Re: T-Rex the scavenger

[Scott <HORTON@BCRSSU.AGR.CA>]

>Why would he need all those teeth simply to pick at roadkill on
>the side of the Mesozoic freeway? Certainly, he could have got away
>with much smaller teeth and jaws. Nobody's gonna pick on a vulture
>that size...
>Sean (disillusioned at the thought of a 40 foot vulture...)

  It has also been stated that rexxy could bolt down 1000 lbs of meat with each
gulp (the jaws are specially evolved with a hinge to open wide, like a snake's).
This doesn't make much sense for a scavenger, but taking 1000 lbs of meat out of
a prey with each bite makes real good sense for a predator.

Scott Horton
Geophysicist/Computer Programmer