time, Reign of the DInosaurs) team:

http://darrennaish.blogspot.com/2006/06/dinosaurs-come-out-to-play.html
(repost at
http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2009/05/dinosaurs_come_out_to_play.php)

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