Re: Polacanthid party time

[Rich Travsky <RTRAVSKY@UWYO.EDU>]

On Mon, 15 May 1995, Bill Adlam wrote:
> On Sun, 14 May 1995, Mickey Rowe wrote:
> > ...is a color sketch of Neil's conception of a pair of Polacanthids
> > caught in the act leading to conception.  The pair appears to be
> > [...]
> Thanks very much for the picture, Neil.  The overall position must be 
> right:  big animals like that couldn't possibly manage the creative 
> postures of e.g. slugs and damselflies.  The male presumably has his left
> hind leg just behind the last spine on the female's left side (but I'm a 
> bit worried about that red mark - I hope he hasn't impaled himself).
> [...]
Over the weekend one of the cable channels had a special on Komodo
dragons. The first thing I thought of when they showed a pair of 
mating komodos was that picture. Perhaps analogies drawn from current
critters (crocs, alligators, komodos) may help resolve details.

> [...]

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