Re: dino mimicry

[Steve Jackson <sj@io.com>]

On Tue, 21 Feb 1995, Ralph Chapman wrote:

> 
> Shaun asks why I don;t think theropods will fall for mimicry when birds
> do all the time. I must clarify, I assume they would indeed fall for
> mimicry, I just wasn't impressed with the level of mimicry implied here -

And unless the tail was detachable, like those of many modern lizards,
what's the point of fooling the predator? So it bites the wrong end first.
So what? Unless it breaks all its teeth on the bone club . . . 

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