[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Subject Index][Author Index]
Re: Bigness (was BINTURONG DIET..)
> Indeed plant eaters must have had to inhale the
> stuff by the ton to get enough nutrients to
> survive - is that why sauropods are so big?
Seems like bigness can be an adaptation to seasonality or
periodicity in food supply--for herbivores or carnivores. (And
hibernation-type behaviors are another way to cope with this
situation.)
Kata McCarville
Colorado School of Mines