re:dino mimicry

[Rich Travsky <RTRAVSKY@UWYO.EDU>]

On Wed, 22 Feb 1995, mike peters wrote:
> [...]
> The anatomy of the Anky's tail would seem to prevent it from raising it to a 
> significant angle above the horizontal as there are interlocking dorsal
> processes connecting the individual caudal vertebrae in a very rigid 
> looking manner
> [...] 
> Does anyone think that the club could be used for intra-specific threat 
> displays/territorial signalling etc, by thunping it on the ground?
>  There are bird species that use wing-beating
> for this purpose I think.
Interesting notion, but wouldn't this require raising it first in order
to thump it on the ground?

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