brachiosaur bites

[tidwell@ix.netcom.com (Virginia Tidwell)]

Aaron Feuk seems determined to have brachiosaurs actively defending 
themselves using their formitable aray of teeth.  Having spent several 
months preparing from matrix a brachiosaur skull, perhaps I can speak 
to the subject.  The brachiosaur snout in quite long and contains a 
full battery of spattulate teeth that can look pretty fierce.  The 
bones of the skull, however, are extremely thin and probably would not 
withstand the kind of strain involved in biting an attacker.  There is 
not much room for heavy duty muscle attatchments. I would really 
hesitate to include the brachiosaurs' bite in a list of defensive 
weapons.
          Hope this was of value,
                   Virginia Tidwell